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The mission of the USWBSI is to enhance food safety and supply by reducing the impact of Fusarium Head Blight (scab) on wheat and barley.

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Farmers in Kansas can't decide whether to hope the rain stops to allow for wheat harvest or hope it continues to aid the corn crop and prevent the need to use center pivot irrigation. farmprogress.com/corn/southwest…

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Farmers in Southern Illinois are working to harvest their wheat crop despite the rain. The crop got a good start in the fall but, excessive rain reduced optimism leading into harvest. One farmer said his yields were good but tests weights were reduced. farmweeknow.com/crop_condition…

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Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota farmers have planted fewer overall wheat acres in 2025. agweek.com/crops/upper-mi…

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A farmer in Shelby, Missouri had a good wheat crop this year. Levi Keller's winter wheat crop yielded 108 bushels per acre. farmprogress.com/soybean/will-a…

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The National Wheat Foundation has a new Executive Director. Anne Osborne was announced as the Foundation's new executive director effective July 1. Osborne has served as the Foundation's Project Manager since January 2021. aginfo.net/report/63023/L…

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Pierce Paul, a USWBSI researcher, recently educated farmers on best practices for controlling fusarium head blight in wheat at the Small Grains Field Day located in Wooster, Ohio. knoxpages.com/2025/07/15/nor…

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Kansas wheat harvest is entering day 12 and the crop is 93% harvested. This is ahead of the average of 88%. jcpost.com/posts/3e5517da…

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Canadian County Oklahoma State University Extension Office is hosting the Central Oklahoma Wheat Conference on August 4. 2 ODAFF CEU credits will be offered. oklahomafarmreport.com/okfr/2025/07/1…

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Illinois Wheat Association will be hosting their Summer Forum on July 31. Register on their website to attend this great Forum.

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September CBOT wheat closed at $5.46 1/4, up 12 3/4 cents. K.C. wheat contacts closed at $5.29, up 11 1/2 cents. MGEX spring wheat closed at $5.96 1/2, up 1/2 cent. finance.yahoo.com/news/wheat-clo…

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Illinois wheat farmers were worried about this season's crop given the conditions it went through during the spring. While results varied across the state, some farmers reported their crop faired pretty well given the circumstances. farmweeknow.com/crop_condition…

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Researchers at the Huazhong Agricultural University offer promising strategies for breeding nutritionally enhanced wheat and developing health oriented food products in their recent article in Seed Biology. nutraceuticalbusinessreview.com/colorful-wheat…

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14% of Wisconsin's winter wheat has been harvested. About 90% of the crop is showing coloring. brownfieldagnews.com/news/wisconsin…

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Effects of various thermal processing methods on the gel properties of hulless barley β-glucan | Food Chemistry, July 27, 2025. doi.org/10.1016/j.food…

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Cornell University has released it's first winter malting barley variety. After six years of testing, "LakeEffect" was developed by crossbreeding the high-yield Lightning barley variety with disease-resistant SY tepee barley plants. ithacajournal.com/story/news/loc…

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A research team has tapped into the genetics of barley's wild relative, Hordeum bulbosum. The research discovered that the expansion of the barley genome didn't occur evenly, but mainly at the ends of chromosomes. seedworld.com/europe/2025/07…

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A haplotype-resolved pangenome of the barley wild relative Hordeum bulbosum | Nature, July 9, 2025. doi.org/10.1038/s41586…