This year saw many challenges for wheat growers and those who harvest those crops. It was memorable for us because it marked 15 years of High Plains Journal bringing readers along on the harvest trail ...
The rhythm of wheat harvest is a symbolic sight during the summer months. This year, the sounds of harvest are rather quiet in some of the biggest wheat producing areas of the country, as extreme ...
High Plains Journal’s All Aboard Wheat Harvest program kicks off its 14th year this week! Learn more about all of our AAWH correspondents below. To follow all the crews on their journeys along the ...
Recent rains have encouraged broadleaf weed growth in growing wheat fields. Kochia, for the most part, is the weed in question, although other weeds may also be a factor interfering with this year’s ...
CHICAGO - Record-high yields are helping U.S. farmers to harvest a bumper crop of hard red winter (HRW) wheat, the most common variety here, but prices have tumbled as the world is awash in supplies.
KANSAS CITY — At the dawn of September, the winter wheat crop was largely in the bin while the spring wheat crop was just more than half harvested and progressing slowly due to weather delays. The ...
Harvest is running a little late in eastern Washington for wheat farmers. But, the yields are worth the wait. Dan Bickelhaupt, a farmer near Waitsburg, Wash., says his area will see record yields this ...
From the Dakotas to Texas, wheat acres have been on the decline, due to higher temperatures, drought and farmers shifting to ...