Kansas Wheat Alliance strengthens the wheat industry by funding research to improve wheat varieties and ensuring the availability of quality seed while promoting stewardship of these favorable traits to benefit farmers and consumers.
What is the Kansas Wheat Alliance?
The Kansas Wheat Alliance is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2007 with the goal of maximizing value for wheat farmers. KWA manages wheat varieties developed by Kansas State University through licensing requirements and collecting royalties. The Kansas Wheat Alliance delivers modern genetic technology and provides real economic benefit to the wheat producers and end-users of the crop.
Additional Support for Wheat Research
The costs of breeding new wheat varieties continue to increase, and public funds available to support the program have been level or declining for years. The Kansas Wheat Alliance offers a way for wheat-breeding and related research programs to receive additional support in proportion to the value they add to the wheat industry.
Examples of programs that KWA helps to fund include, the Manhattan and Hays K-State Wheat Breeding Programs, the Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas Wheat Research Fund, and other projects dedicated to furthering wheat in Kansas.
Who can Join the Kansas Wheat Alliance?
Any individual, public organization, or private corporation with an interest in producing and selling K-State wheat varieties are encouraged to become a KWA associate.
Kansas Wheat Innovation Center
The Kansas Wheat Alliance is housed in the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center. The Kansas Wheat Innovation Center was built by the Kansas Wheat Commission, through the Kansas wheat checkoff. It features 48,000 square feet of laboratory, greenhouse, and office space and represents the single largest research investment by Kansas wheat farmers in history. The Center was built on land owned by Kansas State University; the Kansas Wheat Commission has a 50-year lease on the property.
