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The Contest This year marks the third year of Kansas Wheat Alliance’s annual wheat variety naming contest. Participants taking part in this contest will have the chance to name up to three new wheat variety releases from Kansas State University. Last year’s contest boasted 43 entries from across Kansas and...

The Kansas Wheat Alliance mission states that we “Strengthen the wheat industry by funding research to improve wheat varieties”. Through the Ag Innovation Initiative at K-State, we’ve had the opportunity to do just that. Kansas State University’s Agriculture Innovation Initiative is now in full swing, renovating and building teaching and...

The mission of Kansas Wheat Alliance is to strengthen the wheat industry by funding research to improve wheat varieties. This past week we got to do just that. Nov 5-6 was the Industry Advisory Board Meeting of the Wheat Genetics Resource Center (WGRC). The WGRC provides a central place for...

KS Bill Snyder wheat honors legendary football coach Two new wheat varieties have been released from the Kansas State University wheat breeding program and are being licensed by Kansas Wheat Alliance seed associates for farmers to plant this fall. Hard red winter (HRW) wheat KS Bill Snyder, named after the...

KS13DH0041-35 “KS Providence” Hard Red Winter Wheat for Central Kansas Extremely High Yielding 5 bu/ac better than Bob Dole; 9 bu/ac better than SY Monument over 29 site-years; 5 bu better than WB4699 over 18 site-years. Well Adapted to the Central Corridor of Kansas with FHB resistance similar to Bob...

Brief moments of providence in our everyday lives can take our breath away — the sun breaking through the clouds after a storm or a newborn calf standing for the first time. For K-State wheat breeder Dr. Allan Fritz, those moments happen in wheat fields, picking out the breeding lines...

Despite battling dry planting conditions, a wet spring and hail damage — just like Kansas producers — the wheat research team at Kansas State University collected enough data to advance two breeding lines to seed production ahead of a potential variety release in 2022.  “The K-State wheat breeding program is...

The annual membership meeting was held virtually on March 17, 2021. Presentations from Dr. Romulo Lollato, KSU Extension Wheat Specialist; Dr. Allan Fritz, KSU Wheat Breeder; and Dr. Guorong Zhang, KSU Wheat Breeder, were recorded and are linked below.

A little more than 100 years ago, wheat breeding was in its infancy. Individuals were selecting some plants out of landrace populations that they thought looked superior and then reproducing the seed. A few trained botanists at government agencies or universities were experimenting with cross pollination to capture desirable traits...

This week, Kansas Wheat Alliance announced an overall new look to their current brand, as well as the launch of a new website to better accommodate growers and associates when considering KWA seed varieties and dealers. The newly designed logo, marketing materials and website are reflective of research and survey...