As wheat harvesting season comes to an end, farmers brace for a potential threat to their crop that costs tens of millions of dollars each year. High levels of alpha-amylase protein in wheat can lead ...

Late harvest rains in Idaho have caused sprout damage, resulting in low falling number test results in the last of the wheat to be brought in, the executive director of the state wheat commission says ...

Amber Hauvermale and her team of researchers greeted wheat farmers last summer with cake and bread during the industry’s annual field tours. Some baked goods were the usual high quality customers have ...

Numbers are falling. Yes, futures prices remain under pressure but spring wheat producers are also dealing with a quality issue called “falling numbers.” Based on conversations with clients this past ...

As margins tighten and alternatives outperform, farmers are rethinking where — and whether — wheat fits into the rotation ...