Richard Seck & LCS Mint hit it Big! The Kansas State Fair is always fun, but this year it was amazing! Because one of our Limagrain varieties was a winner, I was invited to attend the awards ceremony for the Kansas Wheat Yield Contest, held during the Kansas State fair. This is one [...]
Hard red spring wheats deliver yield, protein and straw strengthDemand for Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) wheat seed is at an all-time high in the Northern Plains. LCS varieties excelled at test sites across the region in 2017, and sales are flourishing for spring planting.Hard red spring wheat LCS Rebel made its debut this growing season [...]
It’s that time of the year when winter wheat growers are once again thinking about moisture: is there enough to justify applying a shot of nitrogen, or, perhaps you’re in an area where you’re waiting on just a little moisture to make that application. Regardless, it’s also the time of year when the major [...]
LCS Announces New Technologies For the second straight year, Mother Nature did her best to disrupt our Central Plains field day. And for the second straight year – she just couldn’t get the job done. We ended up having the most successful event ever! However, the evening before the event, LCS staff were [...]
In the past year, LCS has had an opportunity to begin building a relationship with the North American Craft Maltsters Guild (CMG) as an associate member of their organization. The CMG was created to promote and educate the general public about the tradition of craft malting in North America – while providing valuable resources [...]
For two weeks in January I left Wichita, KS to travel to France and England for meetings. I would be attending the Limagrain Worldwide Marker Meetings in Clermont-Ferrand, France and the Limagrain Wheat Breeder’s meeting the following week in Docking, England. My journey would start in Wichita trying to escape a predicted apocalyptic [...]
January, 2017 - Winter in Colorado - the harvest up in North Dakota is behind us, the data is being crunched and processed, and the plans for future trials are being laid out. It is also time to escape the cold outside and get to work in the greenhouse. This is really where it [...]
New local supply chain is a breakthrough for craft beer June 2015 - Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) let the Genie out of the bottle at its Acres to Ales Tap Takeover event at local watering hole, the Mayor of Old Town—a Genie with the potential to revolutionize the craft beer industry. An energized crowd [...]
Stem rust resistance testing In the Central Plains, fungal diseases have been virtually non-existent during the last two growing seasons. So how do we make progress fighting disease when there is no selection pressure out in the field? Take it to the lab. First, we propagate our favorite race of stem rust by infecting [...]
Marla remembers dear old Dad! Wheat harvest in south central Kansas usually starts around Father's Day. This is very appropriate as most everyone's dad (in Kansas, anyway) is involved in wheat harvest. It seems fitting to be with your dad harvesting wheat on "his" day. Thinking about my own dad and wheat harvest is [...]
