Wheat Marker Assisted Selection Project Leader & Wheat Breeder Assistant - Aurélie Décultot We might have already met a couple of years ago in Walla Walla, WA. I started as an intern for Limagrain in charge of a drought resistance study in the Pacific Northwest Wheat Region. That was my first experience with [...]
Kayla Beechinor will spend this summer phenotyping wheat for Limagrain in France Kayla Beechinor Agriculture is in Kayla Beechinor’s DNA. She’s the seventh generation on her family’s farm in Walla Walla, Wash., and has helped raise crops since she was a child. Her upbringing shaped her ambitions, and both are leading her [...]
Maturity matters The ideal double crop soybean program starts with a high yielding, early maturing wheat variety. This allows double crop soybeans to hit the sweet spot planting period for increased soybean yield potential. The Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) Ultra Early breeding program has varieties that fit the bill, delivering high yields and [...]
Root Shoot Malting, Mainstem Malt and Carolina Malt House take home a coveted Malt Cup with pale malts seeded by LCS craft barley The Craft Maltsters Guild presented its inaugural Malt Cup awards last month to three malt houses that exemplify the highest standards of quality and craftsmanship in malting. In a field [...]
Balanced LCS hard red spring wheat selected as a 2019 western quality check variety The Wheat Quality Council has added LCS Rebel to its list of hard red spring quality checks — varieties that set the bar for end-use quality across the country. LCS Rebel was named a western quality check for 2019, [...]
A mixograph is a lab instrument that wheat breeding programs use to measure the strength of flour. Flour and water are put in a bowl that sets on a platform connected to a spring. The more movement of the platform, the stronger the flour. Mixograph of LCS Jet. The concept is similar [...]
Gazing out the conference room window I sit quietly in awe at the expansive view. East of the Île de la Cité, West of the Eiffel Tower and to the South, the sun glimmering on top of the Seine catches my eye. As I study the light reflecting across the water, adding contrast to [...]
Field day season had always been the time of year I look forward to most during my career in the Pacific Northwest wheat industry. I love analyzing the different plots of wheat, hearing about upcoming research and variety development, and most of all, I enjoy the social aspect of communicating with different members of [...]
My name is Hillary Booher and I am the new research assistant for the Northern Plains Region at LCS. I grew up on a watermelon farm in southern Indiana before attending college at Purdue University. I graduated with a bachelor of science in horticulture with a concentration in plant science. I started work with [...]
Our Wichita winter wheat field day was probably one of the best in recent years. Months ago, we decided that we wanted to step up our game and bring the best experience possible to our seed associates and their customers to showcase our elite material for the Central Plains. I do believe we pulled [...]
