Growing Wheat in Corn Country In southwest Iowa, corn and soybeans run the show. Wheat? Not so much among the highly erodible hills and terraces of the Omaha-Council Bluffs area. The story’s no different at Witt Brothers Farms, located in Pottawattamie County. The farm has no livestock to speak of. Like most Iowan farms, [...]
Certified Wheat Seed vs. Saved Seed: Is It Worth the Cost? The cost of Certified Seed Wheat vs. Saved Seed For wheat producers, seed is one of the easiest inputs to scrutinize when commodity prices are tight, and weather conditions are less than ideal. Saving seed wheat from the previous crop can seem like [...]
Meet the Newest Member of the LCS Team! My name is Michelle Shepherd and I am the new research associate for the Midwest & Eastern Region. I grew up in Richwood, a small rural town in central Ohio. My passion for agriculture originates from spending a lot of time on my grandpa’s grain [...]
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 [...]
