Bailey Jenks brings her wheat legacy to LCS

The regional commercial manager for the PNW comes from a long line of farmers Bailey Jenks found her calling in dryland wheat. The Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) regional commercial manager for the Pacific Northwest brings years of experience, a crop science education and a legacy of farming to her work. Agriculture is in her [...]

By |2024-01-24T18:18:22-06:00January 10th, 2024|Categories: News and Events, Pacific Northwest|0 Comments

Dick Judah and LCS Shine lead a lineup of National Wheat Yield Contest winners

LCS varieties had a bumper crop this year, as evidenced by a slate of National Wheat Yield Contest wins in dryland winter and spring wheat.Dick Judah of Carlton, Oregon landed the dryland winter wheat Bin Buster award with 173.77 bushels per acre (bu/ac) of LCS Shine. Judah was also the 1st place winner in the [...]

For Barley, LCS is King in New York: Top Yielding Barley in Cornell University Trials

For Barley, LCS is King in New York Top Grain Yielding Barley in Cornell University Trials - Once again, defending its throne as the best barley in New York, LCS has been crowned the King of grain yield in the 2023 Winter Malting Barley Regional Trials conducted by Cornell University. Historically, LCS barley varieties have [...]

By |2023-09-06T09:21:18-06:00August 31st, 2023|Categories: Central Plains, News and Events, Northern Plains, Pacific Northwest|0 Comments

LCS Steel AX is the Best Yielding Wheat Variety in K-State Trial

Steel is the New Gold-Standard in K-State Trial - LCS Steel AX has achieved a commanding victory as the best yielding wheat in Kansas State's Wheat Variety Tests for Sedgwick and Sumner County. Using our cutting-edge weed control system, CoAXium, LCS Steel AX has outperformed competitors with an extraordinary average yield, reaffirming that when [...]

By |2023-08-31T11:57:45-06:00August 9th, 2023|Categories: Central Plains, News and Events, Northern Plains, Pacific Northwest|0 Comments

Experienced seedsman Jeff Widder joins LCS

The new National Sales and Marketing Manager gets back to his small grain roots Jeff Widder has been around small grains his whole life. Born and raised in southwestern Kansas surrounded by acres of crops, he started working in the sorghum fields when he was a teenager. “I grew up in agriculture,” says Widder. [...]

Meet PNW Wheat Breeder Dylan Larkin

Experienced researcher and breeder will help drive wheat innovation in the Pacific Northwest Dylan Larkin, Ph.D., has joined Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) to lead the wheat breeding program for the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Dylan Larkin brings 12 years of experience in the agriculture industry to his new position and has [...]

By |2022-08-12T16:56:05-06:00August 12th, 2022|Categories: News and Events, Pacific Northwest|0 Comments

CoAXium Soft White Winter Wheats Are Here

Wheat growers of the Pacific Northwest have been hearing about the CoAXium® Wheat Production System at industry meetings and field days for the past four years. Aggressor® herbicide’s effectiveness at controlling grassy weeds was clearly demonstrated and excitement for CoAXium was high, but varieties were limited. Only hard red winter wheat lines in a [...]

By |2022-03-07T15:44:48-06:00March 6th, 2022|Categories: CoAXium WPS, News and Events, Pacific Northwest|0 Comments

Winter Wheat Variety Breakdown

A closer look at some of Limagrain Cereal Seed’s soft white winter wheats. The Pacific Northwest has more varying microclimates than any other wheat producing region in the US. Growing conditions range from high precipitation with cold winters to low rainfall with severe heat and anything in between. In addition, there is the challenge of [...]

By |2019-10-16T11:12:22-06:00October 16th, 2019|Categories: Pacific Northwest|0 Comments

UI / IWC / LCS Partnership Launches New Brand with VI Bulldog and VI Frost

The collaboration between the University of Idaho (UI) and Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) is a prime example of shared success; benefiting the UI, LCS and most importantly, Idaho wheat growers. In 2012, the Idaho Wheat Commission (IWC) worked with the University of Idaho (UI) to establish a collaboration with the international wheat and barley breeding [...]

By |2019-09-20T10:34:08-06:00September 20th, 2019|Categories: Pacific Northwest, Uncategorized|0 Comments