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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A rapid test to measure starch damage in wheat, examined by a team of researchers last summer, is slated to be commercially available during the first quarter of 2025, says the company that makes it. ...

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 ...

The wheat complex is falling on Tuesday as USDA found a few more bushels in the production number this morning. CBT soft red wheat futures are down 11 to 12 ¼ cents at midday. KC HRW futures are ...

Wheat futures are falling at midday despite a more friendly acreage number, as stocks were burdensome. Chicago contracts are back down 10 to 13 cents so far. Kansas City futures are 10 to 18 cents ...