Articles tagged under: National Wheat Foundation

Dry Weather Limits Disease Pressure on Wheat Tour

Published July 23, 2026

Dry conditions stood out as one of the biggest observations during this year's Wheat Quality Council Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour. "Usually when you stop and look at a wheat field at 8:30 in the morning, you're going to…

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Quality Wheat Grown in NoDak

Published January 22, 2026

The National Wheat Foundation has released the quality awards within the National Wheat Yield Contest. Two North Dakotans top the Hard Red Spring Wheat category: Karissa Berg of Bottineau and Jordan Christman of Hettinger.

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Region Well Represented Among Wheat Contest Winners

Published December 15, 2025

The 28 winners of the National Wheat Yield Contest have submitted their wheat for quality testing. Quality winners will be announced during a wheat quality webinar on January 21, and awards will be presented at the 2026 Commodity Classic in…

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Osborne Leads Wheat Foundation

Published July 14, 2025

The National Wheat Foundation has named Anne Osborne as its executive director. Osborne, who is based in North Dakota, has been the Foundation’s project manager for nearly five years.

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Wheat 101 Offers Field Experience

Published March 6, 2025

The National Wheat Foundation is working to bridge the gap between policymakers and farmers. Ken Wood, who is a board member from Chapman, Kansas, said the Wheat 101 program brings congressional staffers and USDA officials out to the field. "It's a…

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Wheat 101 Initiative Expands Outreach

Published March 3, 2025

One of the National Wheat Foundation’s key initiatives is the Wheat 101 program, which brings congressional staffers and USDA officials into the field to experience farming firsthand.  “It's a good chance to visit with folks that maybe don't have an…

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Quality Results Released for National Wheat Yield Contest

Published February 11, 2025

The National Wheat Yield Contest considers more than just bushels. It also looks at quality characteristics with test weight, protein, flour and baking data. There is one quality winner in the quality division from North Dakota. Austin Kautzman at Mott…

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Record Crop Potential

Published July 26, 2024

The Wheat Quality Council Spring Wheat and Durum Tour had record-calculated yields this year. “The tour total ended up being 54.5 (bushels per acre) for the hard red spring wheat,” said Anne Osbourne, project manager, National Wheat Foundation. “That’s the…

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National Wheat Yield Contest Seeking Contestants

Published July 19, 2024

The National Wheat Yield Contest is looking for spring wheat entries. This year's contest has a new category. "The digital yield will allow people to enter by field," said Anne Osborne, project manager, National Wheat Foundation. "When they're done with…

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Wheat Yield Contest Winter Wheat Deadline Drawing Near

Published April 5, 2024

  The National Wheat Foundation's Wheat Yield 2024 Contest is underway for winter wheat with a deadline of May 15th. Foundation Chairman Bernard Peterson says that the contest is important not only for tracking yield results but testing wheat quality…

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