Wheat harvest is wrapped up in southwest Ohio. Overall, the yield was pretty good.

Kansas wheat harvest is entering day 12 and the crop is 93% harvested. This is ahead of the average of 88%.

Pierce Paul, a USWBSI researcher, recently educated farmers on best practices for controlling fusarium head blight in wheat at the Small Grains Field Day located in Wooster, Ohio.

The National Wheat Foundation has a new Executive Director. Anne Osborne was announced as the Foundation's new executive director effective July 1. Osborne has served as the Foundation's Project Manager since January 2021.

A farmer in Shelby, Missouri had a good wheat crop this year. Levi Keller's winter wheat crop yielded 108 bushels per acre.

Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota farmers have planted fewer overall wheat acres in 2025.

Farmers in Southern Illinois are working to harvest their wheat crop despite the rain. The crop got a good start in the fall but, excessive rain reduced optimism leading into harvest. One farmer said his yields were good but tests weights were reduced.

Farmers in Kansas can't decide whether to hope the rain stops to allow for wheat harvest or hope it continues to aid the corn crop and prevent the need to use center pivot irrigation.

Wheat harvest in the Lone Star state is wrapping up. Farmers in Texas haven't had it easy. This season brought a dry start to planted wheat in the fall. Harvest weather included battling hailstorms and frequent rain delays.

NDSU Field Days start July 14. Visit Hettinger, Dickinson, the Agronomy Seed Farm, and Langdon to hear from USWSBI funded PIs on spring wheat and barley varieties and management of small grains.

USDA-ARS researchers have discovered the molecule FgTTP1 aids Fusarium graminearum in infecting wheat heads. Now the group is looking at proteins in wheat targeted by FgTTP1 whether removing them could slow the fungus's advance.

Mixed reports of wheat harvest in Oklahoma. Farmers continue to battle frequent rain during harvest. Most report average yields and test weights while others found theirs to be subpar for the season.

Key challenges for Kansas wheat farmers include: strong winds and rain from recent storms, wheat streak mosaic virus pressure, and low market prices.

Wheat in Michigan is at or approaching the Feekes 11.2 stage, soft dough. At this point the heads start to loose their green coloring.

Some farmers in northern Oklahoma have chosen to abandon their wheat fields due to prices sinking to five-year lows.

Fusarium head blight (FHB) has been reported in western Ohio. As harvest approaches, scout your fields and if FHB is found and high levels of DON are anticipated, consider harvesting early and increasing combine fan speed.

Harvest in central Michigan is about 3 weeks away. The current crop is looking really good and hopefully preventative fungicides will protect the plants as the humidity increases.

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Winter wheat harvest in Illinois is progressing slowly. As of June 22, only 14% of the crop has been harvested, behind the 40% average.

Excessive rain in Kansas has hindered harvest significantly. A south-central farmer says he's only cut one bin thus far and harvest has been delayed by almost three weeks now.