NAWG calls on Congress to stop kicking the can down the road and deliver both a long-term Farm Bill and immediate economic assistance to keep family farms in business.
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The analysis includes estimated returns comparing double-cropped wheat/soybeans with full-season soybeans for the 2027 crop, and the likely implications for Kentucky grain farmers.
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Bill Bruening discusses the outcome of 2026 wheat varietal differences in forage yield potential research funded by KY Small Grains.
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Here is the latest issue of the Kentucky Field Crops News. This newsletter is brought to you by members of the UK Wheat Science Group and the UK Grain Crops Group.
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Here is the latest issue of the Kentucky Field Crops News. This newsletter is brought to you by members of the UK Wheat Science Group and the UK Grain Crops Group.
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The KY Small Grains Promotion Council is proud to sponsor research that covers real-world issues important to Kentucky farmers.
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Here is the latest issue of the Kentucky Field Crops News. This newsletter is brought to you by members of the UK Wheat Science Group and the UK Grain Crops Group.
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2026 Kentucky Small Grain Variety Trial results have been released. There were 70 entries evaluated in the 2025-26 growing season.
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Here is the latest issue of the Kentucky Field Crops News. This newsletter is brought to you by members of the UK Wheat Science Group and the UK Grain Crops Group.
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Here is the latest issue of the Kentucky Field Crops News. This newsletter is brought to you by members of the UK Wheat Science Group and the UK Grain Crops Group.
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The University of Kentucky is investigating broadleaf cover crop species and apparent field conditions to improve the likelihood of a successful cover crop establishment. Read the current progress here.
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The KY Small Grains Promotion Council is proud to sponsor research that covers real-world issues important to Kentucky farmers.
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The 2025 University of Kentucky Small Grain Variety Trial results are available at: https://varietytesting.ca.uky.edu/wheat . There were 70 entries evaluated in the 2024-25 growing season.
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Kentucky Growers participate in the Yield Enhancement Network for wheat to bump yields.
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On Dec. 11, 2021, an EF-4 tornado struck the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center at Princeton (UKREC), leaving behind only remnants of a facility that had been an essential contributor to Kentucky's agricultural research. Decades of infrastructure and millions of dollars in equipment were destroyed overnight, reducing one of the state’s key agricultural assets to rubble. Now, three years after the storm, the Western Kentucky center is rebuilding and becoming better than before.
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The collaborative project “Bringing Rye Back to Kentucky” is up and running! Please find the inaugural rye newsletter, prepared by Dr. Ela Szuleta, our field coordinator.
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The Kentucky Small Grain Growers selected research to fund earlier this year, bringing the total dedicated to wheat and small grain related research to $4 million in the past 30 years.
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The University of Kentucky Wheat and Small Grains Variety Testing Program evaluates wheat and small grain (barley, cereal rye, oats, triticale, ancient grains) varieties that are commercially available or may soon be available to farmers. Annual variety performance testing provide farmers, seed producers, extension agents and consultants with current, unbiased information to help them select the varieties best adapted to their locality and individual requirements.
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