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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Quality testing results are in for this year’s U.S. hard red winter (HRW) crop. Global customers will once again be able to purchase good quality wheat that provides high value, according to a ...