Less than 25% of Illinois farmland is owned by the farmer who works the land, with the rest leased by individuals, family trusts and, increasingly, investors looking to turn a profit.

A small grains breeder at the University of Illinois says new studies show investment into wheat research is paying off. Dr.

A congressional consideration of a new Farm Bill is moving from the House to the Senate. One of the staff members of the ...

Many Americans may have never heard of Naperville, an Illinois suburban ... said attracted the 'best and the brightest from around the world'. Even though the city has grown significantly ...

An amended Illinois Wheat Development Act was signed by former Gov. Pat Quinn but was not pursued further. However, wheat production has continued to grow in ... those varieties that could be ...

(AP) — While wheat prices skyrocket across the globe, Illinois is coming off one of its worst wheat-growing years ever ... As one of the world's top three exporters of wheat (behind the United ...

The CME Group, one of the world’s largest derivatives marketplaces, has launched new futures and options for the grain variety ... most popular wheat contract in the world for soft red winter wheat, ...

Grains and cereals like wheat contain complex carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. The wheat plant is a long grass that has a spike at the top ... that sprouts to grow into a new plant.

A new wheat ... variety, and it performed the best for four years running in the presence of the disease. You can’t ignore that,” he said. “We are not looking for this to be a widely grown ...

However, it is best to formulate what changes are needed, even if immediate implementation is unlikely. To keep it simple, I discuss only one issue here: Which varieties ... wheat and rice we ...

Barrio Bread’s artisan loaves reflect their regional heritage—from the locally grown grains on the ... how he came to bake with heritage wheat flour varieties ‘White Sonora,’ ‘Red ...

Looking at potential winter wheat ... best performing wheat and barley varieties in our local region. The results presented here are for trials evaluating 54 varieties of soft winter wheat grown ...