CHICAGO - Record-high yields are helping U.S. farmers to harvest a bumper crop of hard red winter (HRW) wheat, the most common variety here, but prices have tumbled as the world is awash in supplies.

Kansas is referred to as the "Breadbasket of America," and has often been renowned for its bountiful wheat harvests and fertile soil. However, the country’s heartland has been facing a relentless ...

Drought notoriously impacts many facets of wheat production. Growers deal with reduced yields and shortened plant heights while facing other issues that cloud a crop’s success. Little moisture also ...

On December 3, 2025 in Manitoba, Canada, @webfarmer shared a video of a wheat harvest taking place in –20°C weather near Poplar Point. In the video, a combine harvester moves steadily across the field ...

As the national winter-crop harvest nears the final quarter, Vic wheat prices have eased in response to the long-awaited ...

KANSAS CITY — At the dawn of September, the winter wheat crop was largely in the bin while the spring wheat crop was just more than half harvested and progressing slowly due to weather delays. The ...

PENDLETON, Ore. — The 2023 wheat harvest was a little below average this year, following an “excellent” 2022 harvest. Amanda Hoey, CEO of the Oregon Wheat Growers League and Oregon Wheat Commission, ...

Recent rains have encouraged broadleaf weed growth in growing wheat fields. Kochia, for the most part, is the weed in question, although other weeds may also be a factor interfering with this year’s ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct a spelling error. WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas wheat harvest is now stretched across almost half of ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – While rain presented challenges for many farmers this season, the Kansas wheat harvest is wrapping up across the state. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the 2025 ...

Wheat prices in Vic have firmed on a slow-starting harvest for the southern state, and traded volume has slowed in a ...

When Reno County farmer Loren Alderson was 11 years old, he began harvesting wheat with a combine pulled behind a tractor. Today, 70 years later, he continues to harvest Kansas wheat every summer.