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Kansas

Jason Ochs

Farmers work every day to make the world a better place.

Farmer Stories
Farmer Stories
North Dakota

From cultivating crops to nurturing a legacy

In northwest North Dakota, Dustin Johnsrud, a fourth-generation farmer is cultivating a future for sustainable agriculture. Specializing in durum and spring wheat, along with other small grains like canola, peas and lentils, this no-till operation stands as a testament to modern farming practices that prioritize both efficiency and environmental stewardship.

Research Stories
Kansas

K-State researchers lower gluten content, maintain dough quality in bread wheat

Kansas State University researchers have reported a breakthrough in developing wheat-based foods that contain lower amounts of gluten, a discovery that may lessen the adverse effects for those with celiac or other autoimmune diseases.

Stories

Farmer Stories
North Dakota

From cultivating crops to nurturing a legacy

In northwest North Dakota, Dustin Johnsrud, a fourth-generation farmer is cultivating a future for sustainable agriculture. Specializing in durum and spring wheat, along with other small grains like canola, peas and lentils, this no-till operation stands as a testament to modern farming practices that prioritize both efficiency and environmental stewardship.

Farmer Stories
South Dakota

Jorgensen Land & Cattle

For over a century, Jorgensen Land & Cattle has stood as a pillar of agricultural excellence, combining traditional family values with cutting-edge practices.

Research Stories
Kansas

K-State researchers lower gluten content, maintain dough quality in bread wheat

Kansas State University researchers have reported a breakthrough in developing wheat-based foods that contain lower amounts of gluten, a discovery that may lessen the adverse effects for those with celiac or other autoimmune diseases.

Food Stories
Kansas

Wheat: From Field to Table

Follow the field-to-table journey of U.S.-grown wheat

Farmer Stories
California

Motter Family Wheat Farms

Roy Motter farms 2,500 acres in the Imperial Valley of California, and while that may be small compared to other U.S. wheat farms, his operation supports three families.

Farmer Stories
Montana

Stoner Family Wheat Farms

Gordon Stoner and his wife Bonnie are the fourth generation on the family farm near Outlook, Montana. Gordon grows durum and pulse crops on the glacial plains just south of the Canadian border using a no-tillage system that Gordon says has improved his soils, increased yields and helped make the farm far more sustainable.

Food Stories
Kansas

Growing wheat like wine

Wheat producer experiments with farming practices to produce optimal flavor for his own table

Farmer Stories
North Dakota

Volk Family Wheat Farm

Philip and Lisa Volk and their five children grow hard red spring wheat on their family farm in North Dakota that was founded in 1942. Responsibilities are shared among them all, even their youngest who rides along with Mom or Dad during wheat harvest.

Farmer Stories
Montana

Hucke Farms

Stories from the Wheat Farm – Embracing the Agricultural Lifestyle in Montana

Farmer Stories
Oregon

Padget Ranches

Padget Ranches sits on the arid Columbia Plateau above the John Day River in Oregon, where Darren Padget’s family has farmed since 1910. Today, Darren farms with his wife Brenda and their son Logan, as well as his dad Dale.

Farmer Stories
Ohio

Goyings Family Wheat Farm

“Working hard and going strong” is the theme of wheat harvest at Doug Goyings’ family farm in Ohio. They work from morning to night, harvesting the wheat, baling the straw and planting soybeans in the same fields they had just harvested.

Farmer Stories
Oklahoma

Peters Family Wheat Farm

Peters Farms is a family-owned operation that started when Michael Peters’ great-great-grandfather homesteaded a piece of land in central Oklahoma in the 1880s. Today, Michael farms with his father Fred Peters and his son Tyler.

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