Thursday, May 14, 2026 12:33PM CDT
MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) --- The Wheat Quality Council's 68th Annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Thursday, May 14, in Manhattan, Kansas. After three days, scouting 394 fields across the state and some into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma, the total weighted average yield for hard winter wheat was estimated at 38.9 bushels per acre (bpa), a 26.6% decrease from 2025.
Thursday, May 14, 2026 9:51AM CDT
A federal court ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to adequately protect more than 1,500 endangered species from the insecticide malathion, violating the Endangered Species Act.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 10:59PM CDT
Scouts on Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's 2026 Hard Winter Wheat Tour found many fields where the tolls of drought, freeze and disease had led to crop abandonment. The weighted average yield for the day was 39.3 bpa.
