Pacific Northwest farmers expect to plant slightly more wheat and corn, and slightly less barley and hay this year, according to USDA’s prospective plantings report. Washington farmers will plant 2.35 ...

Wisconsin’s humid climate makes managing disease, specifically fusarium head blight in barley, more difficult and condition-dependent than in more arid states like South Dakota, Montana and Idaho, ...

To ensure that plants flower at the right time of year, they possess an internal clock, which enables them to measure the amount of daylight during a day. Biologists now describe that the mutation of ...

On the outskirts of Corvallis, Oregon, a group of farmers, scientists and food makers is walking through a field of waist-deep barley. It’s a sea of colors ranging from electric green to pale gold to ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — If Fusarium head blight can be avoided, it will be a good year for barley growers in Minnesota. Kevin Smith, professor in the department of agronomy and plant genetics at the ...

Discover in which U.S. State most of the barley is grown. Check why these U.S. States lead in the national production and learn bout 2024-2026 yield statistics.

Biological functions, resource availability, and evolutionary processes often play a key role in determining the expression of genetic traits and their correlations. In fact, several plant traits are ...