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Thursday, Jan. 29 - A new season for wheat
12 minutes Posted Jan 29, 2026 at 11:59 am.
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Wheat isn’t grown as much as it used to be in Missouri. Last year saw only a half a million acres of wheat planted statewide, compared to almost 3 million acres in the 1980s. Production is also down in big wheat states across the Great Plains. With poor profits and drier climates, the hard red winter wheat has been harder to manage. But as Harvest Public Media contributor Calen Moore reports, new innovations could rejuvenate the wheat belt.