2016-17 Wheat Variety Test Results
UK Small Grain Variety test results are available on line at:
2017 Kentucky Small Grain VARIETY PERFORMANCE TEST
2017 Kentucky Extension Wheat Yield Contest Results
No-Till State Champion (126.46 Bu/A using Pioneer 25R50)
J. Stephen Emmick and Sons Farms, Hancock Co.
Upcoming Events
Winter Wheat Meeting
January 4, 2018
January 18, 2018
Wheat Field Day
May 8, 2018
Useful Resources
“The University of Kentucky’s Wheat Science Group assembled in 1997 to solve problems that limit the profitability of wheat production in Kentucky. It is comprised of University researchers, extension specialists and agents and agronomists throughout Kentucky with a mission of planning and carrying out programs that bring together research and educational Extension for the benefit of Kentucky wheat growers.”
The UK Wheat Science Group Specialist & Researchers
Bill Bruening – Small Grains Specialist
Dr. Carl Bradley – Extension Plant Pathologist
Dr. Todd Davis – Extension Grain Marketing Specialist
Dr. John Grove - Soil Fertility, Researcher
Dr. Greg Halich – Extension Agriculture Economist
Dr. Erin Haramoto – Weed Science, Research
Dr. Carrie Knott - Extension Grain Crops Specialist
Dr. Travis Legleiter - Extension Weed Specialist
Dr. Chad Lee – Extension Grain Crops Specialist
Dr. Joshua McGrath – Extension Soils Specialist
Dr. Sam McNeill – Extension Agriculture Engineer
Dr. Michael Montross - Bioenvironmental Engineering, Research
Dr. Lloyd Murdock – Extension Soils Specialist
Dr. Edwin Ritchey - Extension Soils Specialist
Dr. Jordan Shockley - Extension Economist
Dr. Tim Stombaugh - Extension Machine Systems Automation Engineer
Dr. Lee Townsend - Extension Entomologist
Dr. Dave Van Sanford – Wheat Plant Breeding, Research
Dr. Raul Villanueva – Extension Entomologist
Dr. Ole Wendroth – Soil Physics, Researcher
Dr. Kiersten Wise - Extension Plant Pathologist
Colette Laurent – UK Grain Crops Coordinator
Marilyn Hooks – UK Staff Support