Illinois wheat producers and processors are invited to attend the Illinois Wheat Association’s annual Illinois Wheat Forum. Attendees of the Illinois Wheat Forum will have the opportunity to learn more about new crop insurance features, nitrogen management, importance of marketing, 15-inch row wheat, and 2015 wheat variety trials. Participants also will have the chance to...

The IWA will host the Southern Illinois Wheat Tour and will give producers an opportunity to make crop observations. The tour will give producers an opportunity to make crop observations (note any evidence of leaf and head diseases) and make yield estimates of the 2015 winter wheat crop. The tour will include field checks during...

Wheat management and wheat and oat variety selection will be covered in depth at the Small Grains program at the University of Illinois. U of I Professor and small grains breeder Fred Kolb will discuss oat and wheat variety development for northern Illinois. U of I Professor and Extension Agronomist Emerson Nafziger will discuss the...