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Topic: wheat
Definition:

  • annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains grains of common wheat
  • sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal
  • usually ground into flour a variable yellow tint
  • dull yellow, often diluted with white

    Related tag cloud:

  • corn
  • grain
  • barley
  • agriculture
  • soybeans
  • farming
  • oats
  • seed
  • flour
  • alfalfa
  • farm
  • cattle
  • cotton
  • crops
  • futures
  • rice
  • bread
  • weather
  • livestock
  • food
  • canola
    • Resources:

    Grains Nutrition Information Center
    National nonprofit organization formed to help increase awareness of dietary grains as an essential component to a healthy diet.
    http://www.wheatfoods.org/

    Canadian Wheat Board
    Marketing agency for Western Canadian wheat and barley growers. Includes publications, links, and information about the weather, markets and grain movement.
    http://www.cwb.ca/

    National Association of Wheat Growers
    Wheat facts, marketing, and research information. Weekly report from Washington, D.C. and Wheat Industry Conference and Exposition. Reviews issues of loans, crop insurance, farm cash flow, exports, and the need for sound science behind Food Quality Protection, as these issues affect wheat producers.
    http://www.wheatworld.org/

    Kansas State University Research and Extension
    Offers educational programs and resources in the areas of agribusiness and economics, crops and livestock, environment, health and nutrition, home and family, youth development, and lawn and garden.
    http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/

    Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
    Canada's largest publicly traded agri-business co-operative, with diverse operations in grain handling and marketing, farm supplies, agri-food processing, livestock marketing, and publishing. Provides information on news, employment, membership, investment and agriculture.
    http://www.swp.com/

    The Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
    The KAWG works on risk management tools for wheat producers such as crop revenue coverage, a crop insurance product. Utilizes the experience of membership to remain in contact with state and national governmental elected officials, to help our members maximize their profitability. Involved in the 1996 farm legislation, emphasizing critical reforms contained in the "Freedom to Farm" legislation which was adopted.
    http://www.wheatonline.com/