Wheat farmers have a new crop insurance product available this fall for the 2011 crop year. USDA's Common Crop Insurance Policy, known as the COMBO rule, revises Common Crop Insurance regulations to combine previous yield and revenue plans into one standardized insurance plan.

King Arthur Flour, Fleischmann's Yeast and Kansas Wheat Commission are co-sponsoring the 2011 National Festival of Breads competition, which seeks the best yeast bread recipes from home bakers throughout the United States. The competition is open to home bakers ages 18 and up from all over the natio

In recognition of the 25th anniversary of the Speak for Wheat Spokespersons Program, an educational tour to Des Moines and Minneapoliswas sponsored by the Kansas Wheat Commission in mid-July.

Three Kansas wheat producers have each earned $1,000 cash prizes by winning their respective divisions of the 2010 Kansas Wheat Yield Contest. The Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and BASF were major sponsors.

Claims that the wheat genome has been sequenced are premature, and moreover, additional manpower and money are needed to complete the project, agree members of the International Wheat Genome Sequence Consortium.