Home / Keywords / perennial grain crop

Items Tagged with 'perennial grain crop'

ARTICLES

Deep-Rooted Kernza Shows Promise as Dual-Purpose Perennial Crop

Kernza, a specialty grain crop developed by The Land Institute, is a perennial cool-season, dual-purpose crop that can provide high-quality winter grazing as well as grain in the summer.

By Dan Crummett posted on February 2, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Soil Health

The land institute's nearly 20-year-old breeding program with intermediate wheatgrass is on track to perfect a no-tiller’s “dream come true” — a cool season perennial that can be managed for both winter grazing and a grain crop the following summer.

USDA Funds Project Encouraging Farmers to Grow Perennial Kernza

September 24, 2020 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: University of Minnesota

A multi-state coalition of researchers, farmers, educators, industry leaders, policy experts, and climate scientists was recently awarded a 5-year, $10 million grant to scale the research, production, awareness and commercialization of Kernza, the first commercial perennial grain in the United States.

Current Issue

No-Till Farmer

Get full access NOW to the most comprehensive, powerful and easy-to-use online resource for no-tillage practices. Just one good idea will pay for your subscription hundreds of times over.

Subscribe Now

Innovators Honored for Blazing a Path for No-Till Adoption

Searching for a Silver Lining After a Tough Year of No-Tilling

When it Comes to Brand Loyalty, More Growers Are Willing to Switch Brands with Planter, Drill & Sprayer Buys — Three Slices of the Overall Farm Equipment Market Which Are Critical for No-Tillers

Must Read Free Eguides

Download these helpful knowledge building tools

Ponds, Panels, Pollinators: No-Till Innovator Takes Conservation to Next Level

On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, No-Till Farmer’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick, showcases how he’s taking conservation ag to the next level in Vincennes, Ind., with ponds, solar panels, duck hunting and more.

Top Directory Listings

Needham Ag Technologies, LLC

Needham Ag understands the role of technology in making better use of limited resources within a specific environment by drawing on a wealth of global experience to overcome the challenges facing today's farmers, manufacturers and dealers.

Titan International, Inc

Titan offers a full line of wheels, tires and undercarriage products for a wide variety of off-the-road equipment.

The Andersons PureGrade

The Andersons grows enduring relationships through extraordinary service, a deep knowledge of the market, and a knack for finding new ways to add value as we have done for nearly 70 years.