Minnesota researchers are working to boost the yields of perennial intermediate wheatgrass, a forage crop. James Anderson, a project leader and professor at the University of Minnesota, calls it a ...

In the search for climate-friendly foods, scientists have spent decades reimagining what grows in the field. But a quieter question has lingered in the background: Will anyone actually want to eat it?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 18—MADISON — The promises of the intermediate wheatgrass trademarked as Kernza are many. It can provide farmers with a third ...

Kathryn Turner, Land Institute research associate, harvests samples of perennial wheatgrass. (Photo: Land Institute) Look for commercially successful perennial wheat varieties – the Holy Grail for a ...

Perennial crops have great potential. Yet they hardly figure in the world's calorie consumption. The world's major grains, food legumes and oilseeds - including all of its wheat, rice, corn, barley, ...

ROSEAU, Minn. - Richard Magnusson is all too familiar with difficult planting conditions. So the Roseau, Minn., farmer is intrigued by Kernza, an obscure-for-now wheatgrass that could cut input costs, ...

BUSHLAND û Perennial wheat? The possibility is being looked at by a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher. Annual wheat, which is traditionally grown in the Great Plains, is planted in the ...

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — As Steve Culman squatted in the southwestern Michigan farm field, he used his left hand to gently clasp several dead wheat stalks still in the ground, then pointed with his ...