A small grains breeder at the University of Illinois says results from this year’s Illinois Wheat Association annual winter wheat tour are encouraging. “No news is good news. We didn’t really see anything out of the ordinary.” Dr. Jessica Rutkoski says despite weather challenges the tour of roughly 20 southern Illinois counties shows a relatively […]
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