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From the Fertile Crescent to the Great Plains: The journey and evolution of modern wheat

Summary by Agweek
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Winter wheat has been grown in South Dakota for nearly 150 years, but there is far more history to this crop. In South Dakota, wheat is the third most grown crop, with winter wheat having about 800,000 to 1 million acres planted annually, said Sunish Sehgal, winter wheat breeder at South Dakota State University. Across the globe, there are 800 million tons of wheat grown. “All this volume is produced by the development of the …
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Agweek broke the news in on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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