Insight from Kansas Farm Bureau
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Warkentin's wheat
By Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau
Bernard Warkentin couldn’t have known that when he planted wheat in central Kansas in 1874 he was sowing Kansas’ legacy as the Wheat State. Allegedly, Warkentin was the first to plant Turkey Red wheat, a hard winter variety that was well conditioned to the Kansas climate and soils. Born in 18...