Wheat tour sees potential for record-breaking crop

By Rob Stroud, Lee Enterprises
Jun 15, 2024
Jun 15, 2024

Jessica Rutkoski, assistant professor and small grains breeder at the University of Illinois, leads a group measuring a wheat crop during the Illinois Wheat Association's Wheat Plot Tour outside Teutopolis, Ill.
Lee Enterprises photo by Joseph Ressler

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By Rob Stroud, Lee Enterprises

TEUTOPOLIS, Ill. — Siemer Milling Co. processes approximately 1 million pounds of flour a day at its corporate headquarters facility, so it has great interest in the status of Illinois wheat fields.

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