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OSU Agriculture is part of a national initiative to make food healthier

The Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team is helping to improve the healthiness of wheat by increasing its fiber content and supporting a national initiative to encourage improving the healthiness of food through crop breeding and
OSU Agriculture is part of a national initiative to make food healthier
OSU Agriculture is part of a national initiative to make food healthier

Thu, Jun 11, 2026

The Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team is helping to improve the healthiness of wheat by increasing its fiber content and supporting a national initiative to encourage improving the healthiness of food through crop breeding and

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New OSU variety is the heavyweight champion of wheat

Thu, Feb 12, 2026

A new wheat variety is on its way to market this fall and is perhaps OSU's most widely adapted since Duster in the early 2000s.

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OSU collaborates with national group to increase fiber in wheat

Fri, Oct 31, 2025

The Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team is working to increase fiber in wheat in collaboration with wheat researchers across the nation.

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Raising the Grain: OSU Agriculture reinvents wheat for the future

Tue, Sep 9, 2025

In the past 25 years, OSU Ag Research's wheat breeding program has kept stripe rust and leaf rust at bay in wheat crops with varieties like Gallagher, Smith's Gold, Green Hammer, OK Corral and Paradox; created durable dual-purpose wheat with

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OSU wheat variety trial results available online

Wed, Jul 16, 2025

Oklahoma State University annually conducts wheat variety trials across the state to show how different varieties respond to local growing conditions. Information from each unique site provides farmers with detailed information to make sound

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New OSU wheat varieties could lead to more natural bread with fewer additives

Thu, Jun 26, 2025

Flour from the OSU varieties Paradox, Breadbox and Firebox (dubbed the OX varieties) appears to provide an uncommonly high level of dough strength while maintaining varying levels of extensibility. OSU has partnered with Oklahoma-based Shawnee

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OSU and Oklahoma Genetics Inc. partnership benefits wheat industry

Wed, May 14, 2025

Oklahoma is known for its rolling and expansive wheat fields because wheat is one of the top crops produced in the state. More than 70% of all wheat acres are planted with varieties developed at Oklahoma State University, including 36 varieties

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New OSU Orange Blossom CL+ wheat variety brings a strong resistance package to Oklahoma fields

Mon, Apr 28, 2025

Oklahoma State University Agriculture will launch Orange Blossom CL+ this summer, a new wheat variety with high yield potential, strong tolerance to leaf rust, stripe rust and spring freezes, and good milling quality.

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OSU Wheat Improvement Team feeds the world

Mon, Feb 17, 2025

The Oklahoma State University Wheat Improvement Team has released 37 wheat varieties since 2000 with higher disease tolerance and stronger yields.

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Honoring Heroes: the OSU 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb – a tradition of remembrance and tribute

Mon, Sep 16, 2024

On Sept. 14, the Oklahoma State University Fire Protection Society, along with the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, came together for its annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. The event, now a time-honored tradition, serves as a

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