The Fairbanks Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station was started in 1906 to find crops that could grow in the Interior.

UAF research assistant Bob Van Veldhuizen harvests wheat Aug. 30, 2016. (Mingchu Zhang / UAF) Could fields of wheat be Alaska's next big grain crop?

Life as a farmer can be a winding journey. Bryce Wrigley grew up on a farm in Idaho, but opportunities in Alaska drew him north. Throughout the last 20 years, his family's place in Delta Junction ...

FAIRBANKS - The quest for a spring wheat variety that grows well in Alaska has been ongoing for more than 200 years.

He’s also serves as board chair of the Delta-based Alaska Farmers Co-op, which built grain elevators and a fertilizer plant with state funding back in the 1980s.

In its latest Grain Export Inspections report, the Department of Agriculture said wheat export inspections for the week ended July 17 totaled 732,290 metric tons. That's up from 444,631 tons at this ...

Whole wheat, oats, brown rice, and other whole grains are linked to a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, constipation, and certain types of cancer.

Whole wheat — including whole wheat flour — counts as a whole grain because it contains the three components, said Joanne Slavin, a professor of food science and nutrition at the University of ...

Could fields of wheat be Alaska's next big grain crop? With Alaska's growing season lengthening as a result of higher temperatures, researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have been ...