Wheat's On Your Mind

100 Episodes: Wheat’s Past, Present, and Future

Kansas Wheat: 100 Episodes, Lessons That LastKansas wheat has a remarkable history, and 100 episodes of Wheat’s On Your Mind reveal how farmers, researchers, and industry

Global Wheat: What Could Move Kansas Prices

A quieter wheat market doesn’t mean the opportunities—or risks—have disappeared. Mike O’Dea of StoneX joins host Aaron Harries and Kansas Wheat CEO Justin Gilpin to exam

Wheat Farming: Legacy, Markets and Survival

After a brutal wheat harvest and another difficult year for farm economics, why keep planting wheat? For northwest Kansas farmer Mike McClellan, part of the answer is sim

Can Australian Agronomy Improve Kansas Wheat?

Getting more wheat from limited water may depend less on finding one breakthrough and more on improving the entire farming system. Australian farming systems agronomist

Wheat Demand: Why Bread Needs Defending

Bread remains a cornerstone of the American food system, but declining consumption and changing consumer attitudes could have consequences all the way back to the wheat f

Kansas Wheat: Lessons From a Brutal 2026 Crop

The 2026 wheat season showed just how quickly a promising crop can become a test of every management decision a producer makes. Host Aaron Harries sits down with K-State

America's Agricultural History Still Matters

America's story cannot be told without agriculture—and few people understand that story better than historian and author Douglas Hurt. As the United States approaches it

U.S. Wheat Quality: Winning Beyond Price

A smaller hard red winter wheat crop will test whether last year’s export buyers were chasing price or choosing lasting value.  Brian Liedl, vice president of overseas o

FSA Overhaul: Faster Help for Kansas Farmers

Federal farm programs are changing, and Kansas wheat producers need to know what those changes could mean at the county office, in the crop insurance conversation and on

Kansas Wheat Harvest: Smaller Crop, Bigger Stakes

Kansas wheat farmers are facing a mixed harvest, fragile margins, and fertilizer markets that are finally easing but still hard to pencil. Aaron Harries and Justin Gilpi

Farmer-Owned Bread: Keeping Wheat Value Local

A farmer-owned wheat, milling, and bakery project in Goodland could change how Kansas wheat reaches the grocery shelf. In this episode of Wheat’s On Your Mind, Aaron Har

Wheat, Fiber, and the Food Pyramid

Wheat is being pulled into bigger national conversations about dietary guidelines, school meals and ultra-processed foods. In this episode, Aaron Harries talks with Erin

Farm Program Changes Kansas Farmers Need

Kansas wheat producers have several farm program changes to keep on their radar, from higher wheat reference prices to 2026 ARC/PLC elections, new base acre opportunities

Drought Tests Kansas Wheat Genetics

Kansas wheat producers are heading into harvest with drought, freeze injury, possible abandonment, and seed supply questions all on the table. In this episode of Wheat’s

Wheat Lessons From The East Coast

Maryland wheat farmers juggle humidity, disease pressure, poultry markets, and tighter nutrient rules, yet Jason Scott says there is still room to raise strong wheat and

Hybrid Wheat In Kansas Soil - WOYM

Hybrid wheat has long been one of agriculture’s biggest “what ifs.” In this episode of Wheat’s On Your Mind, host Aaron Harries talks with Dan Wiersma of Corteva about

New Leadership for Wheat’s Next Chapter - WOYM

Mike Spier, the new president and CEO of U.S. Wheat Associates, joins Aaron Harries and Justin Gilpin to talk about the relationships, strategy, and boots-on-the-ground w

The Farm Impact of World Conflict - WOYM

Global conflict is colliding with farm economics in this episode of Wheat’s on Your Mind. Host Aaron Harries is joined by Mike O’Dea, risk management consultant at StoneX

WOYM - 80 Harvests After the Dust Bowl

Don Keesling has lived through 80 Kansas wheat harvests, and he remembers when harvest was a full-family operation—kids hauling water, older siblings driving trucks, and

WOYM - World Fertilizer Prices, Kansas Wheat Reality

Fertilizer isn’t just an input—it’s a globally traded commodity with price signals driven by geopolitics, energy markets, and overseas demand. In this episode, Aaron Harr