The Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Wheat Alliance and Kansas Crop Improvement Association announced this week that collectively, they will fund more than $1.4 million dollars in wheat research for the 2014 fiscal year (July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014). The research awards are for scientists with Kansas State University in Manhattan and Hays.

Research funding comes from one-and-a-half cents collected on every bushel of wheat sold in the state through the Kansas Wheat Commission, royalties collected on licensed public varieties through the Kansas Wheat Alliance and contributions from the research support fund generated by certified seed growers.