Have you ever noticed how many of our favorite foods have one ingredient in common? WHEAT. 🌾It’s an affordable ingredient that can be transformed into a myriad of delicious foods. What’s your favorite way to #EatWheat ?

In celebration of #CincodeMayo , infuse some Mexican flavor into your weekend with Fry Bread Tacos! 🪇💃
The soft fry bread, made from flour, is a perfect vessel to use as a taco. 🌮sweetteaandsprinkles.com/fry-bread/

Statewide, spring wheat planting progress has ramped up as compared to last week and winter wheat conditions continue to improve. #SDWheat

Did you know? Wheat growth can be broadly divided into several different stages: germination/emergence, tillering, stem elongation, boot, heading/flowering, and grain-fill/ripening.

What stage is your wheat in?

Hard red spring wheat stands out as the aristocrat of wheat for baking bread. Hard red spring wheat has the highest protein and gluten content among all U.S. wheat varieties, making it the perfect flour for bread-making.

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3⃣ decades of research by Dwayne Beck shows the importance of #Wheat in a success crop rotation! 🌾

This Corn-Corn-Soybean-Wheat-Soybean rotation will out-yield a 2 crop rotation in South Dakota states Beck!

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Happy Earth Day! Thank you farmers for working everyday to make our planet a more sustainable and beautiful place.

Hard red winter wheat is a multi-purpose wheat class due to its outstanding milling and baking characteristics. Hard red winter is used in many foods such as hard rolls, pan breads, flatbreads, and croissants.

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Eating wheat helps provide energy for our bodies, and contains vitamins and minerals, such as iron and B vitamins. Jump start your morning and #eatwheat with these buttermilk cranberry muffins.
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Statewide, spring wheat is at 23% planted, well ahead of 1% last year, and ahead of 13% for the five-year average.🌾 #Plant24 #SDWheat

For about 10 years now the SD Wheat commission has been investing dollars to influence the next generation of culinary students at Mitchell Tech by providing new equipment and scholarships to keep students cooking with #Wheat ! 🌾

Durum wheat is the hardest of all wheats. Durum has a rich amber color and is high in gluten content. It's the top choice for pasta products and is less often used to make various types of bread.

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Did you know? Wheat ranks third among U.S. field crops in planted acreage, production, and gross farm receipts, behind corn and soybeans.

#wheatoftheweek Typically hard white wheat is the type of wheat that we are most familiar with. Hard white works best for Asian noodles, whole wheat, pan breads or flat breads.

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Spring wheat or winter wheat? Comment down below which one you are growing this year. 👇

Happy National Sourdough Bread Day! Spring is here and it's time to bring your sourdough starter out of hibernation and #eatwheat .

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Want to decorate Easter eggs without the weeks worth of egg leftovers? These Easter egg sugar cookies are not only festive but a great way to #eatwheat .
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Did you know? Cool, wet growing seasons tend to produce lower protein wheat. Overly hot, dry conditions can stress the wheat resulting in higher protein content and stronger gluten properties.

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for northeast SD. Help us #keepSDsafe by staying current on forecasts and being flexible with any travel plans. You can quickly get road conditions with SD DOT’s free app SD511 or dial 511 before hitting the road!

Happy National Ag Day! Ag Day events mark a nationwide effort to tell the story of American agriculture. We’re so fortunate to have dedicated growers and producers who feed our nation. Check out all of the amazing ag day events at agday.org.