Ph.D. | Wheat breeder and “Heirloom Mixologist” for the PNW region with @LimagrainWheat. #GoBeavs #GoCougs #WPS. From Monroe, OR. 🌾🍞🍜 Opinions are my own.
Walla Walla, WA
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It’s always great to see wheat research happening at @uarkbumpers!
Jason Norsworthy/Bob Scott, Jason Kelly & Justin Chlapecka in #CropScience; Terry Spurlock in #entomology; & Mahfuzur Rahman in #FoodScience selected for research grant funding by Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board: tinyurl.com/bdd8mhmc
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Today marks the start of the @LimagrainWheat PNW team’s 2026 harvest! Here’s to a safe, successful season and the months of work that have led to this moment.
When February feels like April, it’s a good time to be out in the plots. The wheat is looking unseasonably large!
Dylan Larkin retweeted
Wheat grain mite has caused damage to a field in #lincolncountywa. This warm, wet winter has these creatures actively feeding in #wheat--and #croprotation could be a major factor. Info at smallgrains.wsu.edu/26mites/
#WAwheat #pnwwheat #wheatmites #wintergrainmite @WSUExtension
ALT Winter Grain Mite crawling on a winter wheat leaf blade. Key identifying characteristics include eight redish-orange legs, dark bodies, and a yellow to red pore on the back.
ALT Crop rotation shows striking differences in levels of wheat grain mite infestation and crop injury. The field on the left is in a winter wheat-fallow-winter wheat rotation showing significant damage from wheat grain mite. The field on the right follows a winter canola-fallow-winter wheat rotation and shows no damage.
Dylan Larkin retweeted
🚨 Stripe rust is here. Confirmed in eastern OR, with forecasts pointing to high pressure in 2026. Scout early, act fast on susceptible varieties—timing matters. Full report & recommendations: osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.am…
It looks like we’re getting an early start for stripe rust this year! It’ll be interesting to see how this looks in the spring.
Today the @uswheatassoc 2025 Wheat Improvement Team spoke to the KOFMIA group of millers and visited the Passion 5 bakery that uses 100% U.S. wheat in Seoul. Tomorrow we are off to Tokyo!
I’ve had the pleasure of representing @LimagrainWheat and talking to SE Asian millers and bakers who purchase US wheat as part of the @uswheatassoc 2025 Wheat Quality Improvement Team in Bangkok! I’ll also be visiting customers in Seoul and Tokyo over the next few days.
Dylan Larkin retweeted
Wheat holds the most acreage of all crops planted in the Pacific Northwest (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington). 4.25 million acres were planted in the PNW in 2024. m.farms.com/news/wheat-is-to…
Dylan Larkin retweeted
Private wheat breeder LimaGrain Cereals Research Canada sees handful of approved varieties licensed grainswest.com/2024/11/expan… #varietydevelopment #wheatbreeding
Dylan Larkin retweeted
Results are in! So proud of all our farmers! 🎉🌾 Congrats on dominating the winter wheat categories in this year's National Wheat Yield Contest! Shine takes 2 Bin Buster awards making it the top variety 4 years running! 🏆🏆🏆🏆
limagraincerealseeds.com/202…
Dylan Larkin retweeted
💡 Thought of the day at #IWC2024Perth: we really need to get some sort of wheat trialing network going to formally connect Walla Walla, WA 🇺🇸 & Wagga Wagga, NSW 🇦🇺. What do you reckon @PhenologyisFun?
Great overview of the @LimagrainWheat N American program from Dylan Larkin
I had the pleasure of speaking about @LimagrainWheat in North America and about how we are using collaboration to develop better wheat varieties for growers! #IWC2024Perth
Some photos of the aurora borealis from my backyard last night. #Auroraborealis #aurora #northenlights
Today was another great day for looking at plots in Walla Walla and Milton-Freewater, OR. The wheat is looking awesome at 3 nodes. Also, we have our first sign of stripe rust! #wheat #striperust
