PROGRAM ANALYSIS 



WHEAT RESEARCH AND MARKETING COMMITTEE PROGRAM 



Goal 



Encourage and promote intensive, scientific, and practical research 

 into all phases of wheat culture and production, marketing and use. 



Objectives 



Continue to support wheat research at Montana State University. 



Provide information to wheat farmers in Montana relative to wheat 

 crop, sales, use and markets. 



Assist in developing both foreign and domestic markets. 



Continue efforts to establish adequate transportation at equitable 

 rates for Montana grain. 



Evaluation 



The division hosted several foreign trade teams and individuals 

 interested in Montana's wheat industry. 



The need for more and better quality information increases each 

 year and the annual Crop Quality Survey was given wide distribution, 

 again, this year. 



The division supported our transportation specialist in seeking 

 reductions, or at least stabilizations, of freight rates. 



The division supported wheat research projects at Montana State 

 University. Projects supported were: 



Developing a more reliable soils test. 



Improvement of wheat varieties for all Montana areas. 



Control of wheat diseases such as rust, root rots, and 

 Septoria. 



Testing procedures on milling and baking qualities of 

 Montana wheats. 



Funds were provided to the five research centers, in 

 Montana, in order for them to carry out, more efficiently, 

 research for wheat. 



Developing a high-lysine barley for growing under Montana 

 conditions. 



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