KWS Hybrid Rye News & Media

Cereal rye has attracted greater interest in recent years as either a cover crop or as part of crop rotations.

A South Dakota Hutterite colony successfully uses hybrid rye as a sustainable, high-nutrition feed alternative for hogs.

Hybrid rye is being mooted by some as a winter cereal crop option with significant potential for the 2023/2024 season.

Eleven cereal rye varieties and one triticale variety were screened at four Iowa
State University research farms.

Long term sustainability of the livestock industries in the Canadian Prairies is dependent on increased use of alternative feeds and by-products.

KWS has a long history of developing top genetics through its research and breeding programs.

Organic farmers, researchers and personnel from the U of M gathered to hear the latest results of an ongoing Organic Swine and Hybrid Rye project.

This spring I chatted with a farmer in western Iowa who was considering adding hybrid rye to his corn-soybean rotation.

Hybrid rye is a cereal grain known for its ability to thrive under environmental stress and poor-quality soil conditions...

Why rye? Hybrid rye developed by KWS is a slightly modified version of traditional cereal rye.

KWS, a global plant breeding company and seed supplier, said their KWS Hybrid Rye has unique advantages, according to spokesperson Dener Lazzari.

Hybrid fall rye can be an important ingredient in many types of livestock feed rations, especially beef.

In 2016, Tom and Irene Frantzen were in the midst of a multi-year struggle with what they call an “evolutionary monster.”

This relatively new forage can be grown for grazing, silage or grain, and can fit into double-cropping systems

Watch Iowa Cover Crop's video to learn more about KWS hybrid rye.

Dr. Molly McGhee explains effects of replace hybrid rye for corn in diets for growing pigs without impacting growth performance.

Peter Sexton discusses hybrid rye research being conducted at the Southeast Research Farm.

In the Research Call of the month, Brooke Latack and I called Dr. Warren Rusche.

Iowa Farmer Today | There’s a reason the Midwestern part of the United States is known as the Corn Belt.

Alberta Farmer | Still a relatively new crop here, hybrid rye deserves a good look as a feed grain, say proponents

Practical Farmers of Iowa | Hybrid rye can be a positive addition to both organic and conventional farming operations...

Farm Journal's Pork | Hybrid rye is gaining traction as an alternative feed stuff in the upper Midwest.

Minnesota Crop News | As one part of a larger study, the University of Minnesota hybrid rye using swine manure as the primary nutrient source

NDSU | Historically, feeding rye has been limited due to the potential of ergot alkaloid ingestion.

Seed World | Hybrid rye is already an amazing crop, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t improvements that can be made.

Agrinews | The extensive KWS cereals wheat breeding program was featured during its open house June 4.