Field and Garden: ND Stampede – coming soon to a field near you

If your ancestors homesteaded in North Dakota, they likely grew Red Fife wheat.

Believed to have originated in Ukraine, this variety was the most widely cultivated wheat across the Northern Plains in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

While Red Fife was prized for its excellent baking quality, it came with significant shortcomings, including late maturity, susceptibility to lodging, a tendency to sha...