HRS wheat is usually sown in late April and harvested in August
The main region for Hard Red Spring wheat is the northern Great Plains region, where winters are too harsh for HRW wheat production
The states that make up the wheat belt are parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, and Colorado. Parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota are also states in the wheat belt.
I have grown small plots of wheat for personal consumption in WV. I live an hour east of Charleston now, but have grown wheat in Charleston when I lived there. I grew hard red spring and hard white spring wheat. You can also grow winter wheat. Spring wheat is sown 1 to 3 weeks after the last frost date. Winter wheat is sown 3 to 4 weeks before the first frost date. In central WV the first frost date is October 15th and the last frost date is May 10th.
Wheat - many varieties, including hard red, spring, and winter wheat Durum wheat Oats Barley Rye - fall and spring varieties
While the Hard Red Winter (HRW) Wheat crop is much larger than other wheat crops, there were five other commercial classes of U.S. wheat: Hard Red Spring (HRS), Soft Red Winter (SRW), White, Durum, and Red Durum.
Crops grown in South Dakota include corn, wheat (durum, hard red winter, hard red spring), soybeans, sunflowers, oats, flax seed, alfalfa, hay, and sorghum. South Dakota's major crops are corn, hay, soybeans and wheat.
Although wheat is grown in virtually every state, the focal point of the industry is in the central and southern Great Plains Region where Hard Red Winter Wheat is produced.
They can be the same type of wheat flower actually. The only difference is pasta has an extremely low level of hydration, which produces the stiff dough which when dried will form hard pasta. It's a similar concept to bagels vs sandwich bread. Bagels have a lower hydration level which is why they are so dense. It's all the same flower being used though.
C. J Peterson has written: 'Comparison of winter wheat varieties grown in cooperative nursery experiments in the hard red winter wheat region in 1988' -- subject(s): Wheat, Varieties, Winter wheat
The Mennonite farmers that settled the American Midwest brought with them from Russia a type of hard winter wheat that is known as "turkey red wheat". Hard Red Winter - Hard, brownish, mellow high-protein wheat used for bread, hard baked goods and as an adjunct in other flours to increase protein in pastry flour for pie crusts. Some brands of unbleached all-purpose flours are commonly made from hard red winter wheat alone. It is primarily traded by the Kansas City Board of Trade.
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1 pound of hard red winter wheat SEED (wheat doesn't make berries) equals 2.36 cups. http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_volume_cooking.htm
The major crops of North Dakota are wheat, seeds, beans, and oats. North Dakota is the largest producer in the US of durum wheat, hard red spring wheat, sunflowers, barley, navy beans, pinto beans, canola, flax seed, dry edible peas, lentils and honey.