Turkey Red Winter Wheat

RockFilter Family Farms

Veteran-owned, Organic farm-grown Turkey Red Winter Wheat. Farming is more than working the land. It’s a business.

Turkey Red Winter Wheat is a heritage variety of wheat that differs significantly from modern wheat varieties like Hard Red Winter Wheat, Soft Red Winter Wheat, and White Wheat. Its unique flavor and characteristics make it stand out in both brewing and distilling. 

Uses in Distilling:
• Wheated Bourbons and Whiskey: Adds a smooth, mellow character while imparting a slight nutty sweetness.

• Craft Distilling: Ideal for making soft, approachable whiskeys that don’t have the harsh bite of rye.

• Enhanced Aged Character: Its subtle spice and earthy tones develop well during barrel aging, adding depth without dominating the profile.

• Grain-to-Glass Whiskeys: Heritage appeal and distinctive flavor make it a popular choice among craft distillers focusing on traditional methods.

Uses in Brewing:
• Wheat Beers and Hefeweizens: Enhances body and adds a rich, malty flavor with a touch of nuttiness.

• Farmhouse Ales and Saisons: Complements fruity and spicy yeast profiles with its earthy and warm spice notes.

• Porters and Stouts: Adds a smooth, rounded mouthfeel and depth of flavor to darker ales.

• Blended Grain Beers: Pairs well with barley and other grains to create balanced, complex flavor profiles.

Organic

Triple K Farming 

The fermentation process of Black Barley lends itself well to beer making processes and is rising in popularity amongst brewers. It has a deeply satisfying nutty flavor when cooked and can be added to soups, salads, stuffing, pilafs and more. This crop is available for 2025 harvest.

Black Barley

Conventional (Non-GMO)

Wilson Organic Farms

Hard Red Winter Wheat is a versatile wheat that has great milling and baking attributes for bread, rolls and croissants and flat breads. It can also be used for some types of noodles, general purpose flour and as an improver for blending.

Hard Red Winter Wheat

Soft Red Winter Wheat has low protein and weak gluten and is often used in confectionary applications such as cakes, cookies and crackers.

Soft Red Winter Wheat

Middle J Farms

Organic Hard White Wheat has a high protein content and a hard texture, making it well-suited for bread making and other baking purposes. It is often milled into flour, which can then be used to make a variety of baked goods, including bread, rolls, bagels, pastries, and more. Its high protein content and strong gluten formation make it particularly well-suited for producing bread with good structure, volume and texture.

Additionally, organic hard white wheat is used to make other wheat-based products such as pasta, malt, and breakfast cereals. Its versatility and nutritional benefits make it a popular choice among brewers, artisan bakeries, and food manufacturers seeking high-quality, organic ingredients.

Hard White Winter Wheat

Organic Proso Millet, also known as broomcorn millet or white millet, is one of the oldest cultivated grains in the world, with origins dating back thousands of years to regions of Asia and Africa. Proso millet is valued for its nutritional content, adaptability to various climates and soil types and versatility in culinary applications.

Proso millet grains are small, round, and typically creamy-white or pale yellow in color. They have a mild, slightly nutty flavor and a soft texture when cooked. Proso millet is gluten-free, making it suitable for individuals with gluten sensitivities or celiac disease.

Because it is gluten-free, it is often used by breweries and distilleries to produce gluten-free alcohol. Proso millet grains can be cooked and used as a whole grain in dishes such as porridge, pilafs and salads. They can also be ground into flour and used to make flatbreads, pancakes and baked goods.

Proso Millet

Byrd Farms LLC

CEAD Farms 

Organic Hard Red Winter Wheat comes from a dedicated farm in Colorado and is free of chemicals and boasts a higher nutritional yield per wheat berry.

Carter Farms Inc

This Koto Buckwheat was cultivated for malting purposes.

Koto Buckwheat

Cunningham Ranch

Our certified Organic Elbon Rye was cultivated for distilling and malting.

Elbon Rye

Meyer Farms

Our Two-Rowed ACC Synergy Malting Barley was cultivated for malting, brewing, milling and distilling.

Synergy Malting Barley

Hieger Farms

Indiana-grown Two-Rowed Puffin Malting Barley using Identity Preserved practices. Released in 1987, Puffin Malting Barley is derived from Maris Otter—a popular two-row winter malting variety grown in the UK and used by brewers worldwide.

Puffin Malting Barley

Identity Preserved

Ruffing Farms

AC Hazlet Rye has a rich vanilla note, with less of the pepper and spice notes commonly found in rye whiskey or flour.

AC Hazlet Rye

Dockins Farms

There are 600 acres of Yellow Dent Corn available for forward contracting for the upcoming harvest.

Yellow Dent Corn

Nicholson Farms

Hard Red Winter Wheat is a versatile wheat that has great milling and baking attributes for bread, rolls and croissants and flat breads. It can also be used for some types of noodles, general purpose flour and as an improver for blending. This is a great opportunity to purchase wheat grown organically before certification!

Hard Red Spring Wheat

Transitional

Perennial Promise Growers Cooperative

Kernza® is the first commercially available perennial grain and is a substitute for traditional wheat in foods such as flour, bread, tortillas, crackers, pasta and beer or can be used as a whole grain ingredient.

It’s extensive root system prevents erosion, cleans water, mitigates nitrate leaching, improves soil health, and sequesters more atmospheric carbon than traditional wheat.

Kernza® grain is harvested from intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium). It’s closely related to annual wheat and has been historically grown as fodder for livestock. The Land Institute, a non-profit research, education and policy organization based in Salina, Kansas, began breeding Kernza for human consumption in 2003.

Kernza’s commercial launch is the result of an unprecedented coalition of land grant universities, farmers, research partners, processors, and CPG companies from 15 states and 10 countries, including leadership from the University of Minnesota’s Forever Green Initiative.

Today the emerging crop is grown on nearly 4,000 acres across the U.S. & Canada and is being sold to sustainability focused brands and consumers.

Characteristics of Kernza

Environmental

• Improves soil’s ability to retain water, prevents runoff, and reduces soil erosion
• May reduces nitrate leaching into groundwater by 95%
• Provides diverse wildlife habitat
• Kernza production reduces greenhouse gas emissions due to reduced tillage and inputs
• Perennial grasslands, like Kernza, sequester 300 - 1,000 pounds of atmospheric carbon per acre per year

Formulation & Flavor

• Flavor: Kernza has a unique sweet & nutty flavor profile.
• High in protein, fiber, potassium, carotenoids, calcium, and antioxidants - especially when compared to wheat
• It performs more like rye in baking applications
• Kernza is most often used as a blended ingredient with Common inclusions rates between 10-50%

Kernza Wheat

68 Farms LLC

Whole oat groats grown on a diversified family farm operation in South Dakota. 

Oats

Hunnicutt Farms

Organic Two-Rowed ND Genesis Malting Barley, known for its excellent malting qualities, is available from our farm in Minnesota. We use cover crops and crop rotations as part of our soil health initiative on the farm. 

Genesis Malting Barley

Getting Farms Ltd

Transitional whole oats grown on a family farm in Iowa. We've been farming for over 30 years and are transitioning acreage to organic practices.

Johnson Farms

Organic KS Western Star Hard Red Winter Wheat grown in Kansas has good test weight, and good milling and baking qualities. In general, its grain protein content is similar to Joe. Its flour extraction rate is very high, which is about five percentage points more than Joe. KS Western Star has good mixing tolerance, which is similar to Tatanka and SY Monument. It has more water absorption than Joe.

Hopper Bottom

Andrew and Marissa farm together with Marissa's family growing corn, beans, pastured pork, and chestnuts.

Goose Hill Farm

Turkey Red Winter Wheat grown on a family farm in Iowa. Turkey Red Winter Wheat is an heirloom variety that brings a soft, sweet profile to wheated bourbons and whiskies. 

Iowa, United States

Turkey Red Winter Wheat

Fieldcraft Direct