Weatherbury Farm Grain Tracker
From Planting to Harvest, Organic Glenn Hard Red Spring Wheat (Whole & Sifted Glenn Bread Flour) in the field:
Glenn Wheat is planted in the spring. Before planting, the seedbed is plowed (tractor on left) and then harrowed (tractor on right) to smooth it.
Hard Spring Wheats like Glenn have a higher protein content and are the favorite of many bakers.
Planting Glenn Wheat
The Glenn Wheat is planted using an air drill planter. At the front of the planter is a harrow, which smooths the soil in the field to give the Glenn wheat seed the best possible seedbed.
Behind the planter, you can see the farmhouse — a sure sign that the Glenn was planted on our home farm!
The Glenn Wheat is up and has already begun to tiller, putting forth multiple stalks per plant.
One of the reasons it is more difficult to plant spring grains in our area than winter grains is that by this date, the winter grains have been up and tillering for two months — and providing cover so that weeds will be less likely to grow.
Organic Glenn Bread Flour in the field
Just over two months later, the wheat is beginning to head out.
Closeup of Glenn Wheat
The wheat grains that are milled into flour are in the wheat heads.
24 days later, the Glenn Wheat is starting to dry down.
Harvesting the Glenn Wheat
When we harvest the Glenn Wheat, the wheat grain is stored in the body of the combine.
Harvesting the Glenn Wheat
Straw comes out the back of the combine and is deposited back into field. The straw is used either to bed animals or left in the field to increase the organic matter of the soil.
The Glenn Wheat is unloaded (from the combine) into a gravity wagon to take the grain across the street to our home farm.
At the farm, we place aerators in the wagon to bring down the moisture of the grain further. The grain is stored in the wagon until it is cleaned so that it can be milled into flour.
Glenn Hard Red Spring Wheat Facts 2025 –fields acres, frost seed
Glenn Wheat Fields 2025
In 2025, Glenn Hard Red Spring Wheat was grown in Independence Township on our home farm. The farm is part of a 436 acre grant (known as Extravagance) surveyed to John Doddridge on April 6,1786. According to the Caldwell Atlas , the farm was established by M.T. Murdock in 1825. Murdock is listed as a farmer, grain, stock and wool grower (with 150 sheep). The farm was later a dairy operation (the Patterson family: 1945-1966) and a cattle operation (the Eastham family: 1966-1986). In 2008, we began raising historical grains on both the home farm and neighboring farms. The grains were certified organic in 2009 . In April 2014 Weatherbury Farm began stone-grinding flour. Weatherbury Farm also raised grass fed beef.
This is our fifth year of planting Glenn Hard Spring Wheat. While difficult to grow in the northeast, hard spring wheats are a favorite of many bakers because they have a higher protein. Historically, hard winter wheats (for bread) were not grown in this area. A hard spring wheat was definitely out of the question.
The wheat was planted on 3 fields totaling 4.85 acres on March 25 2025.
Clover was frost seeded into the wheat on April 14, 2025. (The clover suppresses weeds, aids in holding up the grain, increases soil organic matter, and eventually provides nitrogen to the next crop.)
The Glenn Hard Red Spring Wheat was harvested on July 15, 2025.
At the 2025 Washington County Fair, the Glenn Wheat sheaf and the jar of Glenn Wheat grains won 4th place.
For an illustrated explanation of how Weatherbury grains become flour, visit the from seed to flour page.
About Glenn Hard Red Spring Wheat Wheat
Organic Whole and Sifted Glenn Bread Flour
Glenn is a hard red spring wheat. Because the humidity in our area increases the incidence of disease in the fields, the eastern United States is not hospitable to growing hard red wheats, especially higher protein spring wheat. Luckily for us, the North Dakota State University Breeding Program developed Glenn Hard Red Spring Wheat which flourishes in our region.
Products Milled from Glenn Hard Red Spring Wheat
Glenn wheat is milled into organic unbleached whole and sifted Glenn bread flour.
Health benefits of Wheat
Wheat is an excellent source of protein, dietary fibers, manganese and selenium. Wheat’s fiber boosts the digestive process and improves overall metabolism. The vitamin B content of wheat provides you with energy. Additionally, the complex carbohydrates in wheat keeps you feeling fuller longer and give you energy over a longer period.
Managanese, which wheat is rich in, acts as a co-factor for greater than 300 enzymes involved in the production of insulin and glucose secretion. Wheat’s betaine content prevents chronic inflammation, which is a key constituent in rheumatic pains and diseases. Additionally, its anti-inflammatory property reduces the risk of ailments like osteoporosis, heart diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive decline, and type-2 diabetes.
More Information
Glenn bread flour can be ordered at our online shop either for our monthly on-farm pickup or you can have your order sent to you.
To read more about Glenn bread flour, please visit our Glenn Flour page.
More information on Glenn Hard Red Spring Wheat and other grains grown at Weatherbury Farm are on the grains we grow page.