The short variety is grown here, handy for farmers who don’t keep animals and therefore don’t need the straw.
I avoid wheat and processed food-most of that contains wheat products-the new varieties are just empty carb storage units to make us fat-and full of GMO’s as well as pesticides. There are some small farms that grow old variety grains and stone grind them to flour. If others start growing naturally disease/pest resistant grains that don’t have a Monsanto stamp on them, we could all benefit healthwise...