Eric Gifford, head miller at The Birkett Mills, holds buckwheat flour Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Penn Yan, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Eric Gifford, head miller at The Birkett Mills, takes a sample of unhulled buckwheat seeds before they are ground Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Penn Yan, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Sunlight illuminates The Birkett Mills, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Penn Yan, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Ana Roldan, a Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University, uses a light meter to measure the amount of sunlight on a buckwheat field Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, at a research farm in Aurora, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

A ladybug rests on buckwheat flowers Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Penn Yan, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Paige Hansen, founder of food company BAM the Brand, looks at buckwheat growing in a farm field Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Penn Yan, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Buckwheat grows in a field Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Newfield, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Katherine Beeson, left, and Ana Roldan take ambient light measurements as part of buckwheat research Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, at a Cornell University research farm in Aurora, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)