Crop rating lowest ever | Views differ over whether fall condition affects final winter wheat yields
Depending on who you talk to, it’s either way too early to write off the U.S. winter wheat crop or time to pull out the eraser and pencil in a smaller production number. The crop is off to its worst start since condition ratings began in 1986. Only 33 percent of the winter wheat was […] Read moreTag Archives Winter Wheat
U. S. crop struggles in dry soil
Global winter wheat outlook threatened
Poor prospects so far | World winter wheat crops struggling, but analysts say it’s too early to worry about final yields yet
Winter wheat crops are off to a bad start around the world, but there is plenty of time for them to recover, say analysts. Crop establishment has been poor in parts of North America, Europe and Russia, where it is once again too dry to plant a crop in places. Seeding conditions are terrible in […] Read more
Rain improves U.S. winter wheat prospects
USDA forecasts 55.7 million acres | Rain across Kansas is ‘a godsend’ for crops struggling with extreme drought conditions
Much of Kansas received 25 to 50 millimetres of rainfall last weekend, which is fantastic news for the state’s winter wheat crop, said a spokesperson for the Kansas Wheat Commission. Topsoil and subsoil moisture in Kansas, the largest winter wheat producing state, was rated as short or very short before the rainstorm, and winter wheat […] Read morePeace River farmers favour wheat over fescue
RYCROFT, Alta. — Peace River farmers used to seed creeping red fescue as a way to spread out the harvest season and the risks of spring seeded crops. Low fescue prices have prompted many farmers to plant winter wheat instead. “Winter wheat has replaced fescue acres as the other crop to help spread out harvest,” […] Read more
Don’t be hasty to reseed winter wheat: agrologist
Conduct spring assessment | Don’t try to determine if there is damage before mid-May
Unseasonably warm weather in February provided Paul Thoroughgood with the opportunity to dig up some of his winter wheat plants and inspect them for damage. He removed the plants from a field on his farm south of Moose Jaw, Sask., that hadn’t received a flake of snow and stuck them in a plastic Tupperware dish […] Read more
