Choose the right seed, manage your disease risk and your nutrient and water supply, and you will be on your way to a productive and profitable spring wheat crop.
Fungicides applied on seed can help protect stand establishment if there are fungal diseases present in the soil, says Madeleine Smith, University of Minnesota Extension small grains pathologist.
While total wheat acres are down this year due to commodity prices, there there are still several thousand acres of Beck’s wheat planted throughout the South.
Despite the late blizzard that caused considerable concern about the Kansas winter wheat crop, farmers report that, overall, the crop looks better than expected.
Spring and early summer are the wet season for the northern Plains, a cattle, wheat, and corn-growing region, so the dry start to this year’s growing season could have a lasting impact.
