Now that there has been time to assess any damage that may have occurred after recent overnight temperatures were near or below 24°F, it is time to decide what to do with the wheat crop.
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Tuesday night temperatures dipped to or below 24°F for several hours at many locations throughout Kentucky. For winter wheat that has reached the jointing (Feekes 6) growth stage, or beyond, damage can occur to the developing wheat head at these temperatures.
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Some of the early-planted wheat and even some wheat planted ‘on time’ within the first two to three weeks of October is beginning to head. This is quite concerning given how early in the spring it is.
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Join us at Siemer Milling Co. Conference Center for the Winter Wheat Meeting on January 7.
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Corn Silk Farms of Logan County had the highest overall yield and highest No-Till Division yield in the commonwealth, achieving 126.88 bu/A using AgriMaxx 485 seed.
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Kentucky farmers harvested 25.1 million bushels of winter wheat during the summer of 2019 according to the Kentucky Field Office of USDA'S National Agricultural Statistics Service. This was up 27 percent from the previous year. Yield is estimated at 76.0 bushels per acre, up 10.0 bushels from 2018.
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While the grain markets continue to struggle with understanding the size of the 2019 corn and soybean crops, the market pretty well understands the 2019 winter wheat crop’s estimated production. As of August 19, USDA’s weekly Crop Progress report pegged the winter wheat harvest in the U.S. as 93% completed.
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The abundances of aphids during the fall might be the critical period when aphid species that are carrying BYDV can potentially reduce incomes of growers.
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Italian ryegrass (AKA: annual ryegrass) continues to be a major weed in Kentucky wheat acres, and has arguably become tougher to control over the last several years. This spring in particular we observed numerous wheat fields in western and central Kentucky that had ryegrass escapes late in the season and at harvest.
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Most winter wheat grown in Kentucky follows corn – sometimes soybean. The residual nitrogen (N) fertilizer remaining and/or that N released from crop residue is typically sufficient to meet wheat’s fall N requirement, prior to dormancy. But how does one know if sufficient N is present to meet the wheat N requirement?
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Kentucky wheat producers have a critical decision to make at this time of year: choosing the wheat varieties that they will plant this fall.
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Be sure to enter the Kentucky Wheat Yield Contest by July 25, 2019.
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Symptoms of Fusarium head blight (head scab) are present in Kentucky wheat fields with varying levels of damage being reported. Heads often are partially affected, with both healthy green and affected bleached areas being present in the same head.
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Fly Species that Thrive on Decomposing Organic Matter and Moist Environments Stand Out in the 2019 Planting Season in Different Crop Systems
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Wheat fields are beginning to flower in western Kentucky. Flowering (anthesis) is a critical time, as wheat becomes susceptible to infection by Fusarium graminearum, the causal agent of Fusarium head blight (FHB; also known as scab)
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The end of the 2018-19 wheat marketing-year is quickly approaching so this article will provide a few comments about the old-crop wheat and set the groundwork for the new crop balance sheet and the supply and demand factors affecting the U.S. marketing year average price.
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Field testing indicates that aphid populations may be in fields at undetectable levels; however, consultants and farmers should continue scouting for this pest as warmer temperatures will increase in April and aphid populations can grow rapidly.
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We’ve conducted an experiment over the last two years to compare how wheat and cereal rye perform as cover crops—research funded by the Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board.
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