Anyone heard anything about the wheat crop?

[Beeman]

I caught part of a radio show and they mentioned something about the wheat being damaged from the cold/snow last week. With the push to plant corn and the cutting back on wheat and soybean and now possibly damage from the weather I'd say grain and everything associated with it will be effected.

[Shepherd]

I think the fruit crops are going to be affected too, due to the weather. I know some of our fruit trees were covered in blooms when we had a hard freeze for several days, and our daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, irises and even some of the peonies were hit hard. I don't know the extent of damage, if any, our roses had.

So...

[Tractorgrl]

I heard some parts of Kansas lost quite a bit of hard red winter wheat with the freeze. Some of my classmates from nothern Oklahoma said they were hit too, others said they had no damage at all. Don't know if there was enough damage to really affect prices. Anyone else know more?

[Siryet]

4/9/2007
Wheat Growers Urged To Be Patient After Weekend Freeze

Extremely cold temperatures over the Easter weekend have many Kansas wheat producers concerned that a crop that was rated 77% good to excellent statewide, may have been severely damaged. Low temperatures in the teens to lower twenties were recorded across much of the state both Saturday and Sunday mornings, shattering record lows in many locations.

However, growers are reminded that wheat is a resilient plant and only time will tell how severe the damage may have been...........................


http://www.kswheat.com/news.asp?id=9&newsid=302

[Windy in Kansas]

The county I reside in in Kansas is usually one of the top two wheat producers in Kansas.

We are still in a wait and see attitude.

I did look over some pampas grass and each leaf stem was brown and rotten at the base inside of the old stem. A few showed about a ¼ inch of new growth at the very tip below the damaged section. I agree with the wait and see.

The tops of the wheat has obvious damage which is visible from just driving by. So many different stages of growth to the various fields as usual.

Most of Kansas doesn't have enough moisture to properly grow corn so grain sorghum crops will replace a lot of the wheat if it is destroyed.

[Wisconsin Ann]

AgDay just had a map up about the drought...kansas/nebraska/east colorado/dakotas...all still in severe drought. doesn't look good for anything, eh? If they get moisture, it's a flood or tons of snow. Looks to be the beginning of a hard year.

[cwgrl23]

Western South Dakota produces alot of winter wheat as well. Or at least they normally due. With the drought that has lasted several years...guys are either not planting or they are and not getting anything in the spring. I know some that planted praire grass and fixed the fences on the hope of having an extra pasture to turn cows out on.


A large bit of land is being taken out of production all together as rich people are buying large ranches just to have a place to hunt...not running any cow or just a token herd and not doing any farming on the property! I know of at least 3 ranches this has happened to in the last 3 years and they all were well over a 1000 acres.

Carrie in SD