Winter wheat struggling in Southern Plains
3/16/2018 6:41:37 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
AFFECTED AREAS:
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Start Date: 3/15/2018
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As drought continued to intensify in the southern Plains, the winter wheat crop continued to deteriorate. Even irrigation was not enough to ensure a healthy crop, and in some dryland fields, the crop did not germinate. The National Agricultural Statistics Service rated winter wheat as being in poor or very poor condition for 74 percent of the crop in New Mexico, 72 percent in Oklahoma, 53 percent in both Kansas and Texas, and 27 percent in Colorado.
High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal (Dodge City, Kan.), March 15, 2018
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