Western Kansas wheat needed more moisture to grow, offer grazing for livestock
3/22/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Kansas
Barber County, KS
Barton County, KS
Cheyenne County, KS
Clark County, KS
Comanche County, KS
Decatur County, KS
Dickinson County, KS
Edwards County, KS
Ellis County, KS
Finney County, KS
Ford County, KS
Gove County, KS
Graham County, KS
Grant County, KS
Gray County, KS
Greeley County, KS
Hamilton County, KS
Haskell County, KS
Hodgeman County, KS
Kearny County, KS
Kiowa County, KS
Lane County, KS
Logan County, KS
Meade County, KS
Morton County, KS
Ness County, KS
Norton County, KS
Osborne County, KS
Pawnee County, KS
Phillips County, KS
Pratt County, KS
Rawlins County, KS
Rooks County, KS
Rush County, KS
Russell County, KS
Scott County, KS
Seward County, KS
Sheridan County, KS
Sherman County, KS
Smith County, KS
Stafford County, KS
Stanton County, KS
Stevens County, KS
Thomas County, KS
Trego County, KS
Wallace County, KS
Wichita County, KS
Start Date: 12/2/2021
- End Date: 3/11/2022
Some winter wheat in western Kansas never sprouted last fall because it was too dry.
Abilene Reflector-Chronicle (Kan.), March 11, 2022
The precipitation deficit in western Kansas is 5 inches and could pose a problem for winter wheat. Farmers try to get the wheat planted by mid-September so livestock can graze it. The warm, dry weather in central Kansas kept the wheat trying to grow and using water at a time of year when the crop should be nearing dormancy or already dormant for the winter.
KWCH 12 (Wichita, Kan.), Dec 2, 2021
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