Wheat stands destroyed in Weld County, Colorado
5/19/2022 11:23:28 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Weld County, CO
Start Date: 5/15/2022
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Two rains the first week of May allowed a Weld County farmer to plant corn and most of the milo with the expectation of nearly all of it emerging. The rain also revived the barley.
Before the rain, some subpar wheat stands were destroyed. Plans were to plant milo instead of corn, which needs more water, but the rain allowed them to plant corn.
Strong winds have caused even no-till and minimum-till fields to blow. Residual straw from last year’s wheat crop was fragile, due to a wheat stem sawfly infestation, and the winds removed some of the straw residue.
They expected to be out of water by mid-June.
DTN – Progressive Farmer (Burnsville, Minn.), May 15, 2022
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