Kansas winter wheat growers plant in dry soil
10/12/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Kansas
Butler County, KS
Cowley County, KS
Harper County, KS
Harvey County, KS
Kingman County, KS
Lane County, KS
Reno County, KS
Sedgwick County, KS
Garden Plain, KS
Sherman County, KS
Sumner County, KS
Start Date: 10/11/2022
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Kansas wheat growers were planting into dry soil.
In the USDA’s Small Grains 2022 Summary released on September 30, USDA slashed Kansas wheat production to 244.2 million bushels, compared with 364 million bushels in 2021. Due to the persistent drought, USDA reported 700,000 acres were planted to wheat, but not harvested, and yields fell to an average of 37 bushels per acre, well below 52 bushels per acre in 2021 and 45 bushels per acre in 2020.
Kansas Wheat (Manhattan, Kan.), Oct 12, 2022
The difficult choice for Kansas winter wheat growers: wait for moisture or plant into very dry soil and hope for rain? About 50% of Kansas wheat has been planted, per the Kansas Farm Bureau. But, due to drought, only 19% of the wheat has emerged. And if a late crop manages to survive a cold winter, the yield can be reduced by up to 35%.
KAKE ABC 10 Wichita (Kan.), Oct 11, 2022
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