Kansas wheat late to germinate, some did not emerge
4/18/2023 12:56:02 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Barber County, KS
Barton County, KS
Cheyenne County, KS
Clark County, KS
Comanche County, KS
Decatur 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: 4/15/2023
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A wheat grower near Lyons in Rice County in west central Kansas stated that he was waiting for rain to plant. He reported that some of the wheat in the area did not germinate until later in the winter, due to dry conditions. Some of it germinated in January and February after some snow.
In southwest Kansas, a lot of the wheat did not emerge in the fall and needs moisture to begin growing again, but is not receiving it, per the vice president of communications for Kansas Wheat. Last year was a dry one, too, for Kansas farmers, and by now, subsoil moisture has been depleted.
AgWeb (Mexico, Mo.), April 15, 2023
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