Winter Wheat Update

[@FRRitter]

Good idea... making changes per the situation. We're cheering for the winter wheat success!

[@mikemitchell2554]

Thankyou!

[@rongrose3746]

Lookin GREEN !!!

[@terrygreen9107]

Crop Looks good Mike, well done for trying keep up the good work 👍

[@Stigsens1]

Here in Denmark we have winter wheat, for the last 50+ years. If you got a snow cover it can survive almost anything, only frozen ground and melted snow kill it, and temp going up and down the freeze point pull the plants “over”. Our climate is of coz a lot different. And yes, genetics have improved a lot. Also I see you seeded it in furrows, it will protect the plants a lot.

[@danielhiller9165]

suggest you try frost seeding in the fall both mustard and canola after the ground cools off below the temperature for them to germinate. they will emerge before the ground is dry enough to seed in the spring and should be ready to harvest 2-4 weeks earlier. in the late 80s and 90s I had a number of clients in Alberta who did this with canola and it was usually their highest yielding that year. some years a late freeze killed the crop but they said it was worth it to spread out harvest and over time they made money from the higher yield.

[@Benozurman]

This crop will buy next 700+hp tractor! ☺️

[@crandonborth]

We put some winter rye in as a cover crop after soybeans back in mid September but it’s been like 60 to 80° the last 2 months and the stuff is like a foot tall already. Not ideal 😂

[@kmilton1593]

Nice germination, Mike. (But if you were to pick your excellent rock crop, get in a crusher, you could sell the gravel to the M.D.?)

[@Andy-vh2ue]

I have winter Rye finally coming up in Tennessee but we haven't had rain since Hurricane Helene. Supposed to get some thursday so hoping that'll help

[@crandonborth]

We have winter rye as well in Wisconsin but it’s only rained once since the end of August so it’s not growing well… luckily it’s like 80° the next few days and no rain. 😅

[@Andy-vh2ue]

@@crandonborth dang I think y'all have had less rain that us. Lol dry years come and go down here

[@alexkroes6859]

Mines just starting to poke up in Ontario, dry as it can be right now after a summer of non stop rain but hoping for a nice little soaker tomorrow!

[@georgedavidson1221]

You should roll

[@daveschwerdtfeger7842]

👋😊

[@georgedavidson1221]

Roll. The fields pushes rocks down

[@clearskiesranch1362]

Obviously🤦🏼

[@markspeller5722]

Hi Mike. If you get snow down south will that help insulate the winter wheat ? Probably a dumb question.

[@chrisloveridge627]

Need snow cover or winter kill will be high

[@waggtech4883]

Hey Mike, got a question. Does HRW mature and harvest earlier there? All I know is south central Kansas HRW. No mater what year it is, harvest always starts the second week of June around here…

[@keithlawlor9993]

You will be ok because it will have to freeze to vernalize the Winter wheat so it will make seed.

[@DG-ne8iq]

Don't confuse zero vegetative wheat =0°c with vernalization, which takes place between 3 and 10° for a minimum of 7 weeks between the 1-leaf stage and tillering to initiate future flowering for winter wheat (60 days) and much less for alternative spring wheat (15 days). In Canada, you shouldn't have this kind of problem, but in France, with global warming, it's starting to have an impact.

[@christianpalsson5738]

Mike How many acres did seed south and north?