Seeding date can have a major effect on winter wheat yields. Wheat seeded early uses more soil water in the fall, leaving less in the profile for yield production. One research study showed a 50 ...

WICHITA, Kan. — Widespread rains across parts of the Great Plains have stalled winter wheat seeding, fueling anxiety at a time of bountiful global stockpiles and plummeting prices. Few farmers are as ...

Planted winter wheat is up 2% in both the Pacific Northwest and the United States, the USDA says in its annual winter wheat seedings report. Idaho is expected to have the same acreage as last year — ...

The relationship between winter wheat planting dates and grain yields can be characterized by a bell curve, according to K-State wheat production specialist Romulo Lollato. Seeding should occur at the ...

Winter wheat is emerging in January with weather risks still front and center. Extended cold spells and persistent dryness in ...

Winter wheat planting rates in Russia have fallen to an 11-year low, clouding the outlook for the 2025 harvest, Black Sea consultancy SovEcon said. It said slow planting in the South and Volga regions ...

Idaho wheat growers seeded slightly fewer acres of winter wheat for the 2024 crop, the National Agricultural Statistics Service reported. There are 740,000 acres of seeded winter wheat in Idaho, down ...

HAYES, S.D. — Winter wheat planting is wrapping up for the season across South Dakota. Weather has been affecting winter wheat planting at Levi Neuharth’s farm in Hayes, South Dakota, the past couple ...

Dan Works has been planting winter wheat in dry soil this fall. It's not the first year the veteran Loma, Mont., farmer has done it. "You're always a nervous wreck when you're doing it. You wonder if ...

As of Sept. 1, the entire area of Perkins and Hayes counties is experiencing an “exceptional drought,” the most severe category of drought listed by the U.S. Drought monitor. Drought conditions have ...