Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Preparing for the Wheat Grain Crop

Even though the corn crop is not even ready for harvest, it’s time for wheat growers to start planning for the wheat crop. To ensure that a good variety and the quantity needed is available, it is always a good idea to order seeds well in advance.

The 2011 Small Grains Variety Test is now available from the University of Kentucky. It can be found online at http://www.uky.edu/Ag/wheatvarietytest/ or picked up at the Extension office. One hundred wheat varieties were harvested in replicated plots at each of six locations across the state and the entire study average yield was 92.5 bushels per acre. Tests like these are extremely valuable in helping to identify varieties that perform well across several environments

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