What’s Up This Wheat? April 1 – 7

Hello All,

What’s Up This Wheat? Weekly highlights and resources for growing winter wheat in Eastern Nebraska.

Weather

• How cold did it get on April 4? Data from the HPRCC Station Tool
  • Norfolk = 6 (Record Low)
  • Columbus = 12 (Record Low)
  • Fremont = 13 (Record Low)
  • Clay Center = 18
  • Lincoln = 14
  • Fall City = 16
• Understanding Freeze Injury to Nebraska Wheat in the tillering stage: Two cold nights this past week, but don’t be overly concerned as 12 degrees for 2 hours needed to cause slight damage. 

Highlight(s) in the Media

• Read the CropWatch article about your new email group: https://cropwatch.unl.edu/2018/join-eastern-nebraska-winter-wheat-grower-email-group
• Nebraska Farmer Magazine: Rethinking crop rotation diversity – Interviews with several people from Eastern Nebraska including Paul Hay, Paul Jasa, and Nathan Mueller

Economics

• News release from U.S. Wheat Associates: China’s Response to New U.S. Tariffs Will Hurt U.S. Wheat Farmers (broken link)
• S. Wheat Associates Weekly Price Report including highlights on the 3^rd page
• Nebraska Winter Wheat Conditions – April 2

Agronomics

• Risk of stripe rust this year? What is happening with the winter wheat crop down south? Join Oklahoma State University Extension on Mondays at 8:30 am CT during April: http://wheat.okstate.edu/relatedlinks/wheat-update-webinar
• What is a flex corn-soybean-wheat rotation? This may be growing only 40 acres on certain years when conditions are suitable, more frequently on 2 fields each year targeting certain areas on the farm, or a rotation where wheat is grown in a longer rotation cycle, such as every 7^th year in a field.

Tips

• Review rotation restrictions for winter wheat in your corn or soybean herbicide programs now! Read more at Crop Tech Cafe
• #wheat, follow this person on Twitter – Stephen Baenziger @Huskerwheat

Please feel free to email me and the group with questions!

You can view previous weekly emails at https://croptechcafe.org.

This email is part of the Winter Wheat Works Initiative, a local Nebraska Extension effort to encourage and support growers in Eastern Nebraska to move from a strict corn-soybean rotation to a successful flex-rotation where some winter wheat acres are considered each year and strategically integrated into their cropping system.