What’s up this WHEAT? May 14

What’s up this WHEAT? Weekly highlights and resources for producing winter wheat in eastern Nebraska.

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Weather

Highlight(s) in the News

  • Nebraska Wheat Board Crop Report: May 13 – Southeast – The wheat crop in southeast Nebraska is …
  • USDA-NASS Nebraska Crop Production Report – May 12 – Based on May 1 conditions, Nebraska winter wheat production down 24% from last year. Yield forecast at 48 bpa, down 9 bpa from last year. Harvest areas estimated at 870,000 acres, down 100,000 from last year.
  • The latest USDA winter wheat crop conditions, changes, and trends by state – May 11

Economics

  • Local Cash Bids on May 14, 2020 (July futures, $4.52)
    • Scoular Fremont at $4.47
  • Rock Valley Mixed Hay and Bedding Sale Results, May 7: $50 per ton for large round straw bales
  • U.S. Wheat Associates Weekly Price Report: May 8

Agronomics

Tips

  • Complete my new Nebraska Winter Wheat Stripe and Leaf Rust Tracking Survey! You will answer several questions and upload a high quality photo as a part of this survey to track the distribution/movement of stripe and leaf rust in Nebraska by county.
  • Digital tour and self-guided tours are being planned for UNL variety trials in eastern Nebraska. More information will be shared in the coming weeks.
  • Send me pictures of your wheat and keep sending me pictures this growing season! Email to nathan.mueller@unl.edu

Please feel free to email me and other wheat farmers in eastern Nebraska that are a part of this email group with comments or questions!

You can view previous weekly emails at croptechcafe.org/winterwheat/

This email is part of the Winter Wheat Works Initiative, a local University of Nebraska-Lincoln 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.

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