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 ...

High wheat yields begin with a solid foundation coupled with a sound understanding of what needs to be accomplished throughout the growing season. The farmers I work with plant varieties with good ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Wheat growers will soon be deciding what their seeding rate will be. Although it's a routine management decision, seeding rate is a critical component to achieving maximum ...

Throughout the ages, farmers have planted seed saved from their previous wheat crop. When making seed wheat decisions, they selected the best quality seed from the highest yielding varieties. Choosing ...

It’s the age-old struggle—farmers scramble to get their work done within the timeframe that Mother Nature affords them. Depending on the local weather patterns, it can be a challenge, and farmers who ...

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 ...

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 — ...

In a year with high commodity prices and high fertilizer prices, Larry Linneman, a farmer near Reynolds, North Dakota, explains why he made the unprecedented choice to pull a wheat seeding rig with ...

LIND, Wash. — Seeding conditions remain exceptionally dry as farmers in much of Eastern Washington’s dryland region try to plant winter wheat. “I mean, really, no rain at all between April, May, June ...