Late planting could result in lower yields for spring wheat farmers in the Upper Midwest.
Jochum Wiersma, an extension small grains agronomist with the University of Minnesota, says mid-April was a pivotal time for this year’s crop.
“By mid-April, the window was already kind of closing for the most southern part of the state, and in the north we’d like to get going by then. Luckily the weather turned around for most in the state and we had a halfway decent planting season.”
He tells Brownfield it’s too soon to know the impact on yield.
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