Wheat

Nebraska's Winter Wheat Crop Down 34% from 2016

June 9, 2017

Nebraska's 2017 winter wheat crop is forecast at 46.5 million bushels, down 34% from last year's crop, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Nationally, winter wheat production is up less than 1%.

Bernd Friebe, KSU Wheat Genetics Researcher

Kansas State University Researchers Identify New Gene to Resist Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus

June 9, 2017

The new gene, the third known to provide resistance, is the first that can do so at outdoor temperatures of 75° Fahrenheit and higher.

Figure 1. A Wheat Field Day in a grower’s field in Washington County on June 6.

Wheat Disease Update: Stripe Rust, Leaf Rust, Wheat Streak Mosaic at High Levels

June 9, 2017

A survey of fields in south central, southeast, and northeast Nebraska shows wheat diseases increasing in severity and occurrence. Stripe rust and leaf rust have developed to severe levels in fields plant with susceptible varieties that weren't sprayed to protect the flag leaf.

USDA: Planting Surges with Warm, Dry Conditions

June 5, 2017

For the week ending June 4, with warmer temperatures and rain limited to the western Panhandle, planting progressed with 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the June 5 report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Percent Corn (95%) and Soybean (76%) Planted near Long-Term Averages

June 1, 2017

For the week ending May 28, cool and mostly dry conditions prevailed, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average temperatures ranged from three to nine degrees below normal. Some areas of the Panhandle and southeast Nebraska received up to an inch of rain; however, much of the state remained dry.

Dead or dying wheat flag leaves due to stripe rust

Stripe Rust Predominant Disease in Nebraska Wheat

May 26, 2017

In a survey of wheat fields and research plots in south central and southeast Nebraska on May 24-25, stripe rust was the predominant fungal disease found. Its increase is due to the rainfall and cool temperatures that have prevailed during the last two weeks.

Wheat exhibiting yellow streak of cephalosoprium leaf stripe — Cephalosporium stripe symptoms on wheat leaves with prominent yellow color. (Photos taken in North Platte on May 25, 2017)

Cephalosporium Leaf Stripe Developing in West Central Wheat

May 25, 2017

Cephalosporium stripe, caused by a soilborne pathogen, is developing in wheat in west central Nebraska and may reduce yields if severe.

Figure 1. Severe stripe rust in a wheat field in south-central Nebraska May 24. (Photo by Stephen Wegulo)

Stripe Rust Increasing in Nebraska Wheat

May 25, 2017

Recent rainfall and cool temperatures have favored development of stripe rust to severe levels on flag leaves in fields that have not been sprayed as shown in Figure 1, a photo taken Wednesday, May 24, in a grower’s field in Webster County in south-central Nebraska.

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