Assessing Wheat Damage

Photo of damged wheat
Wheat badly damaged by heavy rains and hail this week in the Nebraska Panhandle. (Photos by Bob Harveson)

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Replanting with Forages

June 12, 2009

After disaster strikes, replanting a grain crop may be nearly impossible due to herbicide carryover, the late planting date, or lack of seed. In some instances annual emergency forage crops might be your only choice. 

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Planting Forage after Wheat

June 12, 2009

With good moisture in much of the state this year, forages might be a good second crop after wheat. 

If you could use some extra feed, several crops can be planted for silage after wheat harvest. For example, an early maturing corn is one possibility if you plant it thick, although yield still might not be very high.

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June 12, 2009 

For the week ending June 7, heavy rain fell across much of thestate bringing relief to dryland crops. The wet conditions slowedfieldwork but aided those crops already in the ground.Spring rainfall totals across central and eastern Nebraskaremain well below normal.

 

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USDA Projection: Nebraska Wheat Harvest to Drop 2%

June 12, 2009 Based on June 1 conditions, Nebraska's 2009 winterwheat crop is forecast at 72.0 million bushels, down 2% from last year's crop, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office.

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