the3 day kansas wheat tour has just finished
several articles at kswheat.com
some highlights
this years wheat crop is going to be bad
may 15, 2022 kansas winter wheat condition
17% very poor
24% poor
35% fair
22% good
2% excellent
yield estimate of 39.7 bushels per acre, down from 59 last year
93 million fewer bushels this year just from kansas
nebraska, colorado and oklahoma reporting less also
old saying is the wheat crop is lost 5 times before harvest
but not looking good this year
traveled around one county in western kansas this week myself
most wheat around a foot tall
(many wheat heads will be to close to the ground to be cut by the combine)
the tallest field was knee high
could still row many from the road
(if you can see the rows the wheat is thin and weeds can take over)
any wheat planted in corn stalks or continues cropped is never being cut
even with $11 wheat 6 dollar diesel will mean a lot will not be cut
grass is short in the pastures also
looking for cows to be grazing out wheat fields soon
planting corn all over but no moisture in the ground
in about 2 months, after july wheat harvest will know more about how the upcoming corn harvest is looking
tl/dr stock up on food