Reaching wheat potential
Ginger Rowsey Tennessee farmer Hunter Hooper planted 1,700 acres of wheat this fall during a good October planting window. With wheat acres on the rise, producers are looking for management strategies to optimize yields. Wheat acres have been trending downward for the past eight years, but that may change in 2021. USDA is estimating a 1.7 million acre jump in wheat over the next year, with much of that increase coming from winter wheat. What’s driving the renewed interest? Here, in the Midsouth, two things — price and weather. At planting, prices for...
Source: farmprogress.com