A western Kansas farmer says he’s cautiously optimistic about this year’s wheat crop.
“With some of the moisture that’s come through, we’ve had a lot better luck with the stand this year, especially in the fall.”
Clay Schemm tells Brownfield wheat is handling the frigid temperatures well.
“We’ve had some wind, we’ve had some really cold spells, but we’ve gotten lucky with it in that with the worst of the cold, we’ve typically had snow to go along with it,” he says.
Schemm says he’s not expecting a lot of winterkill.
“I’m not really anticipating any more than eight to 10% winterkill. l’d be very expectant that it would be lower than that,” he says.
Much warmer weather is expected across the Western Corn Belt next week.
Schemm says wheat growers are hoping for shorter warm spells as the crop comes out of dormancy.
