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Once We Hit 2011- Start Thinking About Topdressing Your 2011 Wheat Crop- Dr. Jeff Edwards
Fri, 17 Dec 2010 6:38:29 CST
While things are dry in portions of the Hard Red Winter Wheat belt, much of Oklahoma's wheat crop is in fair to good condition- and Dr. Jeff Edwards of Oklahoma State University says that the crop is going into winter dormancy in decent shape. With the exception of the western Oklahoma panhandle, much of the Oklahoma crop got some timely rains in late October and early November, setting us up for dormancy.
We talk about current conditions with Dr. Edwards- as well as the need to perform several best management practices now to harvest a good quality and clean crop next June. At the top of the list, plan on topdressing your wheat to have adequate fertility getting to the wheat plant. That does tow things- Edwards says that gives you a chance to maximize yield potential of the newer genetics like Duster- and it also will help the wheat plant produce grain kernels with adequate levels of protein.
Click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear our conversation with Dr. Edwards about the current agronomic state of the Oklahoma wheat crop.
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