A really dry fall has left Kansas wheat growers unsure of how to move forward this growing season.
With less-than-desirable conditions so far this season, some growers are even considering replanting.
A Kansas State University Wheat Production Specialist says that farmers should consider stand uniformity, replanting dates, weed control, insurance cutoff dates, and percent stands compared to target stands.
According to Romulo Lollato, “If they go out and you know we have some depending on the planting and seeding rate the growers use... we have a table that we just published out that would tell the growers what the target plant per row they should have— depending on their row spacing, right. And so for example, if a grower is planting at 75 pounds per acre and that seed is about 40,000 seeds per pound in terms of seed size... they should have about twelve plants in a row foot. If they’re well below that, right, that’s kind of when they can consider planting or replanting that field.”
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