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Preparing For Your Next Wheat Crop – Now!

Tracy Smith — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 08:00:32 +0000

Wheat harvest will wrap up shortly across the High Plains. It was an interesting year. A dry fall and winter was followed by an unusually wet spring. Late freeze and snow events added to the roller coaster that is growing wheat! As you prepare for sowing wheat again this fall, it is time to look [...]

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Phosphorus an Important Nutrient for Successful Wheat Production

Tracy Smith — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:00:21 +0000

Phosphorus is a vital nutrient for wheat and other small grain production. In many ways it is even more important than nitrogen. We always think of nitrogen as the nutrient that allows plants to grow vigorously, and get the crop off to a good start, but without proper phosphorus levels, adequate or excess nitrogen will [...]

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The Importance of Phosphorus Fertilizer in Wheat

Tracy Smith — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 08:00:50 +0000

Next to nitrogen, phosphorus is the most important nutrient needed by a wheat crop. Phosphorus (P) is vital for plant development starting when wheat is just a seedling and continuing all the way to maturity. Besides playing a role in the quality and formation of seeds, this nutrient helps ensure uniform heading, faster maturity and [...]

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Winter Wheat Management

Tracy Smith — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 07:55:43 +0000

As wheat harvest is wrapping up over a good portion of the country, “it’s not too early to start thinking about your wheat seed needs for this fall,” states Dwight Koops, Crop Quest President. In some areas there may be shortages of seed wheat due to adverse growing conditions this past season over the High [...]

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