Wheat - Crop Quest https://www.cropquest.com/tag/wheat/ Your Crop Consultant & Farm Advisor Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:18:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.cropquest.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-MicrosoftTeams-image-83-32x32.png Wheat - Crop Quest https://www.cropquest.com/tag/wheat/ 32 32 54738598 Fertilizing Your Wheat Crop Based on Solid Data https://www.cropquest.com/fertilizing-your-wheat-crop/ Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:18:57 +0000 https://www.cropquest.com/?p=14546 With wheat harvest barely in the rearview mirror, it is not too early to start thinking about next year’s wheat crop.  That starts with knowing the nutrient levels in your fields.  Whether you are planning on planting in fallow ground, or planting continuous wheat, it is important to have the information necessary to fertilize each [...]

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]]> 14546 2024 Wheat Harvest Report https://www.cropquest.com/winter-wheat-crop/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:55:48 +0000 https://www.cropquest.com/?p=12094 To say the least, wheat is a resilient crop. As usual, our 2024 winter wheat crop had numerous challenges across Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.    For the most part, planting conditions were good, with adequate soil moisture to get the crop established. In many areas, we had excess fall growth, which reduced reserve soil moisture [...]

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]]> 12094 Planting Sorghum Following a Failed Wheat Crop https://www.cropquest.com/planting-sorghum-following-a-failed-wheat-crop/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:33:39 +0000 https://www.cropquest.com/?p=11670 Guest Post By Brent Bean, Ph.D., Sorghum Checkoff Agronomy Director Unfortunately drought conditions through much of the Southern High Plains have led to a failed wheat crop for many growers. For some of these fields, planting sorghum for either grain or forage, may be an option as we continue into [this] growing season. However, the [...]

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]]> 11670 Understanding Grain Fill Weather – Optimizing Wheat Yield https://www.cropquest.com/grain-fill-weather/ Tue, 07 May 2024 14:08:56 +0000 https://www.cropquest.com/?p=11593 We are headed into the all-important grain fill period of wheat where temperatures greatly affect the overall yield of the crop. Ideally, we want to see a long grain fill period. The duration of grain fill is mainly determined by temperature. The more moderate the temperatures are during this period, the longer grain fill will [...]

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]]> 11593 Grazing Wheat Tips https://www.cropquest.com/grazing-wheat-tips/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:33:56 +0000 https://www.cropquest.com/?p=11307 With the good winter moisture that we received over the High Plains, we have had some very good early growth on our wheat crop.  Cattle producers have been able to take advantage of this grazing potential which hopefully has resulted in good weight gain on their animals. But wheat grazing season is rapidly coming to [...]

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]]> 11307 Fall Wheat Planting https://www.cropquest.com/fallwheatplanting/ Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:30:10 +0000 https://www.cropquest.com/?p=10899 It’s not too early to start thinking about this fall’s wheat crop. With adequate soil moisture across the High Plains, we are looking forward to getting this upcoming wheat crop off to a good start. Starting this crop with a proper fertility program is important. Your Crop Quest Agronomist can help you with this [...]

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