The spring wheat crop has been stressed throughout this growing season. Problems began this spring with bacterial leaf streak. That was followed by scab and a series of wetting and cooling events. “I want to stress the cooling events,” said Troy Sayler, regional commercial manager, WestBred Wheat. “There is a thing called late maturity alpha amylase; when your wheat is mature and you get a really cold weather event, it causes the wheat to break dormancy and you start to lose falling numbers.” Approximately one month ago, the northern tier of counties in North Dakota had unusually cool temps with lows in the upper 30s. Sayler says the early harvested wheat was not affected.
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