After walking the fields at the Northwest Research and Outreach Center at Crookston, University of Minnesota spring wheat breeder Jim Anderson was happy with what he was seeing. “It’s much taller than I was expecting it to be,” Anderson told RRFN. “I’m actually seeing some lodging which I kind of like to see; it means there’s some yield there.” Lodging diseases were rare duirng the last two years. With this season’s moisture, disease is a bigger concern. “I think our breeding programs is going to collect some good data and when that publication (University of Minnesota Spring Wheat Variety Crop Trial) comes out in October, the growers can see all those results.”
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