A Hungry, Yellow Wheat Crop

Some nitrogen has likely been lost due to the saturated soils. “A lot of the wheat that’s in the ground is looking kind of tough,” said Robbie Holthusen, product manager, Helena Agri-Enterprises. “We got the rains after we seeded and got a good stand, but there’s a lot of yellow wheat out there that’s really, really hungry.” While some nitrogen has been lost, most of it has been pushed below the root zone. “It’s probably a little bit below where it needs to be for the plant to use it so we can definitely go with some foliar options with our herbicide or fungicide applications to tap into that nitrogen that’s still in the soil.” Helena has a product called Coron that is safe to use in a fungicide or herbicide application. For every gallon of Coron, Holthusen said 12-and-a-half pounds of N is available to the crop. Listen to the full interview.