As if wheat farmers didn't have enough to worry about, here comes a couple of "Gotchas".
The wheat curl mite has been showing up for about a month now. It's a tiny insect that carries wheat streak mosaic and other wheat diseases.
The weather has been perfect for the spread of both the insect and disease, and experts at K-State say that this may be the worst outbreak in eight years.
Volunteer plants from hailstorms, cover crops, and double cropping have all contributed to the problem.
Here's John Jenkinson with today's Ag Minute.