HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Some warmer, drier weather is a welcome sight for wheat farmers. The cool, wet weather has brought on some disease pressure on the crop this spring. Still, the latest numbers from the Kansas Ag Statistics Service are positive.
The latest condition report shows 61% of the wheat crop is in good to excellent condition, 25% fair and just 14% poor to very poor condition.
In south-central Kansas, 97% of the wheat is headed and 39% has started to turn color. The crop is still a little behind in maturing statewide with 95% headed. That’s near the 93% mark last year and 94% for the five-year average.
Coloring was 14%, near the 15% mark last year, and behind the 29% five-year average.
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