Weather - General

Downpours in EU’s No. 2 wheat grower may curb protein content.

Some farms may start wheat harvest 10 days later than normal.

A recent late-spring blizzard could prove to be disastrous for farmers in far western Kansas.

Unharvested acres must come off field before spring planting.

First came a deluge of rain, then a string of winter blizzards. Now, April showers are threatening to heap further moisture on waterlogged fields just as Canada’s farmers prepare to plant their fields this spring.

“If it gets too cold, too fast, especially if there’s not time for the crop to re-acclimate, it can cause some damage,” said Romulo Lollato, a wheat and forage specialist at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.

It’s going to be c-c-c-cold in the Plains and Midwest this weekend. Kait Parker, meteorologist with The Weather Channel, has already been tracking dangerous wind chills as of Thursday, with more expected on the way. Find out which areas are at risk for wheat winterkill if they don’t get adequate snow accumulations ahead of the tumbling temperatures.

Above-normal temps expected to return to Northern, Central Plains Friday.

As truckload after truckload of harvested wheat makes its way from smaller grain elevators in Hereford and Canyon, Texas to larger operations in Amarillo for loading onto trains and shipment by rail, area farmers are looking back on a crop that was above average in quality and quantity.

Extreme cold persists on the Corn Belt & Plains.