Weather - General
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.
Winter wheat’s protective snowcover has improved notably since January.
Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma see crop conditions decline since dormancy.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index shows improvement in SRW wheat.
A mix of weather conditions was reported across the Southern Plains.
Frigid air is expected to trail the storm.
Snowpack protects northern winter wheat from frigid temps.
Recent mild weather eroded protective snowcover on the High Plains.