TOP 8 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WINTER WHEAT ESTABLISHMENT IN 2017

by:  SHAWN CONLEY, STATE SOYBEAN AND SMALL GRAINS SPECIALIST JOHN GASKA, OUTREACH SPECIALIST, DAMON SMITH, STATE FIELD CROPS PATHOLOGY SPECIALIST
TOP 8 WINTER WHEAT ESTABLISHMENT RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Variety selection: please see the 2017 WI Winter Wheat Performance Test
   Plant new seed (DO NOT plant saved seed).
   
2. A fungicide seed treatment is recommended for winter wheat in WI, especially for seed damaged by Fusarium head blight (FHB)
   
3. Wheat should be planted 1 inch deep.
   
4. The target seeding rate for wheat planted from September 15th to October 1st is 1,300,000 to 1,750,000 seeds per acre.
   
5. The optimal seeding rate for wheat planted after October 1st should be incrementally increased as planting date is delayed to compensate for reduced fall tillering.
   
6. Crop rotation matters.
   
7. Plant between September 20 and October 5
   

To continue reading the full story with details, view this fact sheet:
http://www.coolbean.info/library/documents/Top8Wheatrecs_17_1.pdf

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Wikipedia Benefits of growing winter wheat [edit]

• If used as cover crop, winter wheat prevents soil erosion over winter when many fields lie fallow, and helps maintain topsoil
  
• Winter wheat out-competes many weed varieties
  
• Can be grown as both cover crop and cash crop
  
• Easy to manage while still providing good yield
  
• Helps build soil (through heavy production of organic material) and cycle nutrients through soil[3]
  
• Uses soil moisture more efficiently since it starts to grow earlier in the spring
  
• Crop is harvested earlier in the season, which is beneficial in regions with rainy autumn weather”.
  

Literature[edit]

• Olaf Christen, ed. (2009), Winterweizen. Das Handbuch für Profis (in German), DLG-Verlags-GmbH, ISBN 978-3-7690-0719-0
  

References[edit]

1. ^ B. C. Curtis, S. Rajaram, H. Gómez Macpherson (eds.). 2002. Bread Wheat: Improvement and Production. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
   
2. ^ Oulton, Randall. "Durum Wheat". CooksInfo.com.
   
3. ^ Jump up to:a b "Winter Wheat". Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE).
   

External links[edit]

• Carver, Brett F. (2009). "Early Triumph Wheat". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.