Kansas Wheat

[macdon02]

Kinney county

[Rareearth]

I would say it froze

[SASKFARMER3]

Ladies and Gentleman We have lift off!

[danny W1M]

The heaviest snow fall amounts will hit the most advanced/mature HRWWheat areas, the eastern plains of Colorado, northern Texas panhandle and west half of Kansas.
Saw posts earlier in the week about headed wheat and wheat flowering already, so if not frozen then will likely be a flattened tangled mess.

***Remember winter wheat has twelve lives!

[SASKFARMER3]

13 to be exact

[farmaholic]

Show me a map of the low temps in the US winter wheat growing area. What stage is "most" of the crop in?

[fjlip]

We get snow at -1, so then they will say INSULATED the crop at -1C. Wait for damage, I bet minimal.
Ukraine also had snow, they said the moisture will make more grain there , so prices might go DOWN if not damaged.

[furrowtickler]

Farma , just google current U.S. Temps , check out Intellicast . They show a full coloured map of temps. It was interesting this morning , cold air dumped a long ways south.

[fjlip]

Can't find any frost warning, just SNOW

Winter Storm Warning
COZ091-092-KSZ001-013-027-041-042-300000-
/O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170501T0000Z/
Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Sherman-Wallace-
Greeley-Wichita-
Including the cities of Burlington, Arapahoe, Cheyenne Wells,
St. Francis, Bird City, Goodland, Sharon Springs, Tribune,
and Leoti
318 AM MDT Sat Apr 29 2017 /418 AM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM
CDT/ SUNDAY...

* Snow Accumulations...1 to 4 inches through this afternoon. 5 to
7 inches Saturday evening through Sunday evening. Total
accumulations 6 to 11 inches. Locally higher totals possible
east of the Colorado state line.

* Timing...Tonight through Sunday afternoon

* Winds...North 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Gusts to 55
mph possible Sunday.

* Impacts...Light to moderate snow or a rain snow mix will fall
through the day today. Precipitation becomes all snow with heavy
wet snow this evening through Sunday evening. Expect reduced
visibility below one half mile at times due to heavy snow and
blowing snow primarily tonight and Sunday. Power outages are
possible from falling trees and power lines.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Winter Storm Warning means that significant amounts of snow...
sleet...or ice are now occurring or are imminent. Travel will
become very hazardous or impossible. Check the latest weather
forecast before venturing outside.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I'm surprised no one has used this prime opportunity to remind us all that this is the fault of global warming?

[seldomseen]

I know if that forecast came true on my wheat when it was heading and flowering the results would not be good!

[Stampsguy]

I remember fondly when we had measurements and precipitation in inches.

[farmaholic]

If this event sends wheat futures higher, at what price level would you start to lock in some new crop wheat?

What grade? #2-13%, #1-13.5? ...is either riskier than the other given they're in charge of premiums and discounts at the time of delivery.

Maybe the next couple of weeks will be interesting in the N.A. wheat market

.73 CAD

[blackpowder]

Call me hillbilly. My rule is have finger on trigger when the combines roll in Texas.

[wakopa]

Already locked some in for dec of 18.