Winter Wheat ?

[furrowtickler]

Anyone thinking of seeding winter wheat now if you had enough moisture?
Some early areas obviously still too dry , but maybe an opportunity for some ?
May not be a bad play now , early wheat may still pay next August.

With no stubble though winter kill may be an issue , but that is the unknown right now .

[furrowtickler]

Would have to go in the ground next 10 days though

[WiltonRanch]

Judging by how fall rye made out for guys this spring I don’t know if ww would be too good. It’s a big wimp compared to rye.

[fjlip]

Too late for here

[Sheepwheat]

Would have to go in the ground next 10 days though

I’ve been wondering about growing it again. Conditions would be ideal. You can seed up to mid sept and be ok. End of august is best. Needs 3 leaves at freeze up to be optimal.

Locating seed is always my biggest hurdle. Especially on a whim, if you decide to do some the week of. Needs to be planned far ahead.

[Sheepwheat]

Best I had was on burnt Chen fallow in 2006 unseeded due to wet. Bare soil, but we have bush and we get snow guaranteed. And you don’t sit there staring at the field when it comes out of hibernation! That is hard on the nerves.

[Grahamp]

I used to love winter wheat but have given up on it. We are south of Yorkton and it seems like we get more frosts in May then we do in February.

[OfericSchim]

I would personally seed winter wheat in the middle of autumn. The only problem is that there is a low chance that snow will fall and it is not very good when you just seeded wheat, but we have to consider all options. So, for this issue, there are 2 solutions: to dig snow by yourself or to get a machine for that. I have chosen the second option because I didn’t have both time and desire to do it by myself. I took it from https://www.growgardener.com/top-5-best-tractor-snow-blower-combination-reviews/. A tractor snow blower combination refers to attachments that you can fit in front of your lawn mowing machines or tractors in order to move or displace large amounts of snow at the cost of minimal effort.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I would personally seed winter wheat in the middle of autumn. The only problem is that there is a low chance that snow will fall and it is not very good when you just seeded wheat, but we have to consider all options. So, for this issue, there are 2 solutions: to dig snow by yourself or to get a machine for that. I have chosen the second option because I didn’t have both time and desire to do it by myself. I took it from https://www.growgardener.com/top-5-best-tractor-snow-blower-combination-reviews/. A tractor snow blower combination refers to attachments that you can fit in front of your lawn mowing machines or tractors in order to move or displace large amounts of snow at the cost of minimal effort.

That sounds like an excellent idea, I will definitely try that next time my crops get snowed on.
But have you also considered just burning the snow off?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3517771&ved=2ahUKEwj8xt2voPXyAhWC_p4KHQf2AAIQFno ECAYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3x4ZUq_9nEkMbclxPu6fTr&ampcf=1

[burnt]

That sounds like an excellent idea, I will definitely try that next time my crops get snowed on.
But have you also considered just burning the snow off?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3517771&ved=2ahUKEwj8xt2voPXyAhWC_p4KHQf2AAIQFno ECAYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3x4ZUq_9nEkMbclxPu6fTr&ampcf=1

Blowing it all off is time consuming and you may not get it cleared before the damage is done.

Burning it off? This is the era of carbon emissions reductions and besides, you lose all the moisture.

Be proactive - get some of those Bid Ass fans that will blow it right off the field. And your neighbor will likely be happy for the meltwater to refill his sloughs!

https://www.bigassfans.com/industries/agriculture/

(Hyoerlinked for your shopping ease!)

[BreadWinner]

Well we bit the bullet and seeded a section of winter wheat. Wow seed and fertilizer are not cheap. Seed was almost 20 per bushel,phos was 1000/ton and Nitrgen was 750/ton. It will hopefully germinate after yesterday’s rain amd get a few leaves before winter. Hopefully take advantage of the spring moisture and make a crop.