Wheat and More....or less

Wheat Looks Great....but

Without a doubt, much of the Kansas wheat crop looks just great. Based on tiller counts, there’s a lot of 80 and 100-bushel wheat out there. But there’s a lot to worry about between now and wheat harvest.

Last week I asked KSU wheat breeder Dr. Allan Fritz what his greatest worry was concerning the 2026 wheat crop. It wasn’t winter kill caused by something like the wild swin…