Todd Johnson, OSU Agricultural Communications Services
Wheat is the largest cash crop in Oklahoma, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Free field day can be attended in person or viewed online.
Wheat growers should make plans now to attend Oklahoma State University Extension’s 2021 Chickasha Wheat Field Day on April 30 or watch video presentations of the event online afterward.
The 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. field day will take place at the OSU South Central Research Station in Chickasha, Oklahoma, located at 1105 E. Iowa St. near State Highway 62. There is no cost to attend. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines will be implemented, including social distancing and the wearing of face masks. Masks and hand sanitizer will be provided to attendees.
Todd Johnson, OSU Agricultural Communications Services
OSU Extension’s Tom Royer sweeps wheat to capture and count insects in the field and determine the level of pest infestation. Wheat producers encouraged to scout for Russian wheat aphid.
The cool, wet weather of recent weeks has been favorable for the Oklahoma wheat crop, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently rated as being 62% in good to excellent condition.
“In spite of extremely cold weather that hit Oklahoma in February, we didn’t see much of an impact except for those areas that didn’t have much snow cover to insulate and protect the crop,” said Amanda de Oliveira Silva, Oklahoma State University Extension small grains specialist.
Oklahoma wheat fields show leaf tip burn from the freeze damage. Snow cover insulated wheat fields and limited damage.
A February cold spell that saw temperatures dip as low as 22 below zero in Oklahoma’s Western Panhandle appears to have done little damage to the state’s wheat crop and livestock, according to reports from Extension specialists and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture.
Oklahoma State University Extension economist Derrell Peel says livestock losses appear to be marginal. “I’ve checked around with my colleagues in several states and in Oklahoma,” Peel says. “It appears that death loss is pretty minimal, few losses of feedlot cattle or mature cattle.”
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