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.
Sub-zero temperature won t have big effect on insect pests
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