Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of moisture hit much of our geography. This spring has brought upon a lot of the same circumstances as what we saw last year. If you placed a large portion of you nutrients into the soil, receiving large amounts of moisture like we have may leach away some of your nutrients...especially nitrogen. What we don't want to have happen is the crop running out and reducing the yield. There are many different ways we can give the crop what it needs. One identifier would be taking tissue samples. From there we could identify what levels you are presently at and what we can do to fix the problem if there is one. If you wait until the crop shows deficiency, the crop has already lost some of its yield potential. A couple of the different ways you can doctor up the crop is by utilizing foliar products, injection through pivot, or side dressing. Our Inspex program is designed to identify what the crop is needing and then make the proper application via injection, ground rig, aerial applications, side dressing etc. Contact your Panhandle Coop Agronomist and have them put you on the schedule to do some scouting. (Interns and agronomists are in place to evaluate your crops)
Another issue that everyone needs to be aware of is the disease pressure that the cool wet weather can bring on. We have indicated some rust in the area on the wheat crop. This is the perfect storm to allow rust to negatively affect yields. In many areas, the flag leaf is just about to emerge from the crop. That is the most vital part of the plant that needs to be taken care of.
The perfect disease triangle: Pathogen, host, and climatic conditions. Take care of the crop.
