SWWR wheat
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Started by wglassfo - July 29, 2019, 4:58 a.m.

Soft white and soft red wheat is grown around the Great Lakes. The rest of the country is still buried in wheat with some feed lots swithching over to a high % of wheat in the ration

However, the Great lakes wheat was a disaster. 1st of all, many acres were destroyed due to winter kill. Some fields did okay but one farmer had 16 bu/acre average yield, as the soil was too wet, to get in and spray, to destroy, as most did with their wheat crop.. This is why so many fields were destroyed. Most of the wheat that was left for harvest looked good although the wet spring made spraying a problem with many fields having a healthy crop of weeds. The biggest problem was the fact so few acres of wheat actually got harvested. These varieties do not  sell into a big market so I have no idea about supply and demand. A normal wheat crop "here" around the Great lakes needs to yield 100 bu/acre plus if one wants any hope of a profit.

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Re: SWWR wheat
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By kermit - July 29, 2019, 7:10 a.m.
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3 or 4 bales of straw to the acre at a 100 a bale puts things in a different perspective