J Stephen Emmick and Sons Farms are the 2017 Kentucky Wheat Yield Contest Winners with a yield of 126.46 Bu/A using No-Till and Pioneer 25R50.
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The Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association Board and Promotion Council voted this month to invest $250,000 in new graduate housing for the University of Kentucky Grain and Forage Center for Excellence and an additional $290,000 in UK grain-related research projects. KySGGA’s contribution to the Center since fundraising began in November 2015 totals $785,000. This amount will be added to the Center’s goal of raising $15 million to be matched by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund.
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Kentucky farmers expect to harvest 26.2 million bushels of winter wheat during 2017. The expected crop for 2017 would be down 18 percent from the previous year. The forecast was based on crop conditions as of July 1, and increased four percent from the June forecast.
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The University of Kentucky Small Grain Variety Testing Program evaluates wheat and barley varieties that are commercially available or may soon be available to farmers. Annual variety performance testing provide farmers, seed producers, extension agents and consultants with current, unbiased information to help them select the varieties best adapted to their locality and individual requirements.
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As I write this, it’s raining and concerns of the March freeze, rust and other wheat issues are on my mind, but it also gives me time to reflect on how far the Kentucky’s small grain industry has come.
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Wheat can be one of the most beneficial and dependable crops we produce in Kentucky. I can remember only once in 37 years of being involved in wheat production when there was nothing to harvest.
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Don Halcomb, KySGGA founding member and Promotion Council chairman, was the 2017 UK Wheat Science Service Award recipient.
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The top five counties, which account for 52 percent of Kentucky’s wheat production, include: Christian County, Logan County, Todd County, Simpson County, and Graves County.
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