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Kentucky Moves Ahead with Winter Wheat Planting
Kentucky Ag Connection - 11/20/2018
Kentucky experienced well below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation over the past week. Precipitation for the week totaled 1.38 inches, 0.46 inches above normal. Temperatures averaged 38 degrees for the week, 10 degrees below normal.
Topsoil moisture was rated 1 percent short, 62 percent adequate and 37 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture was rated 68 percent adequate, and 32 percent surplus. Days suitable for fieldwork averaged 2.5 out of a possible seven.
Primary activities this week included harvesting corn and soybeans, stripping tobacco, and planting winter wheat when weather conditions permitted. Harvesting and planting continued to be limited this week by rainfall, freezing rain, and snowfall across most of
the state. The ice accumulation caused some lodging in unharvested soybeans, and delays in harvesting have some beans starting to pop resulting in lower yields and quality.
Wheat planting has been delayed for several weeks due to weather conditions, and some producers are considering abandoning winter wheat acres and taking prevented planting through crop insurance. The winter wheat that has been planted is slow to
germinate due to the cold and wet soils. Fall breeding of cattle has begun; pastures remain muddy from frequent precipitation events this fall.
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