{"id":2722,"date":"2015-04-16T14:07:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T18:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2015-04-16T14:08:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T18:08:32","slug":"corn-and-winter-wheat-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/04\/corn-and-winter-wheat-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Corn and winter wheat in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Ingram of the Effingham County Extension News reports that last week&#8217;s dry weather was good enough for farmers in his county to plant corn. \u00a0Because of the warm conditions and adequate moisture, the corn is really popping up. \u00a0You can see some pictures and read his blog at\u00a0<a title=\"Effingham County corn is popping\" href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/effingham\/2015\/04\/corn-is-popping-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/effingham\/2015\/04\/corn-is-popping-up\/<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2726\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/corn-1024x576-sam-ingram.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2726\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/corn-1024x576-sam-ingram-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Sam Ingram\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/corn-1024x576-sam-ingram-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/corn-1024x576-sam-ingram.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/corn-1024x576-sam-ingram-245x138.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Sam Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A bit farther afield, <em>AgWeb<\/em> reports that drought has adversely impacted winter wheat in Kansas. \u00a0You can read the article <a title=\"Winter wheat in KS 2015\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agweb.com\/article\/drought-takes-toll-on-winter-wheat-in-kansas-NAA-associated-press\/?smartid=ZZZZZZTZ12Z2221Z2ZZZZZZZZ2ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ&amp;spMailingID=48456776&amp;spUserID=ODQxODg4MTEwMDgS1&amp;spJobID=661880094&amp;spReportId=NjYxODgwMDk0S0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. \u00a0The National Ag Statistics Service reported the 28 percent of the wheat was in poor to very poor condition, with 44 percent listed as fair. \u00a0In NOAA&#8217;s morning climate webinar this morning they noted that much of the primary winter wheat production area is in drought. \u00a0The drought outlook shows that there may be some improvement in drought conditions in Kansas in the coming months, but it is not known how these conditions will affect final wheat yields.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/winter-wheat-in-drought-4-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2723\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/winter-wheat-in-drought-4-15-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"winter wheat in drought 4-15\" width=\"334\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/winter-wheat-in-drought-4-15-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/winter-wheat-in-drought-4-15-195x138.jpg 195w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/winter-wheat-in-drought-4-15.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/drought-outlook-4-1-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2724\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/drought-outlook-4-1-5-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"drought outlook 4-1-5\" width=\"331\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/drought-outlook-4-1-5-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/drought-outlook-4-1-5-196x138.jpg 196w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/drought-outlook-4-1-5.jpg 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Ingram of the Effingham County Extension News reports that last week&#8217;s dry weather was good enough for farmers in his county to plant corn. \u00a0Because of the warm conditions and adequate moisture, the corn is really popping up. \u00a0You can see some pictures and read his blog at\u00a0https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/effingham\/2015\/04\/corn-is-popping-up\/ A bit farther afield, AgWeb reports 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