Over the last couple of days\u00a0I have\u00a0received a few questions\u00a0concerning seeding rates and fertility for wheat.\u00a0 Below are some thoughts about early season wheat production and how those decisions can affect yield.<\/p>\n
Seeding rates:\u00a0 <\/strong>Some area growers establish wheat by broadcasting and incorporating\u00a0with a disc or do all.\u00a0In general, establishing wheat by using a drill increases yields by 7 to 8% when comparing to broadcasting. If using a grain drill, the seeding rate of wheat\u00a0needs to be around\u00a022 to 25 seeds per row foot (7.5 inch drill width). This is equivalent to approximately 35-40 seeds per square foot. If you are planting\u00a0during the late side of the planting window then bump up the seeding rate by 10 to 15. Wheat emerges best when planted 1 to 1.5 inches deep. When broadcasting\u00a0seed, calibrate the equipment to plant 40 seeds per square foot.<\/p>\n Growers sometimes ask about how many pounds of wheat seed to plant.\u00a0 Well, it all depends.\u00a0 In a normal year, wheat cultivars vary between 10,000 and 18,000 seeds per pound. The difference in seed size can impact the actual seeding rate if a grower goes by bushels per acre instead of seed per foot.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Nitrogen Management:\u00a0 <\/strong>Nitrogen should be used in the fall or at planting to encourage tiller production prior to the onset of winter. Tillers produced in the fall generally produce the most grain per unit area. It is important\u00a0not to over apply\u00a0nitrogen at this time because this\u00a0may cause excessive growth and result in winter injury.<\/p>\n In general, apply at plant N (based on the previous crop rotation) as follows:<\/p>\n Cotton: 35 to 40 lbs ac<\/p>\n Corn: 30 to 35 lbs ac<\/p>\n Fallow: 25 to 30 lbs ac<\/p>\n Soybeans: 15 to 20 lbs ac<\/p>\n Peanuts: 0 to 15 lbs ac<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What about poultry litter for wheat production?\u00a0 <\/strong>For wheat, an application of 2 ton\/a of poultry litter (preplant incorporated) will supply an adequate amount of fall N and should meet the P and K requirements of even if your soil test level P and K are low.\u00a0 The remainder of the N requirement should be applied in the spring using commercial N fertilizer. Consider getting your litter tested to determine nutrient content because nutrient levels can be variable.\u00a0 On average, broiler litter contains approximately 3 % N, 3 % P2O5 and 2 % K2O (fertilizer value of 3-3-2).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the last couple of days\u00a0I have\u00a0received a few questions\u00a0concerning seeding rates and fertility for wheat.\u00a0 Below are some thoughts about early season wheat production and how those decisions can affect yield. Seeding rates:\u00a0 Some area growers establish wheat by broadcasting and incorporating\u00a0with a disc or do all.\u00a0In general, establishing wheat by using a drill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-small-grains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}