Prior to boot stage, it is best to leave the damaged crop if stems remain. Hail adjusters will adjust crops damaged after boot stage so decision can be made on their initial analysis. Barley and oats will recover better from hail than wheat, adds Berglund, especially prior to boot stage. Crops hailed on prior to boot stage should be left if stems or green tissue remains. New growth should be evident within three days after hail.
Degree days indicate the likely development stage of the orange blossom wheat midge.
Shorty has been in Sublette for almost two weeks now, during one of which he was kept out of the fields by rain that spread across southern and parts of central Kansas. Temperatures in Kansas have been up to 107 F recently, and windy. After a week of breakneck, 18-hour days, Shorty has harvested about 3,000 acres in Kansas, with another thousand yet to harvest before he leaves Sublette. There'll be no shortage of fields to cut when he arrives in northwestern Kansas, says Shorty. Wheat there has been ready to cut since around June 30, and farmers are anxious to get it harvested.