Damage is anticipated to the plant's leaf mass, but no yield-reducing damage is anticipated.
Freezes will occur from the central Plains throughout the Midwest soft wheat producing region Tuesday and again in the Midwest Wednesday. Extreme lows in the middle 20s will occur from northern Kansas and southern Nebraska to central Illinois, central Indiana and interior Ohio during the coldest mornings. Lows in the teens may affect areas from northern Nebraska to the upper Mississippi River Basin. Most of the predicted temperatures will not be cold enough to induce sterilization of the wheat's reproductive parts or induce plant death. New leaf mass damage probable is reducing the overall condition of the crop, but it will be temporary damage - not something that will reduce potential yield.