No disease problems. A few armyworms found in one field of pasture wheat but of no concern yet. Condition is very good. Carl Hayden reports the crop in Chicot County is headed and flowering. Some fields were flowering during last week s rainy period creating some concern about head scab.
Crop looks much better now that it has headed.
Ken Adams reports wheat in south Arkansas County to be in good shape and mostly headed. No disease problems. Roger Gipson in Clay County reports the wheat crop there to be in very good condition and just starting to head. Some fields still have a mottled appearance with light green and dark green areas but the wheat looks as good in one as the other. Rick Thompson reports wheat in Poinsett County starting to head.