Winter wheat condition is rated 75 percent good to excellent compared with 75 percent a year ago at this time. Hay supplies are mostly adequate. Livestock are in mostly good condition. Most of the cattle are now on pasture. Calving remains active.
Spring lambing is virtually complete.
One of their main concerns is the price of weed control. Going after the cheapest products, while a good idea, works only if they are right for the weeds that are present in a field. There is no substitute for knowing the weed spectrum for each field and matching the herbicides for those weeds. There are few if any truly cheap herbicides left on the market. If only one species of weed escapes the herbicide program in populations high enough to cause economic problems to the crop, additional applications will be needed.