Today marks the third and final day of the Kansas wheat tour. This may bode well for wheat prices, however, one has to consider that most of this news has been factored into wheat prices. Wet weather is likely to delay corn plantings in the western and northern Corn Belt, yet that one is still too early to call. Being only May 3rd, there is still time to get the western and northern portions of the Corn Belt dried out and the crop planted. Disease pressure continues to be low due to the dry weather and low humidity.
Some powdery mildew continues to be present.
Scout your fields and try to hold off spraying if necessary until head emergence. Wheat spindle streak mosaic virus was identified and confirmed on Pocahontas wheat last week. Large areas of the field were showing the typical yellow dashes and streaks in the older leaves especially. As mentioned last week, yield losses tend to be minimal or non-existent for us. This virus is soilborne and vectored by a fungus.