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Head Scab and Vomitoxin Prevention Starts Now

How can we reduce the risk of head scab in our wheat? There are a few things we can do before wheat planting season to reduce the risk of scab or Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), which produces vomitoxin…

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What Are the Pale Patches in Wheat Fields This Year?

Across the state we have seen some pale patches in wheat fields. This article describes some of the more common causes of these patches, and whether or not we should be concerned about grain quality…

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Easy Homemade Pizza Recipe With NC Wheat

Did you know that you can cook at home with North Carolina wheat?North Carolina farmers harvest over 1 billion pounds of wheat each year. If you would like to make pizza at home using North Carolina…

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Easy Biscuit Recipe With NC Wheat

Did you know that North Carolina wheat makes great biscuits? The type of wheat grown in our state, soft red winter wheat, is prized by bakers for making excellent flour for biscuits. North Carolina…

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How Can Farmers Export Grain Out of NC?

*This project is funded by the NC Small Grain Growers Association in an effort to address the declining wheat acres in the state by exploring potential new markets to sell wheat and create new…

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Webinar Recording: Wheat Disease, Insect and Crop Management Updates

Do you want to be ready to manage your wheat this spring?View the recordings from Part 3 of our online “Wheat Production Series” held on January 29, 2021, where NC State Extension specialists…

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Do I Need to Add Sulfur When Top-Dressing Wheat?

After we’ve taken a tissue sample of our wheat crop and received the analysis we can determine if our crop needs an additional application of sulfur with the nitrogen at top-dress. Dr. George Place,…

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How Much Nitrogen Should I Use at Top-Dressing?

Tissue testing is an easy way to know exactly how much nitrogen to put out at top-dress so that we optimize yield and save money on fertilizer applications. Dr. George Place, N.C. Cooperative…

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Post-Emergence Control of Italian Ryegrass

Before top-dressing we want to terminate any weeds that could compete with our wheat crop. In this short video, Dr. Wes Everman tells us how to control our worst problem weed in small grains –…

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Video: Post-Emergent Italian Ryegrass Control

Once Italian ryegrass has emerged, we have to change our control strategies.In this short video, Extension Specialist, Dr. Wes Everman outlines what we can do now to stay ahead of this competitive…