PLANTING DATE DRIVES WATER USE AND GRAIN YIELD IN WHEAT
Contact: Brent Bean, (806) 359-5401, b-bean@tamu.edu Writer: Pam Dillard, (806) 359-5401, p-dillard@tamu.edu AMARILLO — In the Southern High Plains, wheat is sown from August to December. The extended planting period is due in part to a wide range of production systems, from total dryland to irrigated. “Timing is everything,” said Brent Bean, area agronomist with…