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Texas A&M AgriLife offers wheat ‘Picks’ as planting time arrives

Tough 2022 resulting in short wheat seed supplies

Persistent drought conditions and forage shortages as well as strong prices for wheat silage and wheat hay have resulted in a large percentage of Texas wheat acres either failing, being chopped or being hayed this year.

Overall, Texas wheat production was down 49% from the previous year because of failed acres and reduced yields.

a field of small rectangular plots of different varieties of wheat in their green growth stage which result in a wheat "Picks" list being formulated
The irrigated uniform variety trial near Bushland gives a perspective on the differences in hard red winter wheat varieties and is a part of what informs the annual wheat “Picks” list. (Texas A&M AgrILife drone photo by Shannon Baker)

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