In southeastern South Dakota, Chet Edinger tells Brownfield 90% of his wheat acres have already been zeroed out and the winter wheat that’s left on the farm has been affected by hot conditions during critical growth stages.
“The adjusters are going to look at it soon. When they first adjusted the majority of my wheat, they had adjusted it for 53 bushels/acre wheat the first part of April and early May,” says Edinger.
South Dakota wheat conditions vary
