Winter wheat planting in Kansas is moving along, even though rainfall is slowing progress in some parts of the state.
“Rains in the central part of the state have things moving slowly with farmers out in the field,” said Aaron Harries, vice president of research and operations for the industry group Kansas Wheat.
In an email, he said progress was steady from northwest to southwest, though central and eastern counties are behind their usual pace for this time of year. About 34 percent of the winter-wheat crop in the U.S. was planted as of September 28, the last update before the government shut down. That compares with 20 percent that was planted a week earlier and the prior five-year average for that date of 36 percent. In Kansas, the biggest winter-wheat grower in the U.S., 17 percent was planted as of September 28, versus the typical 30 percent average.
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