(NAFB) – The Wheat Quality Council met virtually on February 16-18. The council heard state crop reports during the meeting with the biggest issues for wheat coming from the weather with drought and recent arctic temperatures.

Royce Schaneman, executive director of the Nebraska Wheat Board says it’s dry even with the recent snows.

Dry conditions early on have been a problem for many wheat farmers.

In Kansas Aaron Harries vice president of research and operations with the Kansas Wheat Commission says the lack of snow cover could hurt Kansas’s wheat crop.

In Colorado, the dry conditions have been present since May of 2020 where the state had a 41 million bushel crop compared to 2019 when the crop was double that at 98 million bushels.

Brad Erker, executive director of Colorado Wheat says the dry conditions are continuing this year.

While the conditions are not good presently, all three men say things could change with moisture in early spring.