Modern Time Frame Of Advancements In Wheat Production

An extremely old crop, wheat is believed to have originated in southwestern Asia. Traces of this crop have been found to date back nearly 9,000 years ago. A little closer to home,
Wheat was first grown in America in off the coast of Massachusetts in 1602. North America is a large producer of wheat, however North America comes up third in production behind Asia and Europe. North America produces 16% of the total bushels of wheat. Wheat is a very diverse crop. It is used in livestock feed as well as a very important human food. The production of wheat in recent years has changed tremendously. Although it is important to not forget the past and how wheat production got to where it is today, I will be discussing a more modern time frame of advancements in wheat production. The scope of this paper is to briefly identify and go over the advancements that have been made in the past ten years regarding wheat production. There

Next to availability of water, fertilizer is often another limiting factor. That limiting factor can often be expensive. To be an economically viable producer, it is important to utilize the practices that help increase the efficiency of fertilizer application. An extremely inexpensive yet relatively reliable practice is implementing what is call an N-rich strip. This is simply an area of the field where nitrogen rate is ramped up and applied at a higher rate. This is done on an extremely small area of the wheat relative to the size of the whole field. This practice will not tell you how much fertilizer is needed for the rest of the crop but it will provide a yes or a no as to whether or not an application is needed. The Green Seeker is a nitrogen rate calculator that will estimate yields and provide returns per acre on the farmer practice versus the N-rich strip. This is a very low cost, but highly effective practice that has saved numerous farmers large amounts of money on their wheat