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Is there any meaningful value in volunteer wheat?

 Occasional stands, though “free,” tend to hold false promise.   Calvin Trostle, Ph.D., Professor & Extension Agronomist, TAMU Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, (806) 746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu       A Floyd Co., Texas farmer sent the pic below of what I regard as the “best” stand of volunteer wheat I have ever seen.  “What will happen to this wheat?” the farmer asked.  “Can I use it?”   Fig. 1.  Volunteer wheat in Floyd Co. that is thick enough to prompt questions about whether a farmer could… Read More →