As weather and management practices have changed over the years, it appears farmers further north are trying their hand at growing winter wheat.  

Dave Devore, a grain buyer for Siemer Milling in Effingham County Illinois says their area used to be about the furthest north winter wheat was grown in the state. But now it is more common in central Illinois and even further north.

“Typically, if you get very far north of Interstate 70 it gets pretty scarce on wheat acreage, but the last couple of years we have seen wheat acreage expand to some northern counties.”

He tells Brownfield there a likely a couple of reasons for this.

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