A southern Illinois farmer says his winter wheat crop looks good despite drastic temperature swings this winter.
Mark Krausz of New Baden in Clinton County tells Brownfield he’s not certain the crop ever went into dormancy, so he got concerned when temperatures dropped below freezing in mid-March.
“I was for sure out of dormancy when it was greening up and we have had some 20 and 21 degree mornings.”
But since then, Krausz says he has scouted fields and the crop looks above average.
