Dry weather in Michigan is reducing the grain fill period for wheat but some areas are expecting an average year.

Dennis Pennington with Michigan State University Extension tells Brownfield the crop is not a total loss.

“There are areas that are in very poor condition and there are areas that are in pretty good condition and still have adequate moisture and whatnot,” he shares.  “We’re going to have an average or I think we could even have above average crop in some of those areas.”

The lack of rain, however, he says will mean smaller wheat seeds.

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