Source: Ashley Robinson Commodity News Service, Producer.com, February 13, 2018
WINNIPEG (CNS) – While it has been a cold winter with little snow cover there is still hope for the Canadian Prairies’ winter wheat crop as soil temperatures haven’t hit danger levels yet.
“I checked the soil temperatures this morning across the Prairies and most of the soils are about -10 C and winter wheat at this stage can still handle that level of coldness … so I think in most areas we are still OK,” said Ken Gross, director with Winter Cereals Manitoba and agrologist with Ducks Unlimited Canada, adding winter wheat can handle soil temperatures as cold as -16 C.
