If you're still planning on planting winter wheat this fall and you've got any kind of downtime before then, you'd do well to make sure your planting depth is set correctly.
According to agronomist Peter Johnson, planting less than an inch deep will lead to stand issues in the spring, once the frost has pushed the seed up towards the surface.
"If you have it in that inch or a little bit better, then you've anchored the plant as well as you can," says Johnson.
"It doesn't matter how deep you plant, the crown roots always set up at 3/4 of an inch in the ground. So that's why that inch depth is really critical."
Johnson also cautions against planting too deep.
He suggests every day emergence is delayed can lead to a loss of production of about a bushel per acre.
