Thomas County Wheat Plot
Due to Covid-19 the Wheat Plot Tour for 2020 has become virtual. Please view the video on our Facebook Page at Thomas County Extension/4-H or contact Emily Bennigsdorf at the Extension Office at ebennigsdorf@ksu.edu.
Wheat Plot Field History
Plot Location: 10 miles south of Levant/I-70 interchange, then west 1/2 mile on County Road G
Previous Crop: corn/fallow
Tillage: no-till
Planted: September 28, 2019
Planting Conditions: dry on top, good subsoil moisture
Drill: No-till disc drill
Planting Rate: 65lbs./acre
Pre-Plant Fertilizer: 75lbs of 12-40-0 with 6.5% sulfur and 1% zinc
Top-Dress Fertilizer: None
Plot width: 20 feet
Plot length: 400 feet
Planted east to west
Past Years Results
2020 Wheat Plot Results
2018 Wheat Plot Results- No results are available due to weather-related loss of crop.
Thanks to Mattson Seed Farms, Triple T Farms, Westbred, Plainsgold, Kansas Wheat Alliance, Limagrain, and Kansas State University for providing wheat seed. Thanks also to the Thomas County Conservation District for the use of their no-till drill.
