Source: John Hart, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 3/29/17

North Carolina’s wheat crop is a tale of two states following the hard freeze on March 15 and 16. wheat in the eastern part of the state survived and looks great, while wheat in the Piedmont is for the most part a total loss. That’s the word from Ron Heiniger, North Carolina State University Extension cropping specialist, who expressed great disappointment because North Carolina was on track to produce its best wheat crop ever.

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