Whither winter wheat? Coplen provides December update

  • Whither winter wheat? Coplen provides December update
    Whither winter wheat? Coplen provides December update
  • Whither winter wheat? Coplen provides December update
    Whither winter wheat? Coplen provides December update
  • MEET BY THE WHEAT Intercepted last week on a county road by part-timereporterHanabaWelch,wheatfarmerMarkReedanswered a few questions about his crop, visible over his shoulder. He’d just leased the field for grazing. | PHOTO BY HANABA MUNNWELCH
    MEET BY THE WHEAT Intercepted last week on a county road by part-timereporterHanabaWelch,wheatfarmerMarkReedanswered a few questions about his crop, visible over his shoulder. He’d just leased the field for grazing. | PHOTO BY HANABA MUNNWELCH

    Knox County stays green all year, thanks to winter wheat. This year’s crop is hanging in. With any luck, snow will be falling by the time this report is in print, and the moisture will help both wheat and native pastures across the county.

    “We had a little rain early, and we were able to get some wheat up,” said Mark Reed, who farms in both Knox and Haskell counties. “We had a little rain since. It…