In rainy weather and in sunshine, participants of this year’s annual wheat tour surveyed and measured the predicted yield on Virginia cropland.
Organized by Virginia Farm Bureau Federation and Virginia Cooperative Extension in partnership with the Eastern Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center, this year’s tour participants visited 10 farms between the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. Buyers, millers, researchers and other industry stakeholders built on their knowledge of wheat production by estimating yield potential, inspecting grain quality and scouting for disease pressure.
This is the 10th year that Virginia fields were included in the multi-state Mid-Atlantic Wheat Tour, which also surveys farms in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The tours are designed to offer stakeholders an idea of what to expect from this year’s wheat crop to help with purchasing and milling decisions. The tour also promotes an opportunity to build relationships between buyers...