HomeFarm NewsEarly winter wheat planting underway in IllinoisEarly winter wheat planting underway in IllinoisWed, September 20, 2023 by Brownfield Ag NewsSHARE NOW brownfieldagnews.comThe USDA reports 1% of winter wheat is planted in Illinois, well ahead of the five-year average.Morrisonville, Illinois farmer Joe Bloome tells Brownfield he has about 260 acres in the ground.“We’re always late. It’s always about the second or third week in October when we’re usually planting and this year the conditions were right and we had some crops out and everything was ready to rock’n’roll. And so I said, well, let’s try to be too early one year and see how that works.”He says he’s never planted this early, but he is hopeful it will lead to an earlier harvest next summer to follow up with double crop soybeans.…Early winter wheat planting underway in Illinois
