Spring wheat is making a bit of a comeback in Minnesota, reports the Star Tribune.
Farmers in the state planted and harvested just over 1.6 million acres of hard red wheat in 2018, a 40% increase over 2017 and the largest spring wheat crop since 2008.
Most wheat in Minnesota is north of a line between Fargo and Park Rapids, but farmers farther south are getting more interested in wheat, said Jochum Wiersma, a University of Minnesota extension professor in Crookston. He expects the acreage of hard red wheat to grow again in 2019.
