ARMSTRONG IS LOOKING INTO THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE FOR OUR BIGGEST AND MOST VALUABLE CROP. MICHAEL: THIS LATE SEASON FREEZE COMING IN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE A NUISANCE FOR SOME OF US DAMAGING TO OTHERS , WITH THEIR LANDSCAPING AND PLANTS, BUT FOR SOME IT COULD MEAN THEIR LIVELIHOOD. SO WHAT I, WHAT I THINK IS >> FARMING HERE IN OKLAHOMA IS REALLY TOUGH. MICHAEL: DR. AMANDA SILVA, OSU SMALL GRAINS EXPERT, SAYS THIS UPCOMING FREEZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO WIPE OUT ENTIRE CROPS AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING FOR OVER POTENTIALLY IN THREE HOURS SOME AREAS TOMORROW NIGHT. SO FOR EXAMPLE AT CHICKASHA LAST >> YEAR, WE HAD OUR PLOTS IN THE MESONET STATION THEY REPORTE TEMPERATURES ABOUT 30 FAHRENHEIT FOR THAT WAS ENOUGH TO DAMAGE FIVE HOURS. OUR CROPS SO WE DIDN’T HARVEST THAT CROP. MICHAEL: IT’S VERY DELICATE, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT HOW COLD IT GETS, BUT ALSO THE DURATION OF THE FREEZE. >> BOOT STAGE MEANS THAT THE HEAD IS INSIDE IT’S STILL HERE. YOU SEE THIS IS THE FLAG LEAF IT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT LEAF , THAT WE HAVE IN THE WHEAT. SO THE FREEZE COULD STILL BE, THE TEMPERATURES COULD BE LOW ENOUGH TO DAMAGE THIS HEAD INSIDE TO STILL DAMAGE THE PLANTS. MICHAEL: WE RECENTLY WENT THREE WEEKS WITHOUT RAIN IN SOME AREAS. WHEN YOU FACTOR IN DISEASE, HAIL, DROUGHT, AND FREEZES YOU SEE HOW TOUGH IT CAN BE. >> ALL THE EFFORTS THAT THEY HAVE PUT IN THEIR CROPS SO IT’S PEOPLE, IT’S A LITTLE NERVE RACKING FOR SURE. MICHAEL: SO ONE THING YOU CAN COUNT ON, WHEAT PRODUCERS WILL BE WATCHING THOSE TEMPERATURES CLOSE THE
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Upcoming freeze may very well be dangerous to some Oklahomans’ livelihoods
Up to date: 10:22 PM CDT Apr 19, 2023
This late-season freeze coming in Monday night time and Tuesday morning goes to be a nuisance for a few of us, damaging to others with their landscaping and crops.However for some, it may imply their livelihood.“So, what I believe is farming right here in Oklahoma is de facto powerful,” stated Amanda Silva, an Oklahoma State College small grains professional.Silva informed KOCO 5 that the upcoming freeze has the potential to wipe out complete crops as temperatures have the potential to drop under freezing for over three hours in some areas Tuesday night time.“So, for instance, at Chickasha final yr, we had our plots within the Mesonet station. They reported temperatures about 30 Fahrenheit for 5 hours,” Silva stated. “So, that was sufficient to wreck our crops, so we didn’t harvest that crop.”It’s very delicate. It’s not nearly how chilly it will get, but in addition the period of the freeze.“So, boot stage signifies that the top is inside. It’s nonetheless right here,” Silva stated. “You see that is the flag leaf. It’s crucial leaf that we’ve got within the wheat. So, the freeze may nonetheless be … the temperatures may very well be low sufficient to wreck this head inside, to nonetheless injury the crops.”Oklahoma just lately went three weeks with out rain in some areas. If you consider illness, hail, drought and freezes, you see how powerful it may be.“All of the efforts that they’ve put of their crops, so it’s individuals. It’s a little bit nerve-racking for positive,” Silva stated.One factor you may depend on is wheat producers will watch these temperatures shut the following two nights.
This late-season freeze coming in Monday night time and Tuesday morning goes to be a nuisance for a few of us, damaging to others with their landscaping and crops.
However for some, it may imply their livelihood.
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“So, what I believe is farming right here in Oklahoma is de facto powerful,” stated Amanda Silva, an Oklahoma State College small grains professional.
Silva informed KOCO 5 that the upcoming freeze has the potential to wipe out complete crops as temperatures have the potential to drop under freezing for over three hours in some areas Tuesday night time.
“So, for instance, at Chickasha final yr, we had our plots within the Mesonet station. They reported temperatures about 30 Fahrenheit for 5 hours,” Silva stated. “So, that was sufficient to wreck our crops, so we didn’t harvest that crop.”
It’s very delicate. It’s not nearly how chilly it will get, but in addition the period of the freeze.
“So, boot stage signifies that the top is inside. It’s nonetheless right here,” Silva stated. “You see that is the flag leaf. It’s crucial leaf that we’ve got within the wheat. So, the freeze may nonetheless be … the temperatures may very well be low sufficient to wreck this head inside, to nonetheless injury the crops.”
Oklahoma just lately went three weeks with out rain in some areas. If you consider illness, hail, drought and freezes, you see how powerful it may be.
“All of the efforts that they’ve put of their crops, so it’s individuals. It’s a little bit nerve-racking for positive,” Silva stated.
One factor you may depend on is wheat producers will watch these temperatures shut the following two nights.
