Making sense of falling numbers and wheat quality

Dec 23, 2019 at 08:09 AM CST
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The falling numbers test is important to Upper Midwest grain farmers, especially this crop season. The test also can be confusing and even a little mysterious. A demonstration Dec. 12 at the annual Prairie Grains Conference in Grand Forks sought to clear up some of the confusion and mystery. "Everyone's hearing about it this year. A lot of producers wonder about the test. How important it is. How it works," said Brian Sorenson, program manager with Northern Crops Institute in Fargo, N.D.

Dec 23, 2019 at 08:09 AM CST

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The falling numbers test is important to Upper Midwest grain farmers, especially this crop season. The test also can be confusing and even a little mysterious. A demonstration Dec. 12 at the annual Prairie Grains Conference in Grand Forks sought to clear up some of the confusion and mystery. "Everyone's hearing about it this year. A lot of producers wonder about the test. How important it is. How it works," said Brian Sorenson, program manager with Northern Crops Institute in Fargo, N.D.