Among their top recommendations: Address your No. 1 yield-limiting factor, employ the 5% rule and fix soil pH.

At the height of the recent cold snap, subzero temperatures were recorded across the Great Plains and as far south as the northern Panhandle of Texas. As temperatures warm up, the damage to the winter wheat crop is being assessed, but the full extent might not be known until later in the season.

Just hours before it was set to take effect, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan issued the order, delaying implementation until at least Feb. 3, 2025. The potential impact of a funding freeze on disaster relief is one area that remains uncertain.

Mike Naig says the U.S. government is using what he describes as a three-legged stool approach to address the virus in the dairy and poultry industries.