Volume 55, Issue 1

The amount of damage to both plants and potential yield after a hard freeze depends on a lot of different weather factors, plus the life stage of the plant, topography, varietal hardiness, and what happens after the freeze, among other factors. This photo shows freeze damage about two to three weeks after the freeze event on wheat spikes that were approximately Feekes 9 growth stage at the time of the freeze. Photo by Carrie Knott. See related story on p. 12.