Organic Wheat, Winter

Organic Wheat, Winter

Triticum aestivum

Wheat is a cool season, drought tolerant plant best known for its grain. There are two classifications of wheat; winter and spring with over 100 varieties available. It’s less likely than barley or rye to become a weed and is easier to kill. Wheat also is slower to mature than some cereals. It is increasingly grown instead of rye because it is cheaper and easier to manage in spring. Whether grown as a cover crop or for grain, wheat adds rotation options for under-seeding a legume for forage or nitrogen. It works well in no-till or reduced-tillage systems, and for weed control in potatoes grown with irrigation in semiarid regions.