Freeze damage to Oklahoma wheat greater than expected
date:Apr 09, 2013
dary tillers. Late-emerging fields that were jointing or smaller escaped the freeze with little injury. Fields that had been heavily grazed and/or under-fertilized also escaped with relatively minor injury. Conditions improved slightly when I checked wheat in the Chickasha area and injury was more in the 10% to 30% range.

The damage occurred when temperatures across Oklahoma fell into the teens and 20s March 25-26.

There may be additional insight into the damage when the Oklahoma field office
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