Expert: Indiana wheat crop small, but thriving

A Purdue University expert says Indiana farmers are growing less wheat this year but the crop so far is thriving.

Agronomist Herb Ohm says wet fields and other weather conditions last fall delayed the soybean harvest and also pushed back
the planting of wheat in the same fields for the winter growing season. He says the southern two-thirds of Indiana had some
of the worst planting delays.

The U.S. Agriculture Department estimates Indiana farmers planted 300,000 acres of wheat this year. That's down about
36 percent compared to the 470,000 acres planted last year and a 35 percent drop from the five-year average of 460,000 acres.

However, Ohm says the crop seems to have come through the winter well with little to no damage.