Spelt winter wheat has already "headed out", weeks ahead of the Red Fife, White Sonora and Einkorn spring wheat. The saying is that "half a winter wheat crop is as good as a spring wheat crop". Not exactly always the case but winter wheat does get a head start so to speak.





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