“We’re trying to get a winter wheat yield with a spring wheat price,” Herron said ... “Better yield, quicker harvest – that way they can double crop,” Filan said.

Bergeron and his business partner Jon Ross are among at least a few farmers in the Upper Midwest taking advantage of an unusually mild and dry winter to start planting spring wheat in mid-March.

Judging when to get wheat seed into the ground ... The better option is to allow the wheat at this stage to spend more time in the cooler spring climates. "You give that crop more chance to ...

A field of spring ... wheat fields, Nick Shores thinks farmers might be pleasantly surprised. "I would say we're probably average, maybe a touch better," he said. "I think once people start to get ...

Fast forward to harvest time, and inches of rainfall have caused some damage to his winter wheat crop ... “Beyond what would’ve been ideal to get out here, and get this crop, and in that ...