The spring wheat crop is at heading to flowering stages across much of the state and the barley crop is at heading stages. Scab risk remains low across the entire state. Over the last ten days, a few precipitation events have occurred, but hot and dry weather has preceded or followed precipitation events. The lack of morning dews, hot weather, and infrequent precipitation will likely keep scab risk low for the immediate future. Given the variability in growth stages of the small grain crops, please continue to monitor field conditions and use the disease forecasting model to gauge scab risk.

--Andrew Friskop, Assistant Professor and Cereal Extension Pathologist, North Dakota State University