The crazy winter has moved into a crazy spring. Here in Tennessee, we have bounced between 85°F and 25°F in just a couple of days. Our triticale is well past quality and was harvested a couple of weeks ago. The bursts of warm days really rushed it through. North of the Mason-Dixon line (Pennsylvania’s southern border), it is quickly moving past the optimum of stage 9 (flag leaf). Further north in New York, New England, and the upper Midwest ( Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) and southern Canada, the triticale and rye is still well behind due to the cold weather