Farmers are starting to find out just what effect the late freeze had on this year's wheat crop in southern Kansas, and it's not good.

Sumner County Agriculture Extension Agent Johnny Roberts says area producers are finding smaller yields and lower test weights. He says the poor quality can be blamed on the April freeze as well as too much moisture.

Both of those problems made the wheat susceptible to disease and insect damage. Roberts says yields have ranged from 15 to 30 bushels per acre and test weights have been anywhere from 45 to 60 pounds per bushel.

That compares with normal yields of 50 to 60 bushels per acre at 62 pounds each.