Delayed sowing of winter wheat can make it stronger against bending, without reducing the amount of grain it produces or how efficiently it uses nitrogen. By planting the wheat later than usual, it grows shorter but sturdier stems, which helps prevent lodging. This late planting doesn't affect the amount or quality of the grain that the wheat produces. Although the wheat takes up nitrogen less efficiently when planted late, it uses the nitrogen it does take up more effectively, resulting in similar overall nitrogen use efficiency compared to planting earlier. So, planting winter wheat later than usual can make it more resistant to bending while still producing the same amount of grain and using nitrogen efficiently.