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This is Day One of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Report:
Sunday afternoon saw many wheat producers test cutting to determine moisture levels as they get in the fields after weeks of rain that have delayed the Kansas wheat harvest.
Late last week, Ed Crittenden with Two Rivers Co-Op, in Arkansas City, reported that in their locations in Kansas and Oklahoma they have received only 250,000 bushels with test weights dropping over the past few weeks and yield reports that are not good. Crop insurance adjusters have been busy in their area.
Sunday afternoon, Randy Ackerman at the Meade Co-Op Elevator & Supply, Meade, reported that harvest is trying to get started with buckets of wheat coming in but most is still too wet. They took the first load of the harvest on June 7th with 10,000 bushels coming in on the 8th. The rains delayed harvest for a handful of days, then they were able to get back in briefly on the 13th. He thought they might cut wheat in their area late Sunday with some forecasts favorable with only scattered chances of precipitation.
Lloyd Ohl, Farmers Co-Op Equity Company at Medicine Lodge, reported overcast skies and rain to the east. They were taking test samples Sunday afternoon with anticipated drying into the evening. They took their first wheat on June 5th with cutting ramping up on the 6th, however they ran out of dry wheat, and then the rains came to delay cutting further. Producers are now dealing with fields that are just too muddy to get through.
Bill with Perryton Equity in Liberal reported Sunday afternoon samples with moisture levels of 14.8% to 16.6%. They have chances for rain Monday and Tuesday and their humidity is high with weather that is not conducive to drying down the grain in the fields. The grain is mature if they could get some dry harvest weather.
The OK Co-Op Grain Company in Kiowa was yet another elevator taking samples but Dennis Carroll reported that the ground is pretty wet and so muddy producers can't get in the fields.
The 2007 Harvest Report is brought to you by Kansas Wheat, in conjunction with the Kansas City Board of Trade and DeBruce Grain, Inc. Kansas Wheat is the cooperative agreement between the Kansas Wheat Commission and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers.
Sunday afternoon saw many wheat producers test cutting to determine moisture levels as they get in the fields after weeks of rain that have delayed the Kansas wheat harvest.
Late last week, Ed Crittenden with Two Rivers Co-Op, in Arkansas City, reported that in their locations in Kansas and Oklahoma they have received only 250,000 bushels with test weights dropping over the past few weeks and yield reports that are not good. Crop insurance adjusters have been busy in their area.
Sunday afternoon, Randy Ackerman at the Meade Co-Op Elevator & Supply, Meade, reported that harvest is trying to get started with buckets of wheat coming in but most is still too wet. They took the first load of the harvest on June 7th with 10,000 bushels coming in on the 8th. The rains delayed harvest for a handful of days, then they were able to get back in briefly on the 13th. He thought they might cut wheat in their area late Sunday with some forecasts favorable with only scattered chances of precipitation.
Lloyd Ohl, Farmers Co-Op Equity Company at Medicine Lodge, reported overcast skies and rain to the east. They were taking test samples Sunday afternoon with anticipated drying into the evening. They took their first wheat on June 5th with cutting ramping up on the 6th, however they ran out of dry wheat, and then the rains came to delay cutting further. Producers are now dealing with fields that are just too muddy to get through.
Bill with Perryton Equity in Liberal reported Sunday afternoon samples with moisture levels of 14.8% to 16.6%. They have chances for rain Monday and Tuesday and their humidity is high with weather that is not conducive to drying down the grain in the fields. The grain is mature if they could get some dry harvest weather.
The OK Co-Op Grain Company in Kiowa was yet another elevator taking samples but Dennis Carroll reported that the ground is pretty wet and so muddy producers can't get in the fields.
The 2007 Harvest Report is brought to you by Kansas Wheat, in conjunction with the Kansas City Board of Trade and DeBruce Grain, Inc. Kansas Wheat is the cooperative agreement between the Kansas Wheat Commission and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers.
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