Aneta, North Dakota farmer Fred Lukens is finished with barley harvest. The window to get the crops planted was tight, and June did not offer an overwhelming amount of moisture. However, timely rains throughout the growing season shined through. “Very hot temperatures in late June did take the top end of the yield off,” says Lukens. “It does, however, appear all of our barley will make malting quality and some of it did come off dry. Yields are down from normal expectations, but if it all makes malting that’s okay.” Lukens also planted a small amount of wheat acres, which also yielded well despite being planted on sandier ground.
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