Crop scouts on the Wheat Quality Council Spring Wheat and Durum Tour are forecasting an average spring wheat yield of 47.4 bushels per acre in North Dakota. That’s above the five-year tour average of just over 40 bushels per acre, but below last year’s 49.1 bushels per acre. “It looks like the earliest planted stuff looks the toughest; it was the thinnest and appears to be short and stressed,” said Dave Green, executive director, Wheat Quality Council. “This later stuff looks better to me. The leaves are still green and not rolled up. The plants don’t look like they’re under stress and those fields seem to be thicker to us.” The Red River Farm Network coverage of the tour is sponsored by the Acres Away Ag.
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