Cutting Wheat in Nebraska

The Schemper Harvesting crew has made its way to Sidney, Nebraska. “The wheat here is making 40-to-50 bushels per acre,” reports Jared Schemper. There has been a wide range for yields in the areas harvested. “We cut down by Dodge City and Scott City, Kansas; the wheat around Dodge City made about 35 (bushels per acre) and we got to Scott City and it went around 85 (bushels per acre). When we were in Oklahoma, it was hot and dry and the crop went 35-to-50 (bushels per acre) depending if they ran cattle on that ground in the winter time or not.”