Articles tagged under: Colorado

Montana Lentil Yields Look Promising

Published July 22, 2025

In addition to wheat, the pulse crop harvest is happening in parts of the Northern Plains. Custom harvester Stefanu Schmidt recently relocated his crew to Havre, Montana. “We were reading anything up to like 30 bushel lentils so, yeah, we’re…

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Eastern Colorado Wheat Yields Hold, Quality Disappoints

Published July 15, 2025

Kansas-based Bebermeyer Farms is finishing up the winter wheat harvest in eastern Colorado. Owner Tedd Bebermeyer says the harvest was successful despite some rainfall. "It went pretty quickly and had decent yields right in the 40 to 45 bushels per…

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Rain Slows Harvest, But Wheat Quality Remains Solid

Published July 14, 2025

Burlington, Colorado’s American Harvesting has been working on winter wheat harvest in their home state.  Ron Rudzek says the winter wheat coming off looks pretty good. "It wasn't too bad. Some of it went anywhere from 40 to 60. We…

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TX Wheat Harvest Disappoints; OK Performs Better

Published July 10, 2025

5L Custom Harvesting found a disappointing winter wheat crop in Texas and better results in Oklahoma. Josh Lennox says he also has a crew working in Colorado right now. "On our third day going here, our average is about 55…

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A Busy Harvest Run

Published August 2, 2024

Westlake Harvesting owner Alan Westlake, of Crookston, Minnesota, has been working the entire harvest run.  "We started in southern Oklahoma at Duke, we've been to Garden City, Colorado, northern Kansas and now we're in Pierre, South Dakota." While the weather…

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Taking a Break Between Harvests

Published August 2, 2020

Stratton, Colorado custom forage harvester Raph Jolliffe is back home waiting for the corn to mature. The hay crop Jolliffe cuts is irrigated. "The first three cuttings went well and we got the hay put in okay." The harvest in…

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Sheep Industry Shocked by Processing Plant Takeover

Published July 31, 2020

South Dakota Stockgrowers Association Executive Director James Halverson is upset with the JBS decision to shut down lamb processing at its newly acquired plant in Colorado. "I don't know that hardly anybody knew about this before the last couple of…

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Custom Combiners Harvest a Variable Colorado Winter Wheat Crop

Published July 13, 2020

Hallock, Minnesota-based Sugden Harvesting owner Rick Sugden is wrapping up winter wheat harvest in the Julesburg, Colorado area. The crop is variable, with much of it poor quality. "It's not near the crop that farmers had hoped for this year.…

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MN Native to Lead Colorado Ag Department

Published December 27, 2018

The incoming governor in Colorado has named his pick for the agriculture commissioner job. Kate Greenberg is a Minnesota native who has been the western program director for the National Young Farmers Coalition. In that role, Greenberg has advocated for…

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Wheat Quality Council Kicks Off Winter Wheat Tour

Published May 1, 2018

Day one of the Wheat Quality Council’s Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour is underway. So far, participants have made stops in parts of eastern Kansas and Nebraska. Executive Vice President Dave Green says the crop just south and west of…

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