Protein Issues
Montana’s wheat harvest was going well until an adverse weather pattern set in. “We’ve been hot, dry, and windy, perfect harvest weather up until about three days ago. Now we got some rain which set us back a bit,” said…
Articles tagged under: Montana Wheat and Barley Committee
Flip-Flopped Weather
The Montana wheat harvest is just getting started. “We had predicted an abnormally late harvest this year and that was a couple of months ago because of the cool conditions that we had all the way through May and June,”…
Drought Affecting MT Small Grain Yields
Montana Wheat and Barley Committee Outreach Coordinator Sam Anderson says the state's harvest is moving quickly. "Winter wheat harvest is at more than 70 percent complete. In terms of yield and quality, there's been decent winter wheat quality, good test…
MT Winter Wheat Harvest Behind Average
Montana Wheat and Barley Committee Outreach Coordinator Sam Anderson says winter wheat harvest continues to make progress in the state. "The winter wheat harvest is at least 20 percent complete, behind the five year average. Things have been really dry…
Most of the Montana Wheat Harvested Before the Snow
Twenty inches of snow caused tree damage over the weekend, but Montana Wheat and Barley Committee Communications Coordinator Sam Anderson says most of the wheat was harvested prior to the storm. "The farmers that got the crop in early got…
