Articles tagged under: wheat

Harvest Likely to Begin in Early August

Published July 12, 2023

The wheat is starting to turn and Hallock, Minnesota farmer Theresia Gillie expects the crop to be ready for harvest in early August. Other crops could use more rain. “We had some significant snow events so I think our subsoil…
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Erskine Crops Rebound

Published July 7, 2023

After a difficult start, Brady Lee says recent rains have helped the wheat on his Erskine, Minnesota farm. “It was pretty short when it started to head out, but then we got an inch-and-half of rain that really made a…
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Dry Weather Takes Its Toll on OK Crop

Published July 6, 2023

While some parts of the state's wheat crop are in tough shape, Oklahoma Wheat Commission Executive Director Mike Schulte says northeast Oklahoma wheat looks good. "Northeastern Oklahoma grows soft red winter wheat which makes anywhere from 85-to-100 bushels per acre…
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Late-Seed Crops Helped by the Recent Moisture

Published June 28, 2023

The recent moisture has been beneficial for Brian Boll's later-planted spring wheat. “In some of the sandier fields, wheat is six inches tall, brown and headed out, but our later-seeded stuff looks pretty good." The soybeans on Boll's Crookston farm…
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Not Counting Out the Wheat

Published June 28, 2023

Despite limited moisture this spring, Red River Sales and Agronomy sales agronomist Leah Johnson is pleased with the crop conditions in the Elbow Lake, Minnesota area. Wheat has seen the most stress this year, but Johnson isn't ready to give…
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Pastures Green Back Up

Published June 27, 2023

Rains brought new life to pastures and crops near Shevlin, Minnesota. “The rain we got definitely shaped things up, it was spotty and varied in amount," said Ryan Holm. "We were about an inch-and-a-half in our area, but some areas…
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An Uneven Crop

Published June 26, 2023

Rock and Roll Agronomy owner Jason Hanson, who is based at Webster, North Dakota, is looking at very uneven heading in the wheat crop. "It's not the crop we’d like to see. In ten-inch row spacing you can still see…
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Variable

Published June 19, 2023

Variable seems to be the word of the season so far. For Matthew Krueger at East Grand Forks, the fields that have seen moisture look great, but rainfall has been hard to come by. “We have some fields that received…
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Winds Damage Southern Plains Wheat Crop

Published March 2, 2023

Winds topped 100 miles per hour across parts of the Southern Plains in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas a week ago. Texas Wheat Producers Director of Communications Darby Campsey says the windstorm has affected  the dryland wheat crop. "Our main concern…
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