Articles tagged under: winter wheat

Spring Wheat Harvest Sees Delays in Northern Plains

Published August 22, 2024

Wolf Harvesting’s Craig Wolf, of Clark, South Dakota, is harvesting barley in the Rolette, North Dakota area until spring wheat is ready. "It's been going good. We got started on barley and it's been slow, but we've been down all…

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Spring Wheat Harvest Underway

Published August 8, 2024

Spring wheat harvest is underway for Wilmot, South Dakota area farmers. Jason Frerichs says they've seen decent yields. "We'd like to see things be a little bit better, but again, that wheat goes on those more marginal acres and it…

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Transitioning to Spring Wheat

Published August 6, 2024

The harvest in South Dakota is turning from winter wheat to spring wheat for Bradberry Harvesting. “We finished up winter wheat a couple of days ago,” said Kevin Bradberry. “It’s been really good as far as bushels go.” Bradberry has…

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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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Mandan Crop Update

Published August 2, 2024

Mandan, North Dakota farmer Dennis Renner is generally pleased with his crops. "The cereal grain and canola look very good from my point of view. Our corn was in on time, but it was a cool spring so it's behind…

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Fog Slows Harvest Activity

Published July 25, 2024

In the Mitchell, South Dakota area, CHS Farmers Alliance's Donnie Howard said farmers are cutting wheat when the weather cooperates. "The fog is kind of playing havoc on us every morning. For the most part, we're rolling along at a…

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Winter Wheat Harvest Nearing Finish in Texas

Published July 16, 2024

Orman Farms Harvesting managing partner Landon Orman says winter wheat harvesting has gone well this year. "We're working on wheat harvest; have about two more weeks on that then we're picking cotton in Texas." Orman, who is based in Colorado…

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About Average

Published July 12, 2024

Wade's Harvesting owner Wade Haak of Strasburg, North Dakota says the harvest in Kansas and Oklahoma went very well. "Probably above average. We did anywhere from 25 bushels to 70 bushels." Weed pressure was low for most of the fields…

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Winter Wheat Harvest Rolling Along

Published July 11, 2024

Arrow B Custom Harvest’s Haley Brown, Ponca, Nebraska, says this year’s winter wheat yields have been all over the place. "The wheat's been really good, but it's been sporadic. Where we started down in Alva, (Oklahoma), we had some 70-bushel…

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Texas Wheat Harvest Wrapping Up

Published July 9, 2024

The Texas winter wheat harvest is nearing the finish line. Texas Wheat Producers Director of Policy Steelee Fischbacher says their harvest is finished except for small pockets that received recent rains. "Most of the wheat is now in the bin."…

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