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A Slow Moving Winter Wheat Harvest

Published July 25, 2022

Gettysburg, South Dakota farmer Tregg Cronin says winter wheat harvest is only beginning. "South of us, closer to Onida and Pierre, they've been running one week to 10 days. We keep running into green wheat, but usually that's a good…

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Heat Stress Hits Winter Wheat

Published July 24, 2022

The winter wheat harvest is well underway in South Dakota. South Dakota State University Extension Agronomist Jonathan Kleinjan says some parts of the crop suffered from heat stress. "I had a producer call me from Onida saying he was disappointed…

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Winter Wheat Crop Has Potential

Published July 24, 2022

Conditions look favorable for the North Dakota wheat crop. Winfield United Seed Product Manager Ryan Moeller says the crop has potential if we can keep disease off it. "It varies as you go east to west, but this might be…

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High Protein Content, High Test Weights

Published July 24, 2022

This year’s winter wheat crop had a tough start in South Dakota, but the quality of is better than expected. "Right away this spring I think people wondered if there would be much of a crop, until we started catching…

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A Delayed Spring Wheat Harvest

Published July 24, 2022

The spring wheat harvest in the northern tier of South Dakota will likely be delayed two to three more weeks.  "Spring wheat got planted later so farmers are still waiting on that," said DuWayne Bosse, market analyst, Bolt Marketing. "It…

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A Highly Variable Wheat Crop

Published July 19, 2022

Nebraska-based custom harvester J.C. Schemper is working in Montana after harvesting in Kansas and Nebraska. "We had a stop in Scott City, Kansas with some irrigated and dry land wheat. Yields ranged from 15 bushels per acre to 97 bushels…

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A Promising ND Winter Wheat Crop

Published July 19, 2022

North Dakota's winter wheat harvest has started. "It's a promising crop; I expect it to be above average this year," said John Weinand, who farms at Hazen. "The only issue we had within wheat are small areas of the field…

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Ready for Harvest

Published July 9, 2022

Winter wheat harvest is fast approaching in the Northern Plains. "We're starting to see some fields very well turned, a nice golden color," said Reid Christopherson, executive director, South Dakota Wheat Commission.. "At least in the south-central portions of the…

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Drought Influences KS Wheat Crop

Published May 19, 2022

The results from the Wheat Quality Council Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour estimate the Kansas wheat yield potential at 39.7 bushels per acre. The lowest projection since 2018 is due to the severe drought conditions. Kansas Wheat CEO Justin Gilpin…

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Kansas Wheat Crop Suffers

Published April 20, 2022

It’s an important time for the hard red winter wheat crop in the Southern Plains. Kansas Wheat CEO Justin Gilpin says there still hasn’t been any major drought relief for the crop, especially in western Kansas. "It would have been…

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