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Harvest Updates


Wheat Harvest is Moving in Southwest and Central Locations Across Oklahoma

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 4:56:48 CDT

Wheat Harvest is Moving in Southwest and Central Locations Across Oklahoma Harvest continues to move in kind of a hit and miss fashion, as some fields are ripe and ready and do not have a lot of secondary tillers, while other fields seem to be filled with this secondary flush of growth. We talked with Mike Schulte, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission about where we stand with harvest, and we have his comments for you on our Listen Bar below. Click and take a listen about what Mike has been hearing from a variety of locations.

Also- we have picutres from this past Saturday, June 6, 2009, courtesy of Tom Smith from Kiowa County. Click here for pics shot of a field of Overly variety wheat making in the 30s.

The harvest report from the Oklahoma Wheat Commission on their website shows two areas of the state where they have reports, south central and central regions.

SOUTH CENTRAL

Machines spent yesterday pushing really hard to get further along in harvest, but today’s humidity is causing high moisture readings. The first loads of harvest have averaged 60 pounds, with yields ranging from 12 to 30 bu/acre. Some reports project the South Central region as being 35 percent of the way done.

CENTRAL

In Central Oklahoma, harvesters got off to a slow start yesterday because of high humidity. Moisture levels are difficult to work with at this time. Many fields have areas that are ripened while other areas have secondary tillers with later wheat, which makes moisture levels fluctuate. We have seen yields in this area from 3 bushels per acre and some 15 to 25 bushels per acre. Test weights are generally ranging from 57-58 pounds with a few 60 pound weights being reported. Grain at this time has been taken in around Banner, Okarche, Kingfisher, Watonga, Cashion and Loyal. Harvesting in the Clinton, Weatherford, Hydro and Greenfield areas seem to be a few days away.


   
   


 

Ron Hays talks Harvest with Mike Schulte of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission
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