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Johnston's Grain Adding Flat Storage for 2010 Wheat Harvest
Thu, 01 Apr 2010 8:47:15 CDT
It's hard to believe- but we are only eight weeks away from the first of June and wheat harvest up and rolling in the state of Oklahoma. In anticipation of that time, Johnston Grain has been working to clean up and have ready an additional four million bushels of flat storage for the 2010 harvest. Joey Miebergen of Johnston's told me that many storage facilities are full right now of old crop wheat- and that Johnston's believes there will be a need to have space for new crop wheat that will be coming in June.
In addition, Johnston's is continuing to adapt facilities to be able to accept and handle spring planted crops like corn, soybeans and milo in their service area. Miebergen says that they applaud farmers who are rotating acres out of continuous wheat and adding other crops which may help them be more profitable, as well as offering the benefit of being better ground for wheat in future years as weed cycles are broken. He adds that Johnston's has been very concerned about the quality of the last couple of wheat crops- and finding ways to reduce weeds like cheat and Italian wild oats when we grow wheat is essential to lowering dockage and improving cleanliness of the wheat coming to storage.
Click on the Listen Bar and you can hear our conversation with Joey Miebergen on Johnston's plans to be ready for the 2010 harvest.
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