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Oklahoma Wheat Commission's Mike Schulte Calls Oklahoma Wheat Harvest 60% or More Done
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:03:22 CDT
With temperatures in the 90s statewide on this first day of summer (and a 100 degree reading in Harper County), most wheat fields that have not yet seen a combine has wheat that is dead ripe. The one exception may be the irrigated fields in the Oklahoma Panhandle. We talked on Monday afternoon with Mike Schulte, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission about wheat harvest- he thinks we are past 60% harvested at this point- versus the 53% level that the latest Oklahoma Crop Weather Update shows as of Monday afternoon at 3 PM. Click on the Listen Bar at the bottom of this page to hear Mike's review of current harvest conditions- plus we ask him how quickly we might be done if the current weather trend stays intact.
The following is a hard copy of the OWC report as of 4:00 PM on Monday afternoon, June 21, 2010- our thanks to KC Kinder for this information:
Clinton area:
Harvest in this area is 98 percent complete. We did not see much dockage in this area and test weights ranged from 60 to 61 pounds. Yields in this area reported from 35 to 45 bushels per acre.
Hydro:
Wheat harvest in this area is 98 percent complete as well. Test weights for this harvest were reported anywhere from 59 pounds to 62 pounds. Yields were also reported from 25 bushels per acre to reports of other wheat making 35 to low 40's.
Watonga area:
Harvest in this area is 90 percent complete. Since the rains test weights are reported at 59 to 60 pounds. The yields in this region have been reported y in the mid 30's to mid 40's. Yields were predicted to be higher than what has been taken in at a lot of the elevators.
Kingfisher area:
This area is 95 percent complete with yields being reported in the mid 30's with some reports in the mid 40's. Test weights coming in at 59 to 60 pounds since the heavy rains.
Bison area:
The weekend weather moved harvest up to 75 to 80 percent complete. Test weights are averaging 58 pounds and reported yields range from 35 to 40 bushels per acre. The highest yield number we have heard is at 56 bushels per acre in the region. Reports indicate good yielding by the Doans variety, but they are dealing with a higher than normal amount of dockage in the form of cheat and rye grass.
Goltry:
This area is reported to be 75 percent complete with harvest. Test weights, after the rains, are still coming in at 59 to 61 pounds. Yields have been ranging all over the board with a lot of good wheat yields predicted. We have ranges coming in from 35 to 75 bushels per acre.
Alva area:
Predictions indicate that harvest will be done around this area by tomorrow night. Therefore, today they predict that producers are 95 percent done as of this afternoon. Test weights have stayed in the 60.5 pound average region, even after the four plus inches of rain last week. Producers are fighting mud, but the grain is at nine percent moisture, allowing producers to continue if they can. Duster and Fuller have come out ahead of the others in that region this harvest. Reports indicate they are averaging between 45 and 55 bushels per acre. Reports in this area indicate a higher than normal amount of dockage also.
Burlington area:
Harvest crews are almost ready to leave this area. They are 85 percent done, but it could be a while before producers can complete some fields that have mud holes in them. However, the grain is dry so harvest went full steam this weekend. Things are reported better than anticipated after their dry spring, with test weights averaging 58 pounds and yields up to 55 bushels per acre.
Cherokee area:
Everything is going well in this area today, after a weekend of fighting some mud. They are 95 percent done, but will finish up rather slowly for the next week, as almost all harvest crews have pulled out of town. The grain is coming in at nine to 10 percent moisture and test weights averaging 60 pounds.
Perry area:
We received a report that this area was 50 percent complete. They are fighting mud in some spots and some think it could be a week or so before the low spots can be harvested. Moisture is averaging 11 percent and test weights are averaging 56 pounds. Our reports say the rain from last week hurt their test weights. Yields are averaging 43 bushels per acre on what has been reported so far.
Pond Creek area:
The ground is drying out today and the grain is dry enough, so harvest is progressing today. They are 50 percent done in this area. Test weights averaged 58 pounds over the weekend and the moisture came in at 11 percent. Yields are all over the boards, but their average is reported at 33 bushels per acre.
Ponca City area:
They are 50 percent done and expect to be done in the next seven days, weather permitting. Moistures averaged 11 percent over the weekend, with the occasional 14 percent from lower lying areas. Test weights are averaging 56 pounds. Yields in this region reported to be making from the high 20's to the mid 30's.
Panhandle:
Producers have just gotten a good start with harvest in the Panhandle this weekend. Reports have been good on test weights with a lot weighing from 61 to 63 pounds. Yields on dryland wheat have been reported around the Guymon area to be making anywhere from in the mid 40's to mid 70's. Predictions on the irrigated wheat are much more favorable.
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