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Wheat Farmers Move Closer to Harvest Completion of the 2010 Crop
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 7:05:19 CDT
Harvest rapidly continues with the hot and dry conditions that have dominated our weather up until last night.
A report from Texas County in the Oklahoma Panhandle has one farmer over two thirds done with his 1,400 acres. Yields are holding over 40 bushels per acre, with one standout field at slightly over 51 bushels per acre. The variety that this producer planted for this year's harvest was OK Bullet. Test weights have ranged from 59.5 to 62.7 pounds per bushel.
This producer is just starting to cut some Billings variety- no details yet, but he comments that it looks really good with large plumb berries.
Meanwhile in southern Alfalfa County- harvest has ended for Hope Pjesky and her family. She calls it a pretty good year- and only wishes that the prices were better. We chatted for a few moments with her on Wednesday afternoon- and you can hear that conversation with her by clicking on the Listen Bar below.
Finally, the picture you see here is Miss Katie Eisenhauer in a north central wheat field- getting ready for a combine ride. I guess you could say that this a reminder of why we work the long hours that we do- to to benefit Katie and her generation.
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