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Heavy Test Weights and Good to Excellent Yields Tell Only Half of the Story of the 2010 Oklahoma Wheat Harvest
Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:31:18 CDT
Most things in life have tradeoffs- and the 2010 Oklahoma wheat crop is no exception. Mark Hodges, Executive Director of Plains Grains says that while farmers are thrilled with a much better looking wheat crop in 2010 than a year ago, the heavy test weights and good to excellent yields are offset by lower protein levels than were hoped for coming into the 2010 harvest season.
Hodges tells us the first in depth reports on protein and other quality factors from this year's wheat crop may be available as early as this coming Wednesday for southwestern Oklahoma- and it's likely that the average protein level may not be much more than 11%.
We talked with Hodges about the protein concerns, as well as dockage issues that are a major issue for the 2010 crop- and you can hear our full conversation on this and a lot more by clicking on the Listen Bar below.
Mark Hodges is not only the top hired hand for Plains Grains, which measures quality factors for the Hard Red Winter Wheat Crop from Texas to Montana, but he also serves as the top hired hand for Oklahoma Genetics Inc- and we asked him to put that hat on and talk OSU varieties with us as well.
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