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Wheat Harvest Almost Done in Southwestern Oklahoma- The Oklahoma Wheat Commission Reports
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:42:31 CDT
The Oklahoma Wheat Commission has provided the following update as of Monday evening, June 7, 2010 about the 2010 Oklahoma Wheat Harvest:
Rain moved into parts of the state last night, dropping from ½ to 1 inch with more storm warnings in place. There is a severe thunderstorm warning in place for much of the area north of Interstate 40 until 10 p.m. tonight. This has caused harvest to be halted for the time being in many locations.
Southwest region:
The high temperatures over the weekend helped producers get that much closer to being done. This region is 80 to 90 percent done with harvest 2010. Moisture hasn't been an issue for these regions as the humidity and daytime temperatures are perfect for completion of harvest. Test weights are averaging 62 pounds, as per our sources.
Minco area:
Harvest progressed to 15 percent completion with farmers reporting yields in the 50 bushels per acre region. The weekend weather conditions were perfect for producers to really get going and our sources say they are really going hard today. The pop up showers missed that area of the state and have allowed for further progression of harvest.
Watonga/Kingfisher/Okarche region:
Watonga seems to be the dividing line for harvest progression in this section. West of Watonga the wheat is still not ready, too green and moisture is too high; therefore harvest is only five percent done. East of town into Kingfisher, harvest is about 20 percent down the road. Test weights are "excellent" by producer standards and are averaging 62.5 pounds. Yields are ranging from upper-20 to mid-40's (bushels per acre)
Cherokee area:
Harvest started on Friday and Saturday and Sunday represented the first full days of it. Our reports indicated that today there wasn't much going on and the sun hasn't came out so harvest is shut down after the rain. Rainfall totals were approximately 1 inch, with intermittent sprinkles throughout the day.
We received two yield reports and they were both in the upper 40 bushels per acre. We also heard that test weights were averaging 63 pounds and one source received a handful of loads ranging in the 65.7 to 65.9 area, or "the highest their system can compute."
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