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Wheat Crop Tour Finds Decent Wheat Crop Potential in North Central Kansas on Tuesday
Wed, 04 May 2011 6:41:57 CDT
Day one of the 2011 Wheat Quality Council Winter Wheat Tour found better wheat than was expected in some locations- Mark Hodges with Plains Grains admitted he was pleasantly surprised that the fields in the northern tier of counties in Kansas looked like they held about as much yield potential as was seen a year ago. There are more than 70 participants this year and they projected a 40 bushel average across northern Kan.; yield estimates range from 16 to 78 bushels per acre. The first night for the tour was in Colby, Kansas. There were a total of 267 stops on Day One- with the participants coming up with that forty bushel per acre average versus 40.7 bushels per acre a year ago.
As the scouts begin day two, they will travel from Colby to Wichita- and the wheat they will be seeing is expected to be much poorer. That is especially expected in the westernmost counties of Kansas, as well as in eastern Colorado.
In addition, we will have the annual Oklahoma wheat crop report session at the Oklahoma Feed and Grain Association meeting in Oklahoma City on Tuesday.
We have an audio overview of the day from the perspective of Mark Hodges of Plains Grains as well as from Mike Schulte, CEO of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear their complete comments from what they saw on Tuesday.
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