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Most Oklahoma Wheat is Dead Ripe and Ready for the Combine
Mon, 06 Jun 2011 6:01:07 CDT
We have several reports of wheat harvest activity from over the weekend- with the expectation that we will get several more with the weekend now complete and very favorable weather from border to border in the state of Oklahoma.
We were in Canadian County on Saturday and snapped the picture above near Minco- the wheat in this field was fairly thin and if you look closely you will see a lot of green peaking up fromt he ground, as the canopy of wheat is not thick enough to block sunlight from the weeds.
One report from last Friday came from Burlington, Oklahoma and the "Scalehouse girls" Kate and Hana. They write "On the second day of harvest at the Burlington Coop.
Test weights are ranging from 59-62. Yields are around 30-35 bushels per acre.
"We have taken in approximately 50,000 bushels. Most of the wheat harvested has been OK Bullet.
"A lot of the better fields in this area have visible green patches."
Another report comes from north central Oklahoma as well with this one from a individual farmer in the Alfalfa/Garfield County area. This producer writes "On Friday we cut a field of Duster in SE Alfalfa County it made 29.67 bu/acre.
"On Saturday we cut a field of Duster it made 34.5 bu/acre and a field of Endurance it made 27.6 bu/acre both fields are in SE Alfalfa County.
"On Sunday we cut a field of Endurance in NW Garfield County it made 37.9.
Test Weights have been around 61-63."
The pictures below are from Canadian County of the same field- first still growing in April and the second here in June waiting to be cut- we originally showed you this field back in April- we have the green shot from April 22nd first of all and then there is the dead ripe wheat from the same field from the same angle and location- you can see how the thin stand remained thin- I would estimate this is a field that is looking at 15 bushels per acre.
A Wheat Field in Canadian County- first in April and then in June.
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