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Mike Schulte with Oklahoma Wheat Commission Feeling Okay with USDA Wheat Crop Estimate of 154 Million Bushels
Thu, 31 May 2012 04:51:55 CDT
The 2012 Hard red Winter Wheat Harvest continued on Wednesday in parts of Oklahoma, working around several areas where heavier amounts of rain fell on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. We talked with Mike Schulte, Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, about harvest to this point, as we are approximately half way complete with the 2012 harvest across Oklahoma. He believes that the USDA May Crop Production Estimate of 154 million bushels is not out of reach for the 2012 harvest season, based on reports through the first half of harvesting this year's crop. You can hear our conversation with Schulte by clicking on the LISTEN BAR below.
The following report came from Schulte and his staff on Wednesday, summarizing the latest information they gleaned from across the state about harvest running or not running as the case may be:
"Harvest continues in South Central Oklahoma around Cordell with producers trying to get started around the Minco areas. Harvest in other parts of central Oklahoma around Banner, Okarche, Kingfisher and Hennessey have been slowed due to heavy rains and hail yesterday evening. It is a good thing that a large amount of the crop has been cut out of central Oklahoma, and producers who still have wheat in the field are hopeful they will miss the second round of storms this evening. Harvest has started to get rolling this afternoon in far North Oklahoma around Bison and Deer Creek areas. Producers are hopeful they can keep moving as the percentage of the crop that is left in this area is greater. Reports from elevator managers indicate that in parts of Northern Oklahoma 50 to 80 percent of the 2012 crop has been harvested depending on the location. Greater percentages of wheat have been harvested in Northwest Oklahoma, but if producers can get a couple more days in the North Central part of the state they will not be far behind.
"Dryland wheat harvest continues to move forward in the Panhandle region. Latest reports show that production on dryland wheat is making in the low to mid 20's with test weights ranging from 54-59.2 pounds. The irrigated wheat continues to look favorable with producers anticipating record yields once harvest begins on the irrigated wheat from this region."
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