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Wheat Harvest 2012- Check Out Our Flickr Photo Sets
Mon, 21 May 2012 06:54:21 CDT
Wednesday through Saturday of this past week were generally excellent days for harvest in many locations across the wheat belt in Oklahoma- by Friday afternoon, we saw a lot of combines rolling as we traveled home from the Lahoma Wheat Field Day at the OSU North Central Research Station which is due west of Enid on the Garfield-Major County line.
We'll have some percentages to chew on later today when the latest Crop Weather Update is released by NASS at the USDA. By late Saturday afternoon- we started getting some rainshowers in northwestern Oklahoma down as far south as the Elk City area- those moved east and based on Mesonet data- we see the heaviest amounts of rainfall in Grady and Caddo Counties, with a lot of locations south of I-40 ending up with more than an inch of rainfall.
It appears only limited amounts of rainfall have hit Garfield, Noble and Kay Counties- which means that wheat and canola harvest may resume in those areas with little delay. Other areas that have had more rainfall may be out til close to midweek. By Tuesday, the forecast for much of Oklahoma is for sunshine, windy conditions and mid to upper 80s- and even some 90s in southern counties.
We have pictures from Friday and the Lahoma Wheat Field Day- as well as a custom cutting crew that was harvesting south of Waukomis near Bison on Friday afternoon. Click here to see those photos- this is our Wheat Harvest 2012 Photo Set on Flickr.
Our pictures are a part of our WheatWatch 2012 coverage, which is a service of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, working hard for Oklahoma Wheat Producers. Click here for our earlier photo set of pictures from the 2012 Wheat Crop- from planting up to just before harvest season.
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