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Test Weights Remain High Despite Weekend Rains as Harvest Continues
Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:37:28 CDT
Weekend rains in north central and northwest Oklahoma slowed the wheat harvest some, but reports from grain elevator operators say the moisture hasn't affected the quality as much as had been feared. Test weights are still averaging better than 60 pounds per bushel at elevators in Wakita, Tonkawa, Shattuck and Buffalo.
Jeff Schuelke at Johnston Enterprises in Wakita says harvest is about halfway done in his area. Yields have been all over the map with a low of 32 and a high of 86 ½.
In Tonkawa, Frank James reports they've taken in about 250,000 bushels with test weights in the 60 to 64 pound range. He says harvest is about 40 percent complete in the area with yields averaging 55 to 60 bushels to the acre.
At the Johnston Enterprises elevator in Shattuck, Kent Burgess says he's looking at the cleanest wheat he's seen in many years. He says test weights are in the 60-plus range and they have lost very little quality to the rains. He estimates harvest is 75 percent complete in the area and says they will be done in three to four days.
At the Farmer's Coop in Buffalo, Beverly Mings says the rain slowed them down somewhat with damp fields persisting in the area. She estimates they are 75 percent finished with harvest and yields are running in the 24 to 25 bushel to the acre range.
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