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Winter wheat conditions

Wintry storm rages across grain
belts as harvest nears completion
weather forecasts suggested conditions
in coming weeks will remain mostly wet
and cold.
The same snow cover and forecast for
continued wet and cold weather stymied
Kansas farmers in efforts to complete
their fall crop harvests. The Kansas corn
harvest was 94% completed by Nov. 25
versus 99% as the five-year average for
the date, its soybean harvest was 92%
completed versus 97% as the average,
and its sorghum harvest was 83% completed compared with 95% as the average. Corn may be harvested later, but
the condition of soybeans remaining in
the field may suffer from the unseasonably cold and wet weather. Mr. Harries
said he knew of a Kansas farmer with
1,000 acres of sorghum yet to harvest

Kansas hard red winter wheat crop was
96% planted compared with 100% as the
average for the date. The Missouri soft
red winter wheat crop was 89% planted
versus 95% as the average.
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Commission, said he didn't expect
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Kansas growers to seed the remaining
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intended acres, pointing out that even
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after the current snow cover recedes,

who indicated the heavy snow caused
lodging, making harvesting those acres
problematic.
Winter wheat emergence in the 18
states was 86% by Nov. 25 compared
with 92% as the average for the date.
Wheat emergence was 87% in Kansas
versus 96% as the average. Snow cover
on balance should be beneficial to the
crop, although some of the wheat was
not well established before the storm
and onslaught of frigid temperatures.
The U.S.D.A. indicated the corn harvest in the 18 principal producing states
was 94% completed by Nov. 25 compared
with 96% as the average for the date. The
soybean harvest was 94% completed versus 98% as the average. And the sorghum
harvest was 89% completed compared
with 94% as the five-year average. MBN

Colorado
2018 54%
2017 66%

2018 66%
2017 59%

Nebraska

2018
2017

Kansas

Texas

46%
51%

2018 56%
2017 30% Oklahoma

2018 48%
2017 36%
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

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An unusually strong wintry storm and
frigid temperatures brought the fall crop
harvest and winter wheat planting to
a halt across much of the nation's corn
and winter wheat belts last week. At
midweek last week, snow covered Nebraska, Kansas and northeastern Colorado in the hard red winter wheat belt.
Snow cover also was extensive in the
Central states, the key region for soft red
winter wheat, the Northeast and across
North Dakota.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
in its final weekly Crop Progress report
of 2018, released on Nov. 26, indicated
winter wheat planting in the 18 principal producing states was 95% completed by Nov. 25 compared with 99% as
the five-year average for the date. The

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