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Winter wheat harvest advances
but still behind the average pace
Romulo Lollato, Ph.D., of Kansas
State University research and extension, interviewed for a Kansas Wheat
harvest update, said yields in south
central and central Kansas have been
highly variable (due to planting dates
and moisture surpluses that drowned
out quite a few acres), while in the
west, farmers were consistently seeing
above-average yields. Dr. Lollato said
some areas in western Kansas still had
green wheat because it was late getting planted. Test weights throughout
the state continued to hold steady at
60 lbs per bu or higher.
Kansas protein was variable, but the
average was expected to be well below
last year's average of 12.3%. At the

recently has made great strides, intermittent rain delays continued to frustrate producers eager to garner the remainder of their crop before the moisture takes a toll on quality.
The U.S.D.A. in its weekly Crop
Progress report indicated the Kansas
wheat harvest was 61% completed
by July 7 compared with 28% a week
earlier and 84% as the recent five-year
average for the date.
By July 11, the Kansas crop was
about 71% combined, according to
Plains Grains, Inc., Stillwater, Okla.,
which tracks and analyzes the hard red
winter wheat harvest and crop quality. Mark Hodges, executive director of
P.G.I., said harvesting across the southern half of Kansas was winding down
by July 11 while combining in northeast and north central areas of Kansas
has moved past the halfway mark. Mr.
Hodges noted that harvesting in northwest Kansas was significantly behind
the rest of the state with still less than
20% of that area combined.

same time, protein in harvest wheat to
date exceeded many expectations.
There were indications of vomitoxin
in some wheat harvested in central
and north central Kansas, but levels
to date held below 2 parts per million.
The Texas winter wheat harvest
pulled ahead of the average pace for
the date. The U.S.D.A. indicated the
state's crop was 92% harvested by July 7
compared with 81% a week earlier and
91% as the recent five-year average. The
U.S.D.A. office in Austin, Texas, said,
"Wheat harvest was nearing completion
in the Plains and the Edwards Plateau.
Small grains harvest was completed in
the Cross Timbers and the Blacklands."
P.G.I.'s July 11 harvest summary
pegged Texas harvest progress at 97%
"with limited areas in the far northwest (higher elevation) parts of the
state left to cut."
The U.S.D.A. indicated the Oklahoma harvest was 95% completed by
July 7 compared with 72% a week earlier and 97% as the five-year average

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KANSAS CITY - The winter wheat
harvest continued to advance but
remained well behind the average
progress for the date. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its weekly Crop
Progress report indicated the winter
wheat harvest was 47% completed by
July 7, compared with 30% a week earlier and 61% as the five-year average
for the date. Combining expanded in
subsequent days but faced additional
rain delays across parts of the hard
winter wheat belt.
The hard red winter wheat harvest
extended from the southern Plains into
Colorado and Nebraska. Combining
was nearly completed in Oklahoma
and Texas. While the Kansas harvest

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progress. P.G.I. indicated that by July
11, the state's crop was 99% combined.
The U.S.D.A. indicated the Colorado
wheat harvest was 10% completed by
July 7 compared with 1% a week earlier
and 30% as the recent five-year average
for the date. P.G.I. estimated harvest
progress in the state at 17% by July 11.
Colorado Wheat in its weekly crop
progress report issued July 9 said,
"Harvest is still in full force in southeastern part of the state." Colorado
Wheat noted farmers and elevators in
Baca county are believed to be about
halfway finished with harvesting.
They reported yields between 40 and
60 bus per acre with test weights ranging 58.5 to 60.3 lbs per bu and protein
ranging from 10.5% to 12.5%.
The harvest was progressing slowly
in Prowers county due to high humidity in the area, Colorado Wheat said.
So far, the average test weight has
been around 61 lbs per bu with average protein around 11%.
Combining in Kiowa and Cheyenne
counties began to accelerate. Elevators
reported yields ranging from 50 to 60
bus per acre with test weights ranging
from 58 to 60 lbs per bu and protein
ranging from 9% to 11%. Elevators
noted that most of the wheat delivered
to date came from south of Cheyenne
Wells. Producers in northern Cheyenne county and southern Kit Carson
county began combining at midweek.
Colorado Wheat said harvesting
also has started in the southern part of
Lincoln county. Preliminary numbers
show yields between 30 and 50 bus per
acre with test weights ranging from
58 to 60 lbs per bu and protein ranging from 11% to 12.5%. Combining in
northeastern Colorado was expected to
begin around July 15 at the earliest.
Combining was beginning in Nebraska, albeit in fits and starts because
of rain delays. The U.S.D.A. indicated
the state's harvest was 2% completed by
July 7 compared with 26% as the fiveyear average. P.G.I. indicated the state's
crop was 3% combined by July 11.
The Nebraska Wheat Board in its
July 9 crop progress update indicated
producers in the northern half of the
state's panhandle said recent rain
pushed back the expected harvest
start date there to the end of July or
the beginning of August. Harvesting
was expected to begin in the southern
panhandle around July 20. Combining may begin in parts of southwest
Nebraska during the weekend of July
13-14. South central Nebraska producers were waiting for fields to dry before harvesting. Harvest progress in
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