Harvest- With the tremendous weather conditions we have experienced this week, harvest has ramped back up. I would hate to even guess how many acres of crops came off so far this week and how many more will by the end of the week. Barley, oats, and durum wheat are all but finished. Safflower harvest has started in earnest and there has been a huge gain in spring wheat harvest. If conditions stay as they are, we should be wrapping up spring wheat harvest by this time next week. Issues with the wheat crop continue to be that the crop is yielding very well but protein levels are still fairly low.
Sugarbeet harvest has started as well. We are just in the infant stages, but there will be a considerable amount of tonnage harvested in the coming weeks. The crop continues to look really good and expectations are still very high for the sugar harvest season.
Corn silage and hay continue to be cut but these practices are wrapping up as well. There was a better-than-average alfalfa harvest this year as many people were able to get 3 cuttings without using much in the way of irrigation to do it.
Weather- As I stated above, weather conditions have been tremendous. Highs in the mid-to-high 70's and low 80's have been the norm this week with no rainfall. There is a slight chance for some rain next week but we will have to wait and see if this plays out.
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