Friday, August 12, 2011

Wheat, pulse harvest in full swing

Weather- Storms brought rain much of the day last Friday with accumulations of anywhere from a couple of tenths to an inch around the county. The end of last week and beginning of this week, however, saw temperatures in the 70's and 80's and drier weather. Now that the end of the week is here, we are experiencing some more, gentler showers than last Friday but I do not think we will get much accumulation from them.

Harvest- While last week's rain event put a temporary hault on harvest, it didn't last long. Combines were back in the fields as of Monday. Much of the winter wheat crop has been taken off, some barley, some spring wheat, a good portion of the pulse crops, and there is quite a bit of hay down that will be baled this weekend providing we do not get any additional moisture.


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