Weather- By reading the weather report for this week, one can probably guess what the crop report will be like. The best two words to describe this week's weather are wet and cold. We have received some rainfall just about every day of the week so far and, up until today, temperatures have been on the colder side, low to mid-50's. Things are supposed to turn around by the end of this week with warmer temps and less precipitation and it looks like next week will be better too.
Crops- Not much has happened as far as harvest is concerned. Some silage was taken off earlier in the week but by the middle of the week field conditions were too bad in most of the county to continue cutting.
Some winter wheat has been planted but I do not believe there is too much of it in the ground and we are starting to get on the late side for this. If you go by the Montana State Unversity Extension's wheat production guide, it recommends that winter wheat be planted early enough to allow for 4-6 weeks of growth before going dormant. I am not a predictor of weather so I cannot tell you exactly when the dormant season will begin but if you look at the calendar 4-6 weeks from today will put us at the end of October/beginning of November. I wouldn't want to wait much longer if I were putting winter wheat into the ground. There is potential to do a dormant seeding of winter wheat but I do not know what the success rate of that practice is for this area.
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