Weather- There has been a little bit of a chill in the air to let us all know that the autumn season is upon us and winter is not far behind. Lows this week have been at or below freezing and highs in the 50's and 60's. There is a chance for rain this weekend and, although it will not help much for those trying to finish up harvest, it would not necessarily be a bad thing. We could use the moisture to help get winter wheat off to a good start.
Harvest- I think we have reached the point where there are more fields of small grains that are harvested than those that are not. Actually, with the string of days of good weather that we have experienced lately, there has been a good portion of crops taken off in just the last week or two. Some corn has been harvested for silage and that will continue to be the case in the coming weeks. Sugarbeet harvest will start next week at the experiment station and contracted growers will begin digging the week after that, weather permitting.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Richland County Crop/Weather report for the week of September 5
State-Wide Harvest- The Montana Field Office of the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) releases weekly crop condition and weather reports for the state. According to the report I received on September 6, here is where we were in regards to harvest.
Barley......................................................65% harvested
Corn for silage........................................4% harvested
Dry Peas.................................................93% harvested
Alfalfa Hay (2nd cutting)......................85% completed
Other Hay (2nd cutting).......................75% completed
Lentils.....................................................85% harvested
Oats.........................................................42% harvested
Durum Wheat........................................30% harvested
Spring Wheat.........................................49% harvested
Winter Wheat.........................................98% harvested
Richland County Harvest-While the numbers above reflect state-wide averages, I think Richland County is ahead of those in every category except for silage harvest. I have yet to see any corn chopped for silage at this point. Some of the hailed out fields around Savage may be chopped soon but, other than that, we are probably a week or two out from really ramping up silage harvest.
Weather- Conditions this week have been ideal for harvest. Dry and warm are the best words to describe the weather pattern we have experienced this week. Many of the spring wheat fields that were just beginning to turn at the end of last week have now completely turned and are being combined as quickly as our producers can get to them. Unfortunately I have heard reports around the savage area of 10-15 bu. wheat where it got hailed out. One producer mentioned how he was happy to be finished with harvest but primarily the reason that he is done is because it didn't take him long to zip through his hailed-out fields.
Barley......................................................65% harvested
Corn for silage........................................4% harvested
Dry Peas.................................................93% harvested
Alfalfa Hay (2nd cutting)......................85% completed
Other Hay (2nd cutting).......................75% completed
Lentils.....................................................85% harvested
Oats.........................................................42% harvested
Durum Wheat........................................30% harvested
Spring Wheat.........................................49% harvested
Winter Wheat.........................................98% harvested
Richland County Harvest-While the numbers above reflect state-wide averages, I think Richland County is ahead of those in every category except for silage harvest. I have yet to see any corn chopped for silage at this point. Some of the hailed out fields around Savage may be chopped soon but, other than that, we are probably a week or two out from really ramping up silage harvest.
Weather- Conditions this week have been ideal for harvest. Dry and warm are the best words to describe the weather pattern we have experienced this week. Many of the spring wheat fields that were just beginning to turn at the end of last week have now completely turned and are being combined as quickly as our producers can get to them. Unfortunately I have heard reports around the savage area of 10-15 bu. wheat where it got hailed out. One producer mentioned how he was happy to be finished with harvest but primarily the reason that he is done is because it didn't take him long to zip through his hailed-out fields.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Richland County Harvest/Weather Report for the week of August 28
Weather- We have experienced just about every kind of weather (except snow, thank goodness) possible this week. The week started out on the hot and somewhat humid side, then the middle of the week brought thunderstorms and some high winds (no tornadoes though), and now the end of the week looks like much cooler temperatures with highs in the 60's-70's and lows in the mid-to-high 40's.
Harvest- Harvest continues to progress fairly well. Winter wheat is all but harvested and durum as well. I still have only heard reports from a few producers but one of those reports was that the dryland durum crop around Fairview averaged around 33 bu. and graded really well.
Harvest- Harvest continues to progress fairly well. Winter wheat is all but harvested and durum as well. I still have only heard reports from a few producers but one of those reports was that the dryland durum crop around Fairview averaged around 33 bu. and graded really well.
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