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.
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