Janel: Montana harvest 2020 is history

03 Sep Janel: Montana harvest 2020 is history

Posted at 12:00h in 2020, aawh, AAWH20, All Aboard, Barley, Brent Avalanche, Chickpeas, Combine Goals, High Plains Journal, HPJ, Janel, John Deere, MacDon, Miss Moo, Montana, Schemper Harvesting, Uncategorized by Janel Schemper 4 Comments

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North Dakota—All of our combines have finished cutting recently in north central Montana. Three combines have joined us here in northeastern North Dakota to cut wheat and canola. Three combines are currently headed south for fall harvest where they’ll begin in western Kansas picking wet corn.

Our Montana harvest consisted of harvesting winter wheat, spring wheat, barley and chickpeas. The winter wheat was straight cut as well as picked up in swaths. It made over 70 bushels per acre and the test weights were over 60 pounds per bushel and the protein 10.5%. The spring wheat our crew cut made around 45 bushels per acre and the barley made 80 bushels per acre. The chickpeas made 35 to 40 bushels per acre.

Overall, the weather was very hot and dry while our crews were in Montana. The conditions were good. However, if anyone wants a job cleaning up rocks in the fields then Montana is the place to find that kind of work. However, the badger holes are a big problem, too. I think that problem is mostly due to no-till farming. We also had many flat tires due to very rough and rocky roads and traveling lots of miles to the fields. The fields were big and some of the hauls were short but some of the hauls were long. Can’t wait to see what the “Golden Triangle” brings us next year! Schemper Harvesting will be back!

All Aboard Wheat Harvest is sponsored by Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children, Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc, BASF, AgriPro, Gleaner and High Plains Journal. Janel Schemper can be reached at janel@allaboardharvest.com.