11 Aug Janel: An outstanding winter wheat crop

South Dakota—The winter wheat has been excellent overall here north of Pierre. It’s been outstanding to tell the truth. One quarter we cut yielded 95.1 bushels per acre. The test weights have been 63 to 65 pounds per bushel and the protein 12 to 14%. The straw has continued to be tough and green and that takes horsepower, fuel, and time to thresh.
We’ve been staying busy cutting winter wheat but just finished. It’s now Aug. 1 and we are waiting on the spring wheat. We’ve had dry conditions as well as plenty of heat and wind and it’s really changing quickly. When we first got here the spring wheat was green but now it’s nearly ready to be harvested. We will sample spring wheat tomorrow and I hope it goes.
The ten-day forecast is hot and dry. We should be able to get the spring wheat cut here and then get moved on up to North Dakota to cut spring wheat and canola.

Janel Schemper can be reached at janel@allaboardharvest.com.

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A field of wheat that was on the edge of a hail storm. It had damage on the southwest part of the field so we cut low to try to get it all.

A beautiful winter wheat crop.

It clouded up and made the cutting conditions tougher.

It was tough cutting but we got the field cut.

Sunshine always helps the cutting conditions.

Cutting winter wheat in South Dakota.

This wheat field did very well.

Such a pretty day to cut wheat.

Unloading on the cart.

Harvesting wheat and unloading on the go.

Cutting wheat and the straw was tough.

A beautiful day to cut wheat in South Dakota.

Surrounded by corn and soybean fields.

Cutting wheat.

An outstanding winter wheat crop.

Beautiful field views.

A beautiful field to cut.

Cutting wheat.

Cutting winter wheat in South Dakota.

A gorgeous day to cut wheat.

A field of winter wheat.

An excellent winter wheat crop.

Unloading on the cart.

Cutting wheat.

My wheels in the field.

It was 77 degrees on this day.

Best winter wheat I’ve ever cut in South Dakota.

Cutting winter wheat in South Dakota.

Waiting on the tractor grain cart. I love cutting wheat in South Dakota.

An outstanding winter wheat crop.

A very pretty stand of wheat.