29 Jul Janel: The northern country

South Dakota — What a surprise it’s been so far! The wheat has been making around 50 bushels per acre. The weather has been hot and dry. Our forecast stays hot with expected temperatures in the 100s later this week. That will help ripen the crops right along.

Our crews in Montana are picking up wheat and straight cutting wheat. It’s been yielding in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The test weights have been 62.5 percent and the protein 11 percent. The northern country is typically my favorite on our harvest run. The scenery is pretty, and the fields are nice. We are usually up here six to eight weeks every year harvesting winter wheat, spring wheat and canola.

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

Thank you to our 2024 All Aboard Wheat Harvest sponsors: High Plains Journal, Kramer Seed Farms, Lumivia by Corteva Agriscience, Merit Auctions, Shelbourne Reynolds, Unverferth Manufacturing Co., and U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc. 

Leaving Nebraska and moving north. That is Chimney Rock in the distance.

A pretty view in South Dakota.