21 Aug Janel: Bring on the sunshine

North Dakota — It’s August 12, and we’ve finished the durum here. We’re cutting really nice spring wheat now. The canola has turned from green to gold quickly since we’ve been here, too. When we get the spring wheat cut, we’ll move on to canola. The spring wheat has been yielding around 65 bushels per acre, and it’s been a beautiful crop to cut.

It feels great to be in North Dakota cutting wheat. This is my favorite place on our wheat harvest run. The scenery is gorgeous, and the fields are big and beautiful. This morning I went outside, and it was sunny and pretty. I just thought, “Bring on the sunshine!” After a few cloudy days, my goodness, the sunshine feels terrific! Then, tonight, we cut until midnight. It was amazing. There was a gorgeous, orange-colored sunset and then a pretty moon. We are cutting on a big field and have been there awhile. It’s so nice to cut just one field for days with no time spent moving around.

Our forecast is clear. We should be able to keep combining along. We have two combines here cutting wheat and seven in Montana cutting all kinds of crops, including wheat, lentils, field peas and canola. There are only a few weeks left of wheat harvest. It seems to always fly by in the blink of an eye.

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

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