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Kansas Wheat Harvest Report—This is day nine of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association and Kansas Wheat.

With a few days of dry weather and sunshine, wheat harvest is progressing nicely throughout Kansas.

Ben Brandevik, grain merchandiser at Frontier Ag, Inc.’s Goodland office, says harvest is just beginning in Frontier Ag’s trade area, which covers 16 locations along the I-70/Highway 24 corridor.

With 100,000 bushels taken in so far, test weights range from 59-64 pounds, and protein values range from 11.8-14%.

It is too soon to estimate yields, but generally, farmers seem pleased, Brandevik says.

In the Colby area, Kansas Wheat Commission vice-chairman Mike Brown says harvest began Monday and so far, the average test weight is 62 pounds per bushel.

Moisture is just over 12% and it’s too early for a yield estimate.

Deb Miller, manager of the Farmers Union Mercantile and Shipping Association, Stockton, expects a below average harvest due to a hailstorm that pounded a wide area northwest of Stockton a few weeks ago.

As of Monday, most producers have begun cutting wheat in Rooks County.

The test weight averages 60 pounds per bushel but protein tests have not yet come back.

Teri Bell, at Farmway Coop in Beloit, says harvest is about 75% complete in Mitchell County with more than a million bushels taken in at that location.

Prior to weekend rains, test weights were as high as 65 pounds per bushel; since then, they average about 61 pounds per bushel.

Protein levels range from 12-15% and farmers report yields from 50-80 bushels per acre.

Dale Eccles, LeRoy Coop Association, Gridley, says harvest is about half done.

Test weights run from 52-60 pounds per bushel and yields are running 35-40 bushels per acre.

Most of the best wheat has been harvested, with lesser quality wheat not yet cut due to muddy field conditions.

Harvest began Monday at the Nemaha County Coop Association’s branches in Corning and Seneca, according to manager Craig Steinlage.

Generally, the wheat quality is poor, with test weights averaging about 56 pounds.

Kansas Association of Wheat Growers director Lance Tischhauser, Wilsey, is cutting early-planted wheat, which yields from 40-60 bushels per acre and averages 60-pounds per bushel.

Fuller and Art varieties are doing very well.

Double-cropped wheat, he anticipates, will not be as good. Morris County’s harvest is about 30% complete.

The 2008 Harvest Salute to Producers is brought to you by Kansas Wheat in conjunction with sponsors the Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain and the Kansas Grain and Feed Association.

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