In case anyone is interested.... Oklahoma harvest report as of 4 p.m. on June 9. Feel free to tell me how things are in your area, Oklahoma or otherwise....
Hollis area:
The producers in and around Hollis still have 20 percent of their crop to haul in because they are experiencing better fields and yields than initially expected. Our sources have only had one load below 60 pounds for test weights, with their average being 63 pounds. Yields are coming in from 25 bushels per acre on grazed wheat to 60 bushels per acre. Moisture is low, along with the humidity, and producers are in the fields attempting to get the last of harvest done.
Tuttle/Amber/Pocasset area:
Producers are getting a later start today, with machines just now getting in the fields. Heavy cloud cover and high humidity have kept them sidelined today, but harvest is 75 percent done around this area. One reports states their test weight average at 63 pounds and another at 61 pounds. Yields continue to be all over the board, ranging from 30 to 60 bushels per acre.
Clinton/Hydro/Hinton area:
Producers have been harvesting for one week, custom crews are in the region now and they are about 25 percent done. One report turned in proteins in the 12 to 14 percent range. Reports indicate yields to be in the 40 to 50 bushel window and test weights all over 61 pounds, averaging 62 pounds along I-40. Thus far, most crop hauled in has been Jagger and Jagger varieties. Humidity has been high so they are really getting started right now. Moisture is reported at a 12 percent average, the sun is out and there isn’t any rain in the region; therefore other varieties are close to ready.
Seiling/Okeene area:
This region saw a little rain yesterday and this morning and now producers aren’t in the field. The clouds are going away and the humidity has dropped a few percentage points, but samples are still running in the 12 to 13 percent moisture range. Early maturing Jagger and Endurance fields have been cut with test weights above 61 pounds. Reports say the kernel color is good and thus far producers are reporting thicker stands than initially thought.
Cashion area:
Harvest slowly started last Friday, but is on hold today. Loads hauled in today were Jagger and cut last night. Test weights were 61 to 62 pounds and at 11.5 percent moisture. They believe the area is 20 percent done, but farmers are going to need some heat and wind to move the clouds and calm the humidity to get any further today.
Medford/Wakita area:
There were two days suitable for harvesting some Jagger acreage in this region. Approximately 3/10 to ¾ inch of rain scattered around the area put a stop to that on Monday and producers are still sidelined. Of the loads actually taken in, test weights are from 60 to 62 pounds with moisture from 13 to 14 percent.
Harvest hasn’t hit western Oklahoma, yet. Calls to Mutual and Shattuck report that a few samples have been taken in, all pretty wet but still with test weights of 60 pounds. They are expecting harvest to start toward the middle of next week, if not Sunday or Monday, weather permitting.
