An earlier version of this story identified the Nickerson Co-Op as the Central Plains Co-Op rather than the Central Prairie Co-Op. Hutch Post regrets the error.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Many of the area elevators expect what is left of the wheat harvest in Reno County to be finished in the next day or two. With rain in the forecast for Friday, elevators hope farmers will get the wheat out of the field before more delays occur.
The numbers are pretty steady from elevator to elevator with the Farmers Co-Op in Pretty Prairie reporting yields of between 30 and 35 bushels per acre. Some fields did pretty well, but for the most part it was very average.
At the Mid Kansas Co-Op in Haven there were some impressive numbers but they were few and far between. Most yields were in the 30 bushel per acre range with some as low as 20 and a few as high as 70. Protein numbers were solid averaging about 13.5.
And at the Central Prairie Co-Op in Nickerson yields were from as low as 10 bushels per acre to around 45. Protein levels were good at 12.5.
All three elevators reported just a few fields are left to be cut and the harvest should be over. Most agree that while the numbers were not great they were better than most expected owing to the dry weather and a late spring cold snap.
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