PRETTY PRAIRIE, Kan. — The hot weather has jump started the wheat harvest in Reno County.
The Farmers Co-Op in Pretty Prairie reports that trucks have started coming in with full loads. Moisture has been running around 12% with test weights at 62 to 64 pounds per bushel.
The MKC Co-Op in Haven says they expect to see wheat coming in in the next day or two but did say a load came into their elevator in Castleton. Test weight was around 60 pounds with moisture at 11%.
The latest from the Kansas Ag Statistics Service has the wheat crop at 64% good to excellent, 25% fair and just 11% poor to very poor.
The forecast is for a total harvest of up to 359 million bushels with an average yield of 52 bushels per acre.
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