Weather continues to impact crops
Washington Ag Today June 2, 2011 The cool, wet spring still has some Washington farmers trying to complete spring seeding. Crop development has been slow due to the weather, with cutting hay running late. Only half the state’s potato crop is up and growing when normally 84 percent of the spuds would be up by now. Wheat growers are battling stripe rust with many making an unusual second application of fungicide, but if aerial applicators aren’t difficult to get yet, Whitman County farmer Randy Suess expects they will be. Suess: “Not only are you competing for the airplanes to the rust control on but then all your other spring crops need spraying like insecticides for your peas and lentils and garbanzos, all need the airplane to do that same thing.” Usually over a third of Washington’s winter wheat crop would be headed by now but this year only 15 percent is. ?Now this from Stockland Livestock. “This is Jack McQuinness here at Stockland Livestock in Davenport. No sale here this past Monday because of the Memorial Day Holiday. No horse sale. We cancelled that because of the virus outbreak. Be back in business on June 6th selling all classes of cattle. We have several smaller consignments of yearlings. Looking for a good sale market. Rebounded a little here during the week and we are looking for a strong market for the feeder cattle and at least a steady market on the weigh up cows and bulls. Again, we sell cattle every Monday here at Stockland. We offer our small animals on the 4th Tuesday of every month. Goats, sheep, hogs sell on the 4th Tuesday of every month beginning in June. Thanks for listening. Thanks for your business. Stockland Livestock in Davenport. Thanks Jack. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net.
