Slow start for winter wheat harvest

Washington Ag Today July 28, 2011 The winter wheat harvest in Washington state is underway but the pace is well behind usual due slow development caused by a cool spring. The Washington Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service says at the start of this week only two percent of the crop had been harvested. Last year at the same time seven percent of the winter wheat had been cut, but the five year average is 16 percent. In Walla Walla county yields are reported to be good, in western Whitman county average yields are reported.

The second cutting of hay is about wrapped up in the southern Columbia Basin where processor potatoes are being harvested.

Pasture and Range in Washington is rated in 84 percent good to excellent condition.

Now this from Stockland Livestock.

This is Jack McQuinness at Stockland Livestock in Davenport. Two sales already this week. We sold cattle on Monday. A light run but a good strong market for the cows and bulls. Call that fully steady. Best of the cows into the low 70s. Best of the bulls into the low 90s. Limited run of feeder cattle but a fully steady market on all weights and classes. We had over 500 small animals here on Tuesday and a good active sale with a good crowd on that. Horse sale coming up this Saturday and we are looking at probably 150 head of horses for that. Monday a big special feeder and weigh up cow sale. We have a dry cow special and feeder special. A lot of cattle consigned and we are working on a stronger to steady market. That is it from Stockland. Thanks for listening, thanks for your business.

Thanks Jack.

I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net.

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