Just four states still harvesting winter wheat
Farm and Ranch August 30, 2011 Pacific Northwest farmers are among those still harvesting the 2011 U.S. winter wheat crop. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey has the latest progress report. Rippey: “We are down to the final bit, the tail end of the winter wheat harvest season as we approach the end of August. By August 28th 97% harvested nationally. Five year average 99%. And the only states with acreage remaining to harvest now, we have Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington state with Idaho the furthest behind. Just 69% harvested compared to the five year average of 89%.” The winter wheat harvest in Oregon is now 87 percent complete. In Washington 77 percent of the winter wheat has been harvested. Here’s Rippey’s update for spring wheat. Rippey: “And finally the spring wheat harvest also delayed but moving along reaching the halfway mark on August 28th. Five year pace is 71%. Last year 66%. The state with the greatest acreage left in the field is Montana, 32% harvested by August 28th and the five year average there is 63%.” Northwest states aren’t much ahead of Montana with Idaho with 37 percent of its spring wheat harvested and Washington with 35 percent. That’s 21 points behind the five year average in Idaho and 41 points behind in Washington. The condition of the U.S. corn crop dropped three points in the good to excellent category this past week to 54 percent. A year ago at this time the crop was rated 70 percent good to excellent. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s the Northwest Farm and Ranch Report on Northwest Aginfo Net.
