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Very Little Harvesting Done Across Wheat Region
USAgNet - 09/18/2019
As expected, very little harvest progress was made in the spring wheat region over the last week as precipitation was widespread. The U.S. crop is now 76 percent harvested, up only 5 percent from last week. Harvest is nearly finished in South Dakota at 96
percent complete, followed by Minnesota at 83 percent, North Dakota at 73 percent and Montana at 69 percent. Normal harvest completion rates for this time of year are closer to 95 percent. The current week calls for warmer temperatures, but humidity
levels have been high in areas which could shorten harvest hours. With the wet conditions, quality on the remaining crop is a concern, but will be highly dependent on maturity level in the crop.
Quality samples continue to be analyzed at the NDSU spring wheat quality lab, with about 65 percent of the samples collected. Protein remains the same as last week at 14.6 percent and average test weight is stable at 60.4 pounds per bushel (79.5 kg/hl). The
average falling number value is 383 seconds, however, it is worth noting that there are areas with significantly lower falling number values this year. Vitreous kernel content is 66 percent -- an effect of the wet harvest conditions, giving the crop a No. 1 Northern
Spring grade so far. Quality data will continue to be updated on a weekly basis.
Very little harvest progress was made on the durum crop due to rainfall. In North Dakota, about half has been harvested, up only a few percentage points from last week. Last year at this time over 90 percent had been harvested. In Montana the situation is
similar with only 44 percent harvested, compared to over 80 percent on average. Samples have been very slow coming into the quality lab due to harvest delays. Only about 24 percent of the samples have been analyzed and grading data is not yet available.
Protein so far is averaging 13.6 percent, lower than 14.2 percent last year, thousand kernel weights are higher at 42.2 grams, and test weight is a bit lower than last year at 60.7 pounds per bushel (79.1 kg/hl).
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