With mostly clear skies and favorable conditions, Cheyenne County’s wheat harvest went by quickly this year, and was mostly finished by the weekend.
This year’s harvest has been deemed a success, with overall good test weights and about average yields.
The only disappointment, according to Blake Mackey, general manager at Scoular Grain, was low protein levels, around nine percent.
“It was a good harvest,” Mackey said.
Mackey said test weights average around 62 or 63 pounds per bushel, and estimated average yields were in the 45 bushel-per-acre range.
Brad Fraass, Farm Service Agency executive...
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