June 30, 2025
The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimates that harvest in Texas is 80% complete. While some combines were able to run this weekend, many producers in the Panhandle and Rolling Plains regions are once again stalled due to sporadic storms. Reports from the Hereford area this past weekend have dryland yields ranging from 30 – 40 bu/a. More rain is forecasted in these regions through Thursday.
July 1, 2025
Producers across the Blacklands and Rolling Plains regions, who have not completed harvest yet, are expected to be cutting their last fields within the next week. Some producers still cutting in the Blacklands region are reporting low test weights ranging from 50 – 55 lb/bu.
Over the past 24 hours, scattered storms across the High Plains and Rolling Plains regions brought precipitation totals as high as 3 to 4 inches in some areas.
July 2, 2025
According to the Texas Crop and Weather Report released July 1, 2025:
Panhandle: Widespread rain caused delays in both replanting and wheat harvest. The wheat harvest was excellent, except in locations that received hail. In those cases, yields were 50% lower than expected. Dryland wheat that avoided hail damage was yielding 60 bu/a while irrigated fields ranged from 70 – 90 bu/a.
West Central: Most wheat harvest was finished.
Additional Comments from Brandon Gerrish, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension Statewide Small Grains Specialist:
Overall yields across the Blacklands region were lower this year due to the dry conditions that persisted through winter and early spring. Damage from Hessian fly infestation and late season rains lowered test weights in this region.
While the dryland wheat south of Abilene through Central Texas failed or had very low yields, in the Rolling Plains, the yields and test weights at the AgriLife Extension yield trial in Chillicothe were better than those in 2024.
In the High Plains, most dryland acres are cut. Some irrigated acres are delayed due to continued rains. The AgriLife Extension dryland test site at Bushland averaged 72-bushel yields, the highest since 2005.
July 3, 2025
Recent rains coupled with high humidity and cloud cover have made it difficult for harvest to continue in the Panhandle and High Plains regions. Precipitation totals over the last 48 hours range from 0.1 – 4 inches in these areas. Farmers who have been able to cut this week in the Panhandle report consistent test weights around 60 lb/bu, high yields, and protein levels around 12%. Its estimated harvest in the Panhandle is about 65% complete.
