The Texas harvest is progressing quickly this week. Harvest in the southern edge of the Blacklands (Waco) is nearing completion with good quality characteristics and yields in the low-to-mid thirties. Test weights in the area have ranged from 57-59 pounds per bushel and moisture has averaged 11 percent.
Further north in the Blacklands region, near Dallas, harvest has begun with highly variable yields and quality characteristics. Areas north of Dallas have experienced low test weights ranging between 45 and 58 pounds per bushel. Yields have been extremely unpredictable, even within fields, ranging between zero and 55. Some producers estimate the average yield in the region will be 15 bushels per acre.
This week has also brought activity in the Rolling Plains region, although a vast majority of the wheat was either zeroed out or cut for hay. Harvest is currently 50 percent complete in the eastern portion of the region. Yields in the area have been low, ranging from 10-15 bushels per acre, with good test weights and moisture levels. Harvest has also begun in the western edge of the Rolling Plains where yields are expected to be slightly higher.
Harvest is expected in the High Plains in approximately two weeks.
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