MGGA Weekly Crop Condition Survey
JULY 26, 2022
Blaine/Phillips County - Raymond Keller
Crop season is progressing quickly. Moisture conditions are fair receiving no precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat. Hoppers are around. Expect to begin harvest August 5th.
Carter County - Michael Hansen
Sitting in the combine just about to see if winter wheat is ready. Spring crops are all giving up, barley is starting to turn, already too much heat and the moisture has turned off. Durum is still green and filling. Canola still has flowers and looks pretty good to me, but I’ve never grown it so I might not know. Millet is waist high and starting to head. Was supposed to rain last night but didn’t. Finished haying on Saturday night, have lots of bales to haul when we get done cutting wheat. Was getting time to be done, grass is all starting to turn as well. Several neighbors had fires this week in the hay fields. Moisture conditions are poor receiving no precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, durum, barley, canola, hay and millet. Grasshoppers have shown up in full force. Kochia is coming in winter wheat. Expect to begin harvest today.
Cascade County - Steve Sheffels
Harvest has started to the North of us with reports of 15-45bu WW and 10-16 protein. I'm not sure what to believe. The local elevator called today to say they haven't seen any new crop delivered yet. Moisture conditions are fair receiving no precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and barley. Expect to begin harvest August 4th.
Fallon County - Randy Wolenetz
Winter wheat is two weeks from harvest, expecting 45bu/ac average, corn looks good yet experiencing drought stress (still hoping for 50bu/ac). Late spring wheat is in poor shape, grasshoppers are taking whole fields and many are on the second or third pass with lamba treatment (if one can find chemical), early spring wheat is trying to fill while turning blue, safflower is being inundated with hoppers, yet confined to edges of fields so far. Other than that we are hitting a home run! Moisture conditions are fair receiving no precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, safflower, corn and hay. Hoppers are a problem, weeds aren't bad and no diseases. Expect to begin harvest August 6th.
Fergus County - Robert Bold
Will be harvesting some winter wheat early next week. Hoppers just moved in. Too close to harvest for any spraying. All the spring wheat is filling and some in the hard dough. In our winter wheat, we have sawfly damage. First time ever for us to have sawfly. And yes, I can already hear the violin music from the Golden Triangle crowd. Moisture conditions are fair receiving no precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat.
Fergus County - Boyd Heilig
Things are still looking good around this area. Will hopefully try the fallow wheat by the 1st. Had a nice rain on Sunday night. Will help the spring crop quite a bit. Moisture conditions are fair receiving .45" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat. Hoppers are a problem.
Garfield County - Scott Glasscock
Started combining winter wheat yesterday. Surprisingly good yield considering it was dry early and then had some hail damage. Grasshoppers are getting thick in places. Not as bad as last year. Moisture conditions are fair receiving no precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, lentils, peas, corn, hay and sorghum. Lots of grasshoppers are a problem. Harvesting winter wheat right now.
Hill County - Eric Hanson
We are actually in the field harvesting wheat. In all honesty, it’s something a month and a half ago I thought wasn’t going to happen. Even though yields are going to be down we are counting our blessings for having something to harvest. Between drought, hoppers, and sawfly damage, plenty of the crop got taken by Mother Nature. We just kicked off the winter wheat harvest a few days ago and we will continue to roll with good harvest weather. When I say good harvest weather I mean no rain and hot temperatures. Both of which we have plenty of. There will be no down time between winter wheat and spring wheat. It’s turning fast with only a few green areas left. No rain up here for some time now. Back into drought conditions, but that’s how this time of year usually goes. We don’t need it now anyway, it can wait until after harvest. Hoppers are getting down to business in areas, but there’s nothing green left for them but the weeds, so they can help themselves to that buffet. Hope harvest goes smoothly for everyone and stay safe out there. Moisture conditions are poor receiving no precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat. Hoppers, moths and flys are problems, as well as drought.
Judith Basin County - Greg Matthews
All done haying and real close to last year's yield. Hay is moving up and down the highway. WW is turning and about 2 weeks out. Spring crops are running out of moisture and will be interesting to see how that goes. Hoppers are showing up more and spraying pasture to get rid of them. Very few in the crops yet but keeping watch. Harvest is 2 weeks out in the Moore area and north of there should start next week. Received no precipitation in the past week. Hoppers are a problem. Expect to begin harvest August 6th.
Stillwater County - Michelle Jones
Well harvest is here for the most part. We expect to start later this week. A punishing storm rolled through just south of us last night - we got anywhere from 0.15-0.6” of rain. From Molt, Acton to Billings though they saw places with over 3” of rain and absolutely devastating hail. Lots of acres were completely lost. For us - the rain was well timed for barley that is filling and our mixed forage acres. I still hope to avoid anymore storms, as I said a few weeks ago, the risk/reward is not there. Winter wheat and barley both look excellent. Haying season is basically done (we’ll have our mixed forage custom cut) - we’re unhooked from all haying equipment and swather is cleaned. Most of the area finished up this week. Grass/alfalfa was good. Alfalfa was marginal. Happy Harvesting everyone! Moisture conditions are good receiving .15-6” of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, barley, safflower and hay. Expect to begin harvest July 28th.
Teton County - Mitch Konen
Crops are maturing quickly. Barley is getting a gold hew as the kernels are filling. The later emerging plants are tillering and in the boot. Will be a crop like no other with the multi-staging all in one field. Gonna make for an interesting harvest cycle for sure. Winter wheat is turning rapidly and the spring wheat is filling. Ditch grasses remain short as is the native prairie which has very little growth due to the droughty conditions. Dryland crops are suffering with no moisture to fill the kernels. Gonna be low test weight and low yields I am afraid. Irrigation for us is in full swing as we make a final push to get it all covered. Sounds like Pishkin reservoir will be depleted soon and canal will be running straight through from Gibson. Irrigation should taper off by end of this week, so hopefully can start building Pishkin back up. I can still see a few snow fields in the back country at higher elevations in the Rockies, but don't expect them to remain much longer in this heat. Haying is getting wrapped up for the most part with less than normal yields. Got a quick shower last night and will hold the dust down for a day or so. Be safe out there. Moisture conditions are poor receiving .3" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, barley and hay. Mosquitoes and grasshoppers are problems, as well as wild oats.
JULY 19, 2022
Broadwater County - Franck Groeneweg
The crop is going backwards now. No rain in the last 2 weeks. No rain in the forecast. Today is 95F and 40mph wind. Winter wheat is in mid filling stage, spring wheat in early filling stage. Canola is starting to turn. Chickpeas are podding. Flax is flowering. Moisture conditions are poor. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, garbanzos, canola and flax. Expect to begin harvest August 5th.
Carter County - Michael Hansen
Winter wheat is ripening fast. Barley is filling heads but has run out of moisture and the heat is getting to it, it will probably be ready to cut before some of the winter wheat. Canola is making pods and still blooming. Durum is headed and in about the same boat as the barley. Millet is waist high, just amazing how fast that plant can grow. Four hundred acres of hay ground left to go over. It was 107 the last two days here so the green is gone from most places. The cracks in the ground are showing up as usual for the gumbo this time of year. Moisture conditions are fair receiving .25" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, durum, barley, canola, hay and millet. A few grasshoppers showing up to be a problem and some kochia in the thinner winter wheat. Expect to begin harvest in a couple weeks.
Fergus County - Robert Bold
Welcome to summer heat! The three well above 90 degree days should stress the wheat enough to give it some protein. The winter wheat that emerged last fall is in the hard dough stage and still has that golden yellow color, not the white yellow color it has when ripe. The winter wheat that emerged this spring is on the soft dough stage--the same as the spring wheat. Will make harvest interesting--cutting winter wheat the same time as spring wheat. I am fearful that the spring wheat test weight will be light. Oh well, we receiveth what Mother Nature giveth. Probably won't start harvest until after the 1st. Moisture conditions are fair receiving no precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat.
Fergus County - Boyd Heilig
Things are ripening fairly quickly here. High 90s and windy. Will hopefully get started cutting on the 1st. Moisture conditions are fair receiving .15" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat. Hoppers are a problem.
Flathead County - Tryg Koch
Hrw is turning and I would expect to see combines moving from the sheds to the front of the shops shortly. Crops are all looking very well and so is the summer traffic!! We keep getting small showers so it makes it difficult to get hay put up in a timely fashion. We are about half done haying and the yields are good. Grass hay definitely got dinged from the cold and is not yielding what it normaly does. Bugs are horrible in the canola fields and the spray applications don't seem to be working very well. Some guys have sprayed 3 times and the fields are still full of diamond back moth larva at a rate of 2 to 3 times economic thresholds. I would think that some winter canola will be getting swathed in the next couple weeks and that is one crop that shoud be a bumper this season!! Moisture conditions are good receiving .2" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, barley, lentils, canola and hay. Expect to begin harvest August 15th.
Hill County - Eric Hanson
We are about 5-7 days off from putting combines in the field. The last 4 days of heat and wind have really turned the crops, zapping any green out of them in short order. Spring crops are beginning to feel it and are starting to turn whether or not they are ready. Some are just burning up. Swathers have been laying down some wheat, trying to beat the sawfly's damage. It’s going to be a very busy week. Hopefully next week's report will be from the harvest field. Moisture conditions are poor receiving no precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat. Hoppers are a problem and lots of weeds still. Expect to begin harvest July 24th.
Judith Basin County - Greg Matthews
It rained 3 days this last week. .21, .06 and .01 for a total of .28. And the total for July is 1.65. Slowed haying down a little bit. Hail on Wednesday put an end on two fields south of the house, beat it into the ground and nothing to pickup. East of me it was worse damage, crops are still looking good with the spring crops all headed out and the ww turning. Grasshoppers are showing up and will have to do something with them. Moisture conditions are fair receiving .28" of precipitation in the past week. Hoppers are a problem.
McCone/Dawson County - Kurt Voss
Crop is good to average and progressing well. Harvest will be a couple weeks later than normal. Moisture conditions are good receiving .4" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are spring wheat, barley, corn, peas, hay, lentils and oats. Still plenty of grasshoppers in spots, no weeds and nothing significant in diseases. Expect to begin harvest in 20 days.
Stillwater County - Michelle Jones
Well the heat of summer is here - after the Fourth of July rains - it’s turned haying season into a full sprint. We’re done - or almost done - the grass alfalfa was far better than straight alfalfa. All of them are below our APH and waiting on the adjuster. Hail took a pretty good toll south of us - and for now I wouldn’t be disappointed to skip most if not all storms until after harvest. Risk/reward is not really in our favor. Speaking of harvest - it’s getting close. Earliest fields will probably cut right at the end of July. They’ll have to find someone else to drive the combine though - I didn’t schedule my vacation from Amazon until the 4th. Haha. Hoppers have shown up some - might spray at least a few outside rounds on some barley fields. Anyone with newly seeded alfalfa will likely spray for them. Moisture conditions are good receiving 0-0.5” (I think - depends on how much you believe the climate app) of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, barley, safflower and hay.
Teton County - Mitch Konen
Crops progressing well in this heat. A few T-storms have been rolling through the past week or so leaving very little behind in this area as far as moisture goes. A lot of wind and spectacular fireworks with a lot of noise. We have started the second go around of irrigation as the barley is mostly headed out. The winter wheat is turning fast with the heat. Haying is in full swing around the area. Area canola crops are losing their bloom with the heat and the chickpeas are coming on strong. Been hearing reports of dryland crops to the north of me are looking good from the road, but not enough moisture to fill the heads once you get out to look at them. NASS reports are telling a story that I don't think will be achieved with this crop. Having to irrigate crops up reduces yield substantially. We might have seeded the acres, but the yields will not be there. Hopefully I am wrong, but reality will soon be realized. My dryland hay crop and winter wheat have both been abandoned due to lack of moisture and growth. Moisture conditions are poor receiving .14" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, barley and hay. Mosquitoes and grasshoppers are a problem, as well as kochia, lambsquarter and wild mustard. Expect to begin harvest August-September.
JULY 12, 2022
Carter County - Michael Hansen
Winter wheat is really turning. Willow creek is starting to fill finally, I think the barley that is planted next to it might beat it done. Barley is pretty much all headed out. Durum looks good. Canola is bright yellow, way more fun to look at than the wheat. Millet is loving the heat and doing great. About 1500 acres of hay left to go over and we’ll be done. Haven’t done anything with the cows since they went to summer pastures but some were standing next to the road yesterday and they are fat and happy. If anyone deserves it it’s them after last summer and this spring. Wish we could put pictures on here, there were bad storms in Wibaux and Beach this last week. Several farmers lost their shops and some grain bins. Moisture conditions are good receiving .5" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, durum, barley, canola, hay and millet.
Cascade County - Steve Sheffels
Winter Wheat starting to turn. Barley ~ 90% headed out. 2" hail seen at malt plant about 1 mile south of the farm on July 7. No significant damage to our crop. There was only pea sized hail at the farmstead. Some kernels and very few heads on the ground. The damage from sawfly, when it comes, will be much worse. Moisture conditions are good receiving .75" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and barley. Grasshoppers worse than normal, but not bad enough to spray. Some kochia coming up in summer fallow.
Fergus County - Robert Bold
July has been a good rain month for us. Normally July is the 4th driest month of the year. This year we have gotten more good and measurable rain in July than June and May combined. And possibly April as well. The rain got a lot of hay on the ground as the majority of haying was already done swathing but not baled. This year there were no reports of hay tonnage per acres--pounds per acre. As long as temperatures were below 80 degrees, the winter wheat had enough moisture to finish. This rain and now hot weather will give the winter wheat protein and test weight. Some of our real early seeded spring wheat did not do very well before this rain. The drought damaged the flag leaf. Head filling is not going to be the best. Our later seeded spring wheat was at the right stage to make very good use of this rain. Other than a light local hopper hatch in June, not the hopper problem like the last two years. Also no hopper migration from south east of us like the last two years. Harvest will be late this year with the uneven ripening of the winter wheat. Might be cutting spring wheat the same time as winter wheat. Might still be cutting Labor Day weekend. Moisture conditions are good receiving 1.1" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat.
Fergus County - Boyd Heilig
Been a crazy week around here. We were lucky enough to get an inch and a half of moisture but the hail sure took its toll. Losses range from 0-90%. What didn’t get hit will yield very well and have good test weight. We will see how the hail adjustment turns out. Moisture conditions are good receiving 1.5" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat. Grasshoppers are a problem. Expect to begin harvest early August.
Hill County - Eric Hanson
A cool and rainy 4th of July is always a good sign. And we got that. We’ve had thunderstorms roll through all week. So moisture was all over the board. Some reports of 4” all the way down to .4. Quite a bit of hail around the area. Very sporadic as to where it hit. We were lucky and got under the right clouds to pick up .8-1.2”. It’s been a long time since we’ve looked this green this time of year. But it will be short lived. The rains have passed and the heat is coming. We are off to the races with winter wheat turning. Harvest is coming. Lots of spraying to be done and we will get combines out of the shed next week. What a year of turn around in our area. Our crops were days from disaster and then the rains have come at the right time ever since. It won’t be a stellar year but we will actually have combines in the field. Moisture conditions are fair receiving .8-1.2" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat. Expect to begin harvest July 31st.
Judith Basin County - Greg Matthews
What a week. Rained 5 of the last 7 days. Wednesday hail rolled through the Moccasin, Hobson, Moore, Benchland and Buffalo areas Wednesday from pea to as large as the palm of your hand and a lot around the golf ball size. Grass Range received over 6 inches of rain the first 7 days of July. The country greened up again and looks great, hoppers are showing up in areas. Spring crops are headed out to heading. WW is starting to turn where it all came up last fall. Haying is very slow due to all the rain, lot got rained on many times and some are done, others just getting started. Have a great week. Moisture conditions are fair receiving 1.07" of precipitation in the past week.
Teton County - Mitch Konen
Crops are looking well in the area. Winter wheat is headed and beginning to take on its maturing colors. Spring wheat is in the boot and/or heading as is barley. A spread of stages in the spring crops but the later emerged portions are catching up quickly. Finished spraying the dryland failed winter wheat in preparation of this fall seeding. Finished the first round of irrigation last week and celebrated the marriage of my daughter over the weekend. Congratulations to Kyle and Amelia. T-storms were abundant last week yielding mostly wind and very little rain. Have heard of some hail toward the southern and eastern edges of the county. Haying is in full swing this week in the area. With the forecasted heat this week I would imagine we will start the second round of irrigation soon. Water supply is holding up well as the snowpack has been slowly releasing with the higher elevations still shining with snow. So the stream flows have been elevated but remain controlled. The moisture levels on the prairies is short. They have actually begun to get a tint of green with the few little showers we received from last week's t-storms. I don't expect them to remain green for very long as the subsoil moisture is still non-existent. Rain - .2" for the week, .29" for the month, 3.15" for the year to date. The dryland grass hay on the Teton, Cascade County line was all but dormant until it got a good .75" last week in a storm. It is now green but still not worthy of haying. I expect the heat to shorten its life span yet again. Moisture conditions are poor receiving .2" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, barley and hay. Mosquitoes and grasshoppers are a problem, as well as kochia and mustards.
Toole County - Klayton Lohr
Starting to burn up now. First good moisture coming mid June, we now have more weed pressure with no canopy. Moisture conditions are poor receiving no precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are durum, garbanzos and mustard. Grasshoppers are a problem. Expect to begin harvest mid-August.
JULY 5, 2022
Broadwater County - Franck Groeneweg
We are still having good growing conditions and crops look good in general. Winter wheat is headed, spring wheat in mid heading stage. Winter canola is shedding its last flowers and podding nicely. Chickpeas are flowering. Flax is recouping from herbicide application. Will be starting our second application on chemfallow. It’s been a cheat grass year. Currently considering applying sonoland in front of winter canola and Zidua in front of winter wheat, both options not cheap but probably needed to reduce cheatgrass pressure. It’s tough to watch crop prices tumble. I have locked some chickpeas and canola with AOG but have left wheat unpriced. Fundamental still seam to suggest higher prices but the market does not want to see it. Moisture conditions are fair receiving .35" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, garbanzos, canola and flax. Expect to begin harvest August 5th.
Carter County - Michael Hansen
Winter wheat is just starting to turn, heads are filled all the way to the top. Got a good start on the haying this week, tonnage is unreal. Barley is flag leaf and looks good. Durum will probably have flag leaf by end of week. Canola just started bolting. Millet has really taken off with last week's warmer temperatures. Had two thunderstorms this last week and escaped with just a little bit of hail damage on 500 acres of winter wheat. Still green in pastures after the fourth so that is always a good thing. Moisture conditions are excellent receiving 1-1.125" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, durum, barley, canola, hay and millet. Grasshoppers are a problem.
Fergus County - Robert Bold
We had a good Independence Day. Stayed home and enjoyed the 4 F's. Family. Friends. Flag. Freedom. Hope you all had a good 4th also. Statistically, July 3rd is the highest likelihood of hail for any single day. This was one of the best July 4th weather days in memory. No 98 degrees, 15% humidity, 25 mph hot SW wind. Instead our spring wheat got a much needed drink. Our real early seeded spring wheat got hurt from the lack of rain. Our later seed spring wheat will really make better use of this rain. All the spring wheat is headed. We are very thankful for the .71 inches rain we got. It definitely saved our spring wheat bacon. The cool weather has slowed plant development and is allowing better kernel development. Our winter wheat will be maturing unevenly due to last fall's uneven emergence. It maybe that we will need to harvest spring wheat the very same time as the winter wheat. Hope not. Harvest will be starting later than normal. Moisture conditions are good receiving .71" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat.
Fergus County - Boyd Heilig
4th of July weekend turned out pretty good here. 1.25 inches of precipitation. Winter wheat is filling and spring wheat is flowering. Moisture conditions are fair. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat. Grasshoppers are a problem. Expect to begin harvest August 1st.
Flathead County - Tryg Koch
Things are looking very well. The high waters have subsided and the river is below flood stage for the first time in the past 2 weeks. Crops that are not under water look very good. First cutting of hay is well under way. Yields look to be down a little bit from normal but definitely better then last year. Starting to spray canola for the diamond backs and cabbage seed pod weevles, so hopefully this will be the last pass over those fields for the year!! The scouting for the orange wheat blossom midge is going on now and numbers so far are low. Lets hope it stays that way!! Moisture conditions are good. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, barley, lentils, canola and hay. Diamond back moths, cabbage seed pod weevils are problems, as well as some stripe rust in winter wheat. Expect to begin harvest August 15th.
Hill County - Eric Hanson
Almost another week of no rain and the drought was rearing it’s ugly head again. Pastures and yards were beginning to brown and crops receding. Once again slipping back into our well known drought stricken ways. And then we got a few storms that rolled through in the last 48 hours. Buying our crops more time. If anyone remembers Fess Parker as Davy Crockett in the final scene at the last stand of the Alamo, that’s how this season fighting the drought has been like. Unlike that story, we are not finished yet. With .50-.80 of rain in our gauges, the winter wheat will finish with that. It’s turning more gold everyday and aimed at the finish line. We are 14-20 days from putting a combine in a field. The spring crops were desperately in need of this moisture. It will help the spring wheat that is trying to fill its heads with kernels to keep doing so. And the cows on green grass for awhile longer. Haying has just began or is going to end of this week. There won’t be much there. The temperatures have continued to be a blessing staying fairly moderate. The hoppers are growing but have not started the damage just yet around here. Moisture conditions are fair receiving .5-.8" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat and spring wheat. Hoppers, moths and aphids are showing up, as well as kochia, thistle, mustard, lettuce...pretty much everything. Still have drought disease. Expect to begin harvest July 24th.
Judith Basin County - Greg Matthews
Had a total of 1.91 moisture for June. So far for July .02 on Fri, .02 Sat, .10 Sun, .16 Mon, and .25 on the last Tuesday of June. The spring crop is holding on and should be heading out this next week. South and east of Buffalo has had a lot more moisture. Some of the dry areas have gotten some moisture this last week. Hopefully the weatherman is correct and get some more tonight as well as the next three days. Wonder when it has rained this many days for the first week of July. Wishing all get some more moisture. Moisture conditions are fair receiving .55" of precipitation in the past week. Have not seen any hoppers but reports of them being around.
Stillwater County - Michelle Jones
Haying season was in full swing - it’s now on pause due to 4th of July weekend rains - yields have been below average. Better than last year - but below average. With all the rain might have a chance of 2nd cutting on some of the younger fields. Cereal grain crops are another story - winter wheat and barley are in excellent shape. Fingers crossed we can continue to dodge hail storms. We had one weaken and split around us on Sunday. A few more days of severe weather is predicted. We did get quite a bit of rain in several storms - most areas up to 1.5-2” over the weekend. Just to the southwest they did see damaging hail and flash flooding with over 4” of rain. Barley is fully headed and the timing of rain is perfect. Winter wheat is moving along. Current harvest estimates are early August. Moisture conditions are good receiving 1.5-2" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, barley, safflower and hay.
Teton County - Mitch Konen
Crops progressing well with the little bit of heat and moisture. Everything is in multiple stages from 2-3 leaf to heading, all in the same field. The weather is the big variable now with lots of t-storms skating around us and leaving very little moisture locally. First round of irrigation is pretty much done on my farm. Still have a couple pivots running. Big 4th of July week to be capped off with my daughter's wedding, so lots of yard chores. The dryland grass is making a comeback with the little moisture we have been receiving of late. Not enough growth yet to actually consider haying yet. Heavy fog and dew this morning. Moisture conditions are poor receiving .2" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, barley and hay. Mosquitoes and a few grasshoppers here and there. Wild oats, wild mustard and kochia, as well as tan spot and leaf blotch are problems.
Toole County - Korey Fauque
Winter wheat is just heading out and barley and peas flowering. Crops look below average but not the 0 it was looking like before we got the last 2” rain. Moisture conditions are poor receiving 0" of precipitation in the past week. Crops being grown are winter wheat, spring wheat, barley, canola, peas and flax. No insects or disease, however, kochia is showing up. Expect to begin harvest July 21st.