July 24, 2015: U.S. Wheat Harvest Report

U.S. Wheat Associates

Harvest Report

July 24, 2015

Hard Red Winter

The 2015 HRW harvest is now complete in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Harvest completion in other states is Colorado is 77%, Nebraska 71%, Wyoming 10%, South Dakota 27%, and Montana 23%. HRW harvest in the three Pacific Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is now 41%, 51%, and 21% complete, respectively. North Dakota has not yet started harvesting HRW. As Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas wrap up the 2015 HRW wheat harvest, harvest in areas further north and northwest have been slowed by precipitation (some accompanied by hail). This sporadic weather delays come after a very hot and dry spring led to early crop maturity and earlier than normal harvest dates from South Dakota through the Pacific Northwest. Colorado and Nebraska, now close to three-quarters complete with harvest, experienced stripe rust during the final stages of crop development which has impacted yields. With 292 of an expected 530 samples in the lab, the significant change in overall average this week was in thousand kernel weight (TKW) which increased to 29.2 g from 28.6 g last week. Protein increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 12.7% (12% MB). The FN overall average increased slightly this week to 401 seconds, somewhat higher than the 2014 overall average of 387 seconds. Other factors did not change from last week.

 

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