North Dakota
Record spring wheat harvest possible in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – Wheat producers have begun harvesting crops in some elements of the state this week, they usually’re hopeful about this yr’s outlook.
Representatives from the North Dakota Wheat Fee say this yr may yield a document spring wheat crop. They’re projecting about 51 bushels per acre if every thing goes to plan, and that’s nearly 20 bushels per acre increased than final yr. Nonetheless, their optimism is curbed by the character of this yr’s uncommon planting season.
“The crop actually has a number of potential, it appears to be like good. However there’s a few of that that was planted two to 3 weeks later than regular. Typical frost dates, we will get some as late as August,” mentioned Jim Peterson with the North Dakota Wheat Fee.
Along with the opportunity of a later harvest, there are a number of different pressures on producers this yr, together with from grasshoppers and better illness numbers than final yr. Nonetheless, producers stay cautiously optimistic after the document drought of 2021.
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