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Spring Wheat Lab Results: High Grading Crop
North Dakota Ag Connection - 08/24/2016

Harvest of the U.S. spring wheat crop is now 65 percent complete, slightly behind last year's pace of 69 percent, but well ahead of the average of 46 percent. In South Dakota nearly 90 percent has been harvested, followed by Minnesota at 77 percent, North Dakota at 64 percent and Montana at 53 percent. Some producers are struggling with wet conditions that interrupt harvest and in extreme cases make fields too wet to enter with harvest equipment. Yield reports continue to be variable with some producers indicated record yields and others reporting yields that are strong, but below previous year's levels.

The spring wheat quality lab at NDSU has analyzed about 27 percent of the expected spring wheat samples, showing a high grading crop so far. Average protein level is 14.1 percent (12% moisture basis), an increase over last week's average and falling number values are averaging over 400 seconds. Thousand kernel weights are lower than last week and last year at 31.5 grams. Test weights are slightly higher than last year at 61.9 pounds per bushel (81.4 kg/hl). So far, the crop is showing very little damage and vitreousness is averaging 76 percent, making the crop a No. 1 Dark Northern Spring so far. Quality data will continue to be updated weekly and will change as the later harvested crop is analyzed.

Durum harvest has begun in North Dakota, although no official harvest progress data has been released. In Montana 42 percent of the durum has been harvested, well ahead of the 22 percent average. Quality analysis on the durum crop has just begun, with only 10 percent of the samples analyzed. So far, protein is higher than last year at 14.3 percent (12% moisture basis) and test weights are similar to last year, averaging 60.7 pounds per bushel (79.1 kg/hl). The average falling number value is 401 seconds.


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