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Wheat harvest in Kansas

Brendon-KS

Brendon-KS

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Goessel, KS
The wheat harvest started in earnest on Monday in our area north of Hesston, KS. We tried on Saturday but it was still a little wet so we let the 90 F temp and 30 mph wind on Sunday do its thing and yesterday it was just right. The equipment pictured is my FIL's - nothing brand new or cutting-edge technology but it still gets the job done. 1996 R-62, 1992 GMC Topkick, 1974 Chevy C-60, and a IH 986 with A&L cart. My FIL runs the combine, his brother does the trucking, and I run the grain cart.
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Just out of curiosity, what would a decent yield for wheat be in Kansas? Your equipment sure looks well cared for. Ben
 
Nice looking equipment. Hope everything goes well.
Here in Rice County, my son and my BiL both tried it yesterday p.m. but both samples were still too wet, one 15.9 and one about 19. Probably will try again later today. Wind blew all night, supposed to be windy and sunny again today, which will help.
 
Around here anything in the 40's would be considered "average". Less than that and you'd be hard-pressed to see much of a profit unless your inputs are very low. Individual fields in the 60's or even 70's aren't unheard of but a "total farm" average of much over 50 would be considered very good.
 
I'm NE toward Kansas City. Mine is ready but I have a doctors appointment here is a bit, so it's going to have to wait until I get back. Probably this afternoon. I'm still 300 acres from having all the beans planted, too. There just aren't enough hours in the day right now!
 
They started combining the wheat field east of the house. No rain all month. Dust was flying. A Case IH combine was playing well with a JD tractor and trailer.
 
In my harvest days we would be headed from Minneola south of Dodge City to Dighton about now. After Dighton it was on to
Deerfield, then Weskan. after Weskan it was Sterling and Ogalalla. (sigh) I still get the 'itch'.
 
Best yield I ever had here in Nebraska was 56 bushels per acre. But-after I quit farming and leased the farm out, my renter hit 70 one year. Seed varieties have improved dramatically recently.
 
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