Good harvest, high prices for wheat crop. While the yields and prices have been good on an overall basis, not everyone shared in the bountiful harvest. Although the 2007 wheat harvest is now moving towards completion in Decatur, Rawlins and Red Willow counties, many grainmen remarked about how the cutting season didn't go as quickly as they expected. Similar reports came from Grafel, who reported test weights from 58 to 62 pounds per bushel, and Claussen, who said weights were "well over...

Nevertheless, the Moogs' winter wheat looks like it will make a good crop this year. The spring wheat is planted on recrop, and where ever it came up good, it looks good, in other spots this weather has been tough on it and it shows. The spring wheat stand is also thinner than we would like to have. Rob and Mary Jane hauled their header to the shop in town to go through it and make sure all the bearings are sound, he said. The Moogs have been busy preparing their equipment for the season's...

He says they will form a database of producers and another one for local restaurants and stores that sell local products. Anderson says they have identified more than 250 different producers. Pickers have skulked off in the night with a big load of fruit from a Saskatoon berry farm in eastern Manitoba -- and police are concerned about the health of the thieves. The strawberry harvest in southern Manitoba is shaping up to be a good one this year. But Police say there is a potential health...

Maryland farmers have until the end of the month to sign up for $8 million in state money earmarked to pay for winter cover crops. The program, administered through local Soil Conservation Districts and managed by the Maryland Agricultural Water Quality Cost-Share Program (MACS), is designed to encourage farmers to plant grains such as barley, wheat and rye on fields after their summer crops are harvested. Carroll County Times: Westminster, Maryland , The program, administered through...

Wheat harvest increased to 56 percent, a 33 percent increase from last week. Soil moisture around the state is still low despite the sporadic thunderstorms during the week. Pastures are in generally fair condition with 9 percent very poor, 17 percent poor, 47 percent fair, 26 percent good and 1 percent excellent. Barley harvest is 100 percent completed. Hay supplies are 9 percent very short, 20 percent short and 71 percent adequate. Showers needed for early progress. Corn growth and...