Published September 08, 2011, 07:40 AM
Small grains harvest lagging
Scattered rain showers in North Dakota over the past week provided needed moisture in some areas but hampered the progress of the harvest.
FARGO (AP) — Scattered rain showers in North Dakota over the past week provided needed moisture in some areas but hampered the progress of the harvest.
The Agriculture Department said in its latest crop and weather report that the small grains harvest still lags behind the average pace. Sixty-five percent of the spring wheat and 77 percent of the barley crop in North Dakota are in the bin, but only 32 percent of the durum wheat is off the field. That’s only about half the five-year-average.
The second cutting of alfalfa is 89 percent complete and of other hay 93 percent done.
Soil moisture and stockwater supplies remain mostly adequate to surplus.
Tags: agriculture, crops, harvest
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