Harvest USA Report

Andy Paskus of the Tabor, Alberta community garden discussed the end of the growing season and preparations for next year. The garden has been “put to bed,” with soil worked and 1,400 garlic cloves planted for harvest next July. A local Grade 5 class helped with the planting. The garden is now in its planning and reporting phase for the winter.   A major focus of the conversation was garlic and as...

We're talking to Shorty Kulhanek, Colby, Kansas and McGargle, Texas.   Hello David.   How does it look like the corn is going to do?   A lot of it really got hurt with the weather when we was here this summer. There was a lot of corn disaster, didn't put on any ears and it's got some short ears, small ears, it's got some decent ears. It's just a guess, it's not going to be the best crop by no mean...

Interview with Shorty Kulhanek   A farm operator reported finishing soybean harvest near Gettysburg and north of Agar, South Dakota. Despite limited rainfall, soybean yields ranged from about 32 to 47 bushels per acre, which was considered fairly good given the dry conditions.   The crew planned to switch from soybeans to corn harvest in the same area. While some corn has already been harvested in...

Let's check in with our co-host David Woodruff and see who he has today. We're talking to my youngest son Byron Woodruff. He works for LeRon Torrie Sons Farm. Go ahead with the corn.   The other silage corn, as I was pulling the guys out, I was asking them how the other fields of silage corn had been going. And they said most of their fields that they have been doing all around the area were just...

The conversation is an interview with Byron Woodruff about the farm’s harvest season. This year’s crops included silage corn, lentils, wheat, canola, grain corn, and edible dry beans such as Great Northerns, pintos, and yellows. Overall, the early part of harvest went fairly well, but yields for wheat and other grains were lower than hoped, possibly because of light hail earlier in the season. Lat...

Our co-host David Woodruff has Jesper Hansen on again today talking sunflowers.   Let's listen in.   We have not even started sunflowers yet up home. I would assume by next week they'll probably start being ready and we also got flowers to go down in the Dakotas that I don't think is ready yet either.   Yeah, they're kind of a long season crop, aren't they? It seems to me like.   Yeah, you know we...

Jesper Hansen, speaking from Scobey, Montana, said his crew is finishing soybean harvest at home and expects to be done by the next day. They have also been harvesting near the North Dakota border, with soybean yields around 30–40 bushels per acre. - The main concern is incoming weather: rain is expected Friday, followed by daytime temperatures dropping into the 30s and 40s next week. Because of t...

Our co-host David Woodruff has Eric Wolgemuth from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania again today talking about that dryland corn in Kimball and some frost. Let's get into that conversation and find out more.   "I think this frost is pretty general and so it shut that stuff down which isn't you know not too bad really."   Kind of like normal then.   "Yeah so the season was kind of late but I would say th...

Eric Wolgemuth of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, gave an update on harvest progress both at home and in western Kansas. Most of the combines are back in Pennsylvania, with one still operating in Kansas near Sharon Springs and in Kimball, Nebraska. Harvest in Kansas is underway, though some corn had been waiting to dry down, and Eric estimated they were still a couple of weeks from finishing there if...

The conversation begins with a discussion on recent weather changes, significantly impacting harvesting in agricultural areas. Weather conditions in Bear Lake and Woodruff, Utah, including some talk of snow and prevalent dry conditions that have affected the water supply, are mentioned. The lack of sufficient rainfall and reliance on upcoming storms for water supply are key issues for farmers, aff...

Van Driesten Harvesting has been going hard on soybeans for days now. They also caught some fabulous views. And Krumbach Harvesting is getting after it, as well as Novak, Novak's in the beans.   Are you interested in learning more about the New World Screw Worm and how it can affect your livestock? Read the feature story from Nebraska Department of Agriculture, found right there on our Harvest USA...

Let's find out what's going on in the harvest world. Looks like our host David Woodruff has Kip Campbell from Bancroft, Idaho on the phone. Let's check in.   This is part of a conversation where they're talking about high nitrate content and we found it interesting. Let's listen in. So have you ever had nitrates on frozen alfalfa? No, I've never had an issue with it.   I'd never heard of it and I...

Farming Operations: Kip Campbell from Bancroft, Idaho, is involved primarily in cattle farming, with no grain cultivation. He is currently setting up hot wire fencing to pasture cows on fields including alfalfa and orchard grass, which do not grow tall enough for a third cut in the fall. Weather Impacts: The year has been characterized by a dry spring and summer, which adversely affected the pastu...

Let's find out what's going on in the harvest world. Neumiller Harvesting is in North Dakota reporting that the soybean harvest is in full swing across North Dakota. We got some great pictures there on our Harvest USA Facebook page.   Thacker Harvesting reports that their grain cart operator Brayden is doing a great job on the Saskatchewan crew, keeping the combines rolling the last two weeks up t...