Posted on 06/03/2007 1:13:23 PM PDT by SAJ
Hi, folks! Getting some contradictory information, and I know you guys can straighten me out.
KS particularly and OK somewhat also, have been very wet all year. That's fine until it's time to harvest wheat. I'm hearing tales that the crop is so wet that it's starting to sprout from the head.
Questions -- Is this true? Is the ground really that wet? It has looked for a couple of days after Friday that KS and OK are no precip with a nice breeze, but...who trusts weatherguessers, eh?
If anyone would care to offer a local weather report, esp. regarding rain, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks and FReegards!
What are you? A comodities trader? It’s the corn I would worry about. Only about half the fields are planted.
BTW, the USDA planting figures as of last week show that in 14 of the 18 leading corn-growing states, planting is well over average, emergence is ahead of schedule, and the good-to-excellent percentage is better than it's been in years.
But, the immediate concern is wheat. With moisture (for once) not a problem, a good drying weather pattern could easily tank the front-month 30-40 cents in a week's time.
Hence the request...
;^)
Our time wasn't wasted though. Once it stopped raining and waiting for them fix the power, we got out about 300 assorted rounds and had a very good time.
Sat June 2, 2007
Wheat farmers wait for weather breakBy Jim Stafford
Business Writer
Oklahoma wheat farmers crossed off May on their harvest calendars Friday and were looking forward nervously into June for warmer, dryer weather that might allow combines to hit the fields.
“We’re getting ready to have a thunderstorm,” said Brent Cassidy of Cassidy Grain late Friday afternoon. “The way it’s looking here, it will be Sunday or Monday before we do anything. We’ve been nervous for a week.”
Producers in southwestern Oklahoma have been hitting their fields whenever conditions permit, Cassidy said.
For example, about 100 truckloads of grain were delivered on Thursday night, Cassidy said. Grain elevators and farmers to the south and east of Frederick have not been so lucky, he said.
Take Burkburnett, Texas.
“We’ve loaded 75 (rail) cars and Burkburnett has loaded two because that’s all the wheat they’ve had,” Cassidy said. “And that’s big wheat country down there. It’s a big difference.”
Fields remain wet
To the north of Frederick around Lone Wolf, Kenneth Hahn, manager of the Planter’s Co-op Association, said the harvest action remained stalled on Friday.
“I don’t think much is going to happen today,” Hahn said. “The sun is going to have to come out before it happens at all. Maybe tomorrow. If we can get through this afternoon (without rain), I think we can get back into the fields.
“It’s pretty wet right here. I’m not complaining about the rain, by the way.”
Blue skies and sunshine appear likely for early next week, said Mark Hodges, executive director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission.
“If you believe (weather forecasters), it should start to dry up starting Monday and get warmer temperatures, and maybe we can get a start on this thing,” Hodges said. “We’ve got wheat that is mature at least from Kingfisher south and maybe north from there. If we can get at least two or three drying days, we can be cutting in a lot of places.”
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