Wahpeton, North Dakota-based custom harvester Mike Matjcek is harvesting wheat at Kingman, west of Wichita. The harvest results are mixed. “We have two different machines running. In one area, we have clean wheat, about 80 bushels per acre. In other areas, we’re finding more weeds in the fields and wet conditions cutting into yield.” Wolf Harvesting owner Craig Wolf is wrapping up winter wheat harvest south of Dodge City. Wolf says there’s an excellent winter wheat crop in the area, up to 70 bushels per acre on average. Wolf’s next stop is at Colby, Kansas. “If everything goes right, I think in less than ten days we’ll be finishing up and heading toward South Dakota. In August, we’ll head to North Dakota.”
