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Day Two Report - Released May 7, 2008 Tour Explanation | Day One Report | Day Two Report | Final Estimate News Release Shelia A. Summers, Vice President of Marketing at the KCBT, filed the following report for Day Two of the tour, May 7. Six different routes were toured the second day, resulting in six major estimates of wheat yields: The 51st Annual Hard Winter Wheat Evaluation Tour sponsored by the Wheat
Quality Council departed on Wednesday, May 7 for the second day of
observations of wheat production estimates in the state of The final estimate for day 2 of the tour was 40.9 bushels per acre, based off of 166 stops throughout the day. This compares to last year's day two estimate of 43.2 bushels per acre, based off of 208 stops throughout the day. After two days of observations by tour participants, the average now stands at 43.3 bushels per acre based on 356 stops compared to last year: 41.6 bushels per acre, based on 417 total stops. Overall the wheat was good in observation, with few disease problems noted. Many areas had wheat that was better than expected. The tour departed out of
Only one car took the green route today.
The group said that the wheat looked pretty good and that they did not
see any disease with the exception of some powdery mildew between Pratt and Yield estimates averaged 45 bushels per acre. Last year the green route averaged 42.7 bushels per acre on the second day of the tour. *Area 2 ( There was little disease or weed pressure in this area and the wheat looked good, according to the first group. The second group saw a field with frost damage and was able to talk to the owner of the field. He said they had two consecutive nights of 26 degree weather in that field. Five fields had been turned over to grazing in the area covered. Harvest was projected to start in the range of June 20-27. Overall, stands were better than expected. Overall calculated yields averaged at 42 bushels per acre, compared to a 38.5 average last year. The range in estimates covered 18 bushels per acre to 88 bushels per acre. *Area 3 (Kansas) Purple Variability in emergence and height was seen with harvest expected in 60
to 70 days north of Overall calculated yields indicated 41 bushels per acre compared to 41 last year. Estimates ranged from 26 to 70 bushels per acre. *Area 4 (Kansas) Pink One group of the four groups who took this route reported that one field
in Calculated yields included a low of 0 bushels per acre and a high of 72 bushels per acre, with an average of 35 bushels per acre compared to 46.1 bushels per acre last year. *Area 5 ( The wheat was better than expected on this route. There was quite a range in maturity as north of Garden City, the wheat was not yet in the boot stage but south of there, it was fully emerged. Not much disease was seen. Some drought stress was reported in some fields, with thin stands. One car reported that east of Sublette the wheat fields were thicker. Some fields were sprayed with fungicide. Ranges on this route averaged from 21 bushels per acre to 79, with an average of 38 bushels per acre, compared to 42.6 bushels per acre last year. *Area 6 (Kansas and Oklahoma) Yellow Participants on the yellow route traveled south of Colby down to A A producer from Calculated yields included a low of 19 bushels per acre and a high of 108 bushels per acre, with an average of 53 bushels per acre compared to 43.5 bushels per acre last year.
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