An early fall frost has affected some vineyards and some are having to harvest earlier than expected. Good weather conditions allowed producers to take off their final cuts of perennial forages. Good weather is continuing to help with the harvest and development of most field vegetables. An early frost has resulted in some minor damage to commercial beans planted near Delta. The harvest started the week of September 25.
Grades are below average but yields are generally above average.
Some light showers of rain and snow on the October 1 weekend put an end to harvest for a day or two in many areas. The long range weather forecast looks promising for the end of this week for harvest to resume. More of the crop was put up last week. There will be some losses as there are many producers who did not get all of their crop harvested. There is still some green feed to bale and many acres of grain oats in the northern areas will be harvested for green feed.