Harvest three quarters complete with averages meaningless. Some alfalfa now in flower. Frost in isolated pockets was reported September 24. Soil conditions remain extremely dry with precipitation in the past two weeks ranging from 0-12 mm. Yields for both crops vary drastically from field to field depending mainly on timing of rainfall and weed control.
Quality is excellent.
Wheat planting is underway into very dry soils. Tillage is occurring in many cases just to get good seed placement. Fall herbicide applications, manure application and primary and deep tillage are on-going. The above average CHU's have allowed all crop to mature earlier than normal. Fall tillage is occurring for 1999 crop year or fall wheat planting.