Harvest "all over the board"

This summer ’s wheat

harvest was a mixed bag—

low on yield, high on quality.

And recent rain has

spurred optimistism about

fall crops.

Farmers were cutting

wheat for a more extended

time period than is

usual and fields yielded

less than an average crop,

said Dave Secrest of Cross

Roads Cooperative.

There were a few reasons

for a prolonged harvest.

“It was stretched out

because of hail damage,”

said Logan Snyder, merchandiser

at Scoular Grain.

“And it took a lot longer to

get the moisture out.”

The crop brought in

about 30 percent less in

volume than last year,

Secrest estimated, but the

protei...