Good harvest progress was made with warm, dry weather but the return of rain later in the week slowed operations to a crawl.
Chickpea harvest at 63 percent complete, potatoes 42 percent, sugar beets four percent and dry beans at 70 percent.
Half of the dryland hay crop and 60 percent of irrigated production is expected to grade as good or better.
CENTRAL
Only 20 percent of harvest is complete because of wet field conditions. That’s behind the five-year average of 46 percent.
Forty-five percent of dryland hay production is expected to grade good or better for quality.
NORTHEAST
Precipitation halted harvest progress, which is 29 percent complete.
Sixty percent of dryland hay production expected to be good or excellent for quality.
NORTHWEST
Harvest progress is 16 percent complete and 20 points behind the five-year average.
Thirty-five percent of dryland hay production is expected to be of good or excellent quality.
PEACE
Harvest progress advanced to 23 percent complete, which is behind the five-year average of 53 percent.
Forty percent of dryland hay production is expected to be of good or excellent quality.
