Wheat Harvest 2024 going quickly with better yields than expected

Just a week ago the Newsgram ran a story with area elevator managers' comments about their projections for the 2024 wheat harvest in this area of northwest Oklahoma and south-central Kansas. Combines whacking wheat and making the dust blow throughout the countryside commenced in the first few days of June. Harvest is all but over in some areas and at least half-finished in most.

Dacoma Co-op Manager Jake Kelln said Monday evening that their farmers are nearly 80 percent finished cutting. “Some guys started June 2. Then Wednesday, June 5, was our big day to get going after the rain delay. We'll...