This year he planted two varieties - Kansas Wheat Alliance's Joe and KS Silverado. Suppes plants all his winter wheat fields to hard white winter wheat. 40 of an inch, which did not help the wheat much, but cool weather before harvest was conducive to filling kernels. Most of that rain came in bits and pieces of. From the time Suppes planted fields to harvest, the most moisture on a field was six inches and the least was 4.5 inches. With a lack of moisture, kernel count was well below normal at 26 to 28 kernels per head. "We had more than we should have, but not as much as we wanted." "The wheat was really nice," Suppes said.
Test weights stayed heavy at 62 pounds per bushel or better on everything, moisture stayed steady at 10.5 to 12.5 percent and protein was excellent at 13.2 to 14.7 percent. His average across farms was 37 bushels per acre. Ron Suppes, who farms across Lane, Scott and Finney Counties, reported he had a good harvest. In the weekly Crop Progress and Condition report, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service noted 95 percent of the wheat crop has been harvested as of July 10, ahead of 82 percent last year and 86 percent for the five-year average. Combines are cutting the last few fields in north central Kansas as producers put their final touches on the 2022 Kansas wheat harvest and turn their attention to other fieldwork.
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