This year's wheat harvest is continuing in Kansas and Oklahoma and the crop forecast is out for Kansas.

 

According to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Kansas's 2024 winter wheat crop is forecast at 282 million bushels, up 40% from last year's crop based on June 1st conditions.

 

K-State Research and Extension Wildcat District Crop Agent James Coover says he hasn't gotten yield reports yet for southeast Kansas but says positive yields in northeast Oklahoma are a good sign for the area.

 

Coover also says he hasn't heard any reports of DON yet, which he says is good news so far.

 

Across Kansas, the average yield is forecast at 40 bushels per acre, up 5 bushels from last year. Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated just over 7 million acres, up 1.30 million acres from last year. This would be 92% of the planted acres, compared with last year's 71% harvested.