The fields are alive with the sound of combines

A local Pine Bluffs farmer leads a trail of wheat shaft dust Monday afternoon as harvest in our area hits the downturn. Wyoming Wheat Marketing Commission director Keith Kennedy estimated in his last wheat harvest report that 55 percent of Wyoming’s 145,000 acres of winter wheat had been harvested. According to Kennedy, yields were between 20-32 bushels per acre with moisture at 10.5 – 12 percent and proteins from 10.5 – 14 percent.