Progress needed to get through harvest backlog

Virtually no harvest progress was made last week, leaving 50%-80% of grain unharvested nationwide, depending on location, according to growers.

However, delayed ripening of spring crops has prevented grain spoilage in the field, and this week’s improved weather will allow progress.

With about one third of the malting barley crop harvested up to this week, low protein in some key producing areas of the midlands has emerged as a problem.