Many area farmers are happy with crop

Nature is not being completely cooperative, but many area farmers are looking at a better harvest than they have had in the past several years, when drought, hail, sawflies and severe heat decimated crops.

"All in all, we've had an above- average year," said Randy Olstad, who manages the Archer Daniels Midland-Cenex Harvest States elevators in Havre and Big Sandy.

Olstad said most dryland farmers bringing in winter wheat have seen bushel-per-acre yields from the mid-40s to mid-60s, with protein content from 7 percent to 15 percent. He said 12.5 percent is considered a good protein content.

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