2020 has been an interesting year to say the least, and the Small Grains Summary maintains that trend for Montana. Record yields for barley and hard red winter wheat, record tying yield for hard red spring wheat, and HRS production the second highest in the state’s long history. This year, we harvested 50 million more bushels of spring wheat than winter wheat.

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5% or durum is still left for harvest, which is about the only positive for such dry conditions across the state. We could use some timely rains to give winter wheat planting a little moisture bump before dormancy.

In this video series at the Montana State Grain Lab: It is their mission to guarantee a grade that is exactly proportionate to your purchase. It is all about the details, as a passionate team of certified Federal Grain Inspectors explain all that goes into a grade certificate