The Oklahoma Wheat Commission is now calling Oklahoma wheat harvest 95% complete. Due to lack of harvest taking place on the minimal amount left to harvest with the rains this week and the 4th of July holiday a final harvest report from the Oklahoma Wheat Commission will be published on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. **Hard Red Winter Wheat-Versatile, with excellent milling and baking characteristics for pan bread, Hard Red Winter is also a choice wheat for Asian noodles, hard rolls, flat breads, general purpose flour and cereal. **Soft Red Winter Wheat- A versatile weak-gluten wheat with excellent milling and baking characteristics, Soft Red Winter is suited for cookies, crackers, pretzels, pastries and flat breads. Grandfield/Devol/Chattanooga/Lawton- Grandfield is 99% complete, Devol is 99% complete, Chattanooga is 99% complete, Lawton is reported 99% complete. Test weights in this region ranging from 58-60 pounds per bushel. Yields ranging in the low teens to mid-20’s. Proteins ranging from the 11.5% to 12.5%. No sprout damage reported from these locations.įrederick- Harvest in this region is 99% complete. Test weights ranging from 60 to 61 pounds/bushel. Yields being reported from low teens to high twenties, averaging in the low 20’s.Īltus/Duke/Carter- Harvest in this region reported as 99% done. Test weights now trending 56-59 pounds per bushel compared to earlier cuttings making 59 to 60 pounds per bushel. Yields reported from 5 bushel an acre to mid-20’s. Lone Wolf/Hobart- Harvest in these regions is reported at 99% complete. Test weights being reported from 55 to 58 pounds per bushel. Yields ranging from low teens to mid-20’s. Proteins reported making from 13% to 16%. South CentralĪpache- Wheat harvest is moving along in this region and is considered 99% complete. Test weights have been ranging from 57 pounds to 58 pounds per bushel for the most part. On the intensive management wheat, they are seeing some 60-pound test weights. Yields for the most part are ranging from 10 to 35 bushels per acre depending on location, management and variety.Ĭhickasha- Harvest in this region 99% complete. Yields are doing much better than expected based on all the heavy rains, high winds and hail damage that occurred. To commemorate this tragedy, the city of Webbers Falls created the “Angel of the Falls” memorial that can be seen at the park on the riverfront.Test weights ranging from 58 to 59 pounds per bushel. 14 people died as a result of the collapse. In recent history, Webbers Falls is the area where a section of the Interstate 40 bridge collapsed when a barge collided with one of the piers. General Watie stationed his troops in Webbers Falls. It was also home to the last Confederate general to surrender, General Stand Watie. Joseph “Rich Joe” Vann owned a cotton plantation and a steam boat. Webbers Falls was home to a few prominent Cherokees. After the Indian Removal Act, many Cherokees found their way to, and settled down in Webbers Falls. Webber established a trading post, portage service and salt works in 1828, years before the Trail of Tears. Webbers Falls is Oklahoma’s second oldest town, and is named after its founder Chief Walter Webber and the Arkansas River waterfall. The town has survived the Civil War, fires, and floods. Webbers Falls is a small town, rich in Cherokee History, that sits on the banks of the Arkansas River in Eastern Oklahoma. The Town of Webbers Falls, OK was founded in 1828 by Chief Walter Webber.
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