Harvest USA Report

[Brian Hale] Here's more on the fire danger during cotton harvest season from David Misener. 

[David Woodruff] I can't remember the word that I'm trying to say, but the cotton seeds are they're an oil feed, are they not? 

[David Misener] Yes, they are. They're an oil seed in the cotton when it's put into a bale. It's got give off a fume kind of like gas is the easiest way that I could say it. The spark will go a long ways and creat...

[David Woodruff] We're talking to Jasper Hansen from Scobey, Montana. So are you harvesting at this point or are you done?

[Jesper Hansen] We are still harvesting. We actually just started cutting sunflowers here south of Scobey We had sunflowers on our own farm. They look pretty decent for the year the late rains. We had that didn't help our wheat and lentils definitely helped our sunflowers. They're running about 1,500 pounds, wh...

Welcome to the Harvest USA Report. I'm Brian Hale, an original production of Howard Hale Broadcasting now expanded throughout North America. Let's join a conversation with David Woodruff and David Meisner. 

I'm in the cotton stripper right now yet still harvesting. 

You're still harvesting. Whoa! I better say we're talking to David Meisner. Let's see Elk City, Oklahoma, is that right?

That is correct. The good news is it's getting ...

HARVEST USA REPORT for January 5, 2026

[Brian Hale] Welcome to the Harvest USA Report. I'm Brian Hale... an original production of Howard Hale Broadcasting, now expanded throughout North America.

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From Heil Harvesting LLC

Glen Jones from Greenfield, Iowa discusses experiencing an unusually high amount of snowfall in December, impacting the completion of harvests. A good week of weather is anticipated, which should allow farmers with unfinished harvests due to equipment issues to complete their work.

Glen confirms that harvest in the area is mostly corn, with no soybeans or swathing. Discussions include weather patterns like Chinooks affecting snow ...

Overview of the Cotton Harvest in Floydada, Texas: The conversation involves a discussion with Slick Sanders, a farmer from Floydada, Texas, about the state of agriculture in his area. The milo, corn, and cotton harvests have been completed, with ginning (the process of separating cotton fibers from seeds) still ongoing. Sanders is involved in transporting cotton seeds from gins to oil mills, where the seeds are processed to extrac...