Hard Winter Wheat Tour Day 1 Results

Winter Wheat Tour Day 1 Average Yield Estimate: 38.3 BPA

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From left, Hayden Ribordy with The Andersons, Jeff Fechter with ADM, and Landon Trout with Kansas Wheat Alliance examine a wheat head to determine the number of spikelets per head and kernels per spikelet on Day 1 of the 2026 Wheat Quality Council Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour on May 12. (DTN photo by Jason Jenkins)
From left, Hayden Ribordy with The Andersons, Jeff Fechter with ADM, and Landon Trout with Kansas Wheat Alliance examine a wheat head to determine the number of spikelets per head and kernels per spikelet on Day 1 of the 2026 Wheat Quality Council Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour on May 12. (DTN photo by Jason Jenkins)

COLBY, Kan. (DTN) --- Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's 68th Annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Tuesday, May 12, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 38.3 bushels per acre (bpa). Scouts assessed 187 wheat fields along six routes in northwest and north-central Kansas from Manhattan to Colby, along with some sampling in five select counties in southern Nebraska.

Last year, the average yield estimate on these same routes was 50.5 bpa.

Watch www.dtnpf.com for the complete story and more updates from the tour. Also, follow DTN Crops Editor Jason Jenkins on social platform X @JasonJenkinsDTN for daily updates and final yield estimates.

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