date:May 21, 2013
Heavy rains accompanied severe thunderstorms across broad sections of the hard winter wheat belt over the weekend. Moisture was welcomed across northern areas but may help further delay the expansion of wheat harvesting into central Texas.
The U.S. Department of Agricultures Texas field office on May 13 indicated wheat harvesting was just under way in parts of southern Texas. Typically, harvesting there precedes combining across the rest of Texas by a couple or even a few weeks. The Texas harve