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An employee with Baker Farms unloads wheat into a truck on Thursday, June 13, west of New Madrid.
Jill Bock/Standard Democrat
WHEAT HARVEST
Friday, June 14, 2024
A combine moves through a wheat field west of New Madrid on Thursday, June 13. The recent dry weather has enabled Bootheel farmers to harvest this year's winter wheat crop.
Jill Bock/ Standard Democrat
The wheat harvest by local farmers is in full swing in Southeast Missouri. The wheat harvest in Missouri is projected at an average of 68 bushels an acre according to a USDA report.