Spring wheat yields in southern and east central North Dakota are at an estimated average hard red spring wheat yield of 48.9 bushels per acre in 120 field stops on the first day of the Wheat Quality Council’s tour. A big improvement from last year’s drought-hit crop.

Lat year crop scouts day-one findings were 29.5 bpa and above the five-year average of 39.0 bpa.

The day two estimate dropped slightly with an average weighted estimated yield of 47.7 bushels per acre for spring wheat and 39.9 bushels per acre for durum.

About 50 tour participants stopped at 104 spring wheat fields and 29 durum fields in central, northwest and north-central North Dakota before ending Day 2 in Devils Lake.

The three days crop tour wrap up Thursday afternoon in Fargo.