[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, which we feel like that's pretty good for this area.

[David Woodruff] Do sunflowers normally yield any better than anything else?

[Jesper Hansen] When you get into areas, you know, North Dakota, South Dakota, you can you can get a lot better than that But we're pretty fortunate that we got that kind of yield and and they dry there's seven and a half percent moisture So we're just going 

[David Woodruff]  So how high of moisture can they go up to before you have to dry them or something?

[Jesper Hansen] Well, we don't have the ability of drying them here But Fargo will take them up to 13 and a half if you ship them directly But we kind of like to get them down there six to eight percent for storing them I would imagine that drying sunflowers would be kind of a hard thing an oil seed or is it a problem?

[David Woodruff] I would think that's kind of hard. I've never experienced it but yeah being an oil seed that could easily start on fire would think and 1500, do you ever see a yield better than that?

[Jesper Hansen] Once we get into the Dakotas and cut them around there. Yes, we definitely do, but around here that is by far the best .

[David Woodruff] So is it a moisture thing?

[Jesper Hansen] Yes, it definitely is, like I said this year we lucked out with the the late rains.

[Brian Hale] That's gonna do it for today's harvest USA report. Thanks again for listening and may God bless. I'm Brian Hale