The 2019 Kingfisher County wheat harvest is virtually complete.

Elevator managers county-wide gave similar reports Monday: the majority of the crop is in the bin and all that remains is cutting out the mud holes that were too wet for combines to cross while the first wave of harvesting was under way.

They also said that elevators were still taking in grain of reasonably high quality despite the heavy rains that poured on the county, delaying the start of the harvest, flooding some fields, creating mud holes in low-lying spots and causing some grain to lay over.

“We can see the end” (of harvest), Randall Varnell, manager of the Wheeler Brothers Grain Elevator in Kingfisher said. “We’ve still got three or four (producers) still cutting but it should all be over in the next couple of days.

Varnell said the late-harvested grain continued to hold its quality except for that coming out of wet spots where many of the plants drowned out.

CHS Elevator at Okarche reported that the harvest was “all but done” except for those cutting out the low spots.

Okarche Grain and Feed Manager Gary Altizer said harvest in that area was “just about all done.”

Some wheat came in over the weekend but the majority of growers were finished, he said.

However, he said there were reports that harvest further west, including Banner, Geary and fields west of El Reno was still going strong.

John Schaefer, manager of Cashion Grain and Feed Elevator, reported that the harvest was winding down there, also.

“We’ve still got a few people harvesting but a lot finished over the weekend.

He said quality continued to range generally around 57 to 58 pounds but a few loads showed up at 59 pounds per bushel over the weekend.

B.J. Waeger, manager of the Wheeler Brothers Elevator at Omega, said he could see the “light at the end of the tunnel” so far as harvest was concerned in that area.

He reported a busy weekend as hot, dry weather allowed producers to cut out large acreages.

Waeger said test weights were still coming in around 58 pounds per bushel and yields continued “pretty good.”

He predicted the harvest would be over by the weekend if the weather cooperates.

Eugene Roach, manager of the CHS Elevator at Loyal, estimated harvest there at 90 to 95 percent complete and he expected it to be complete by the weekend if dry weather holds.

Roach reported quality and yields holding strong there.

Chris Townsley, manager of the Kingfisher CHS elevator, estimated the harvest at 90 percent complete on Monday with only two or three days of cutting left, weather permitting.

He said good yields and good quality had been the norm throughout the harvest period.

Hennessey CHS Elevator Manager Mark Kirchner said the harvest in the Hennessey area is expected to wrap up by the weekend.

Most of the wheat arriving now has dropped in quality to around 55 pounds per bushel due to the last rains.

He said the intake has been somewhat less than what he had hoped for but late harvesting may change that.

“We’ve still got a lot of water holes left,” he said.