Harvesting resumed on a limited scale this week as some fields dried out enough after recent rains enough to support combines.

It was still too wet to start harvest Monday at Cashion which received .7 inch of rain Sunday.

Not yet, said a Cashion Grain and Feed Elevator spokesperson when asked if harvesting was under way, pointing to the weekend showers.

Hennessey had some “off and on” harvesting Sunday, District 2 County Commissioner Ray Alan Shimanek commented before the start of the weekly meeting of county commissioners. Damp fields continued to hamper harvesters.

Rick and Robin Johnston, northwest of Dover, reported a half inch of additional rain on Sunday, bringing the weekend total to one inch.

Harvest was picking up rapidly Monday afternoon at CHS Elevator at Okarche.

CHS Manager Jason Kroener said moisture tests dropped sharply about 1 p.m. Monday and wheat harvesting picked up. Test weights remain good – 60 pounds and above, “although the color changed, of course,” Kroener said.

Harvesting had resumed Monday afternoon, also at Okarche Grain and Feed Elevator, west of Okarche.

Quality remained good although some loads were coming in a little damp.

Randall Varnell, manager of the Wheeler Brothers Elevator, Kingfisher, said a light run occurred Sunday afternoon, but the moisture broke Monday afternoon and harvesting picked up.

Wheat still looks pretty good but the forecast calls for more rain to come in, Varnell said.

“If we can get two or three days of clear weather, it should get going pretty good,” Varnell added.