WICHITA, Kan. (DTN) --- Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's 68th Annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded on Wednesday, May 13, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 39.3 bushels per acre (bpa). Scouts assessed 177 wheat fields along six routes traversing western and southern Kansas from Colby to Wichita, along with some sampling in five select counties in northern Oklahoma.

Last year, the average yield estimate on these same routes was 53.3 bpa. After two days of scouting on the 2026 tour, the average estimate yield is 38.8 bpa, compared to 52.0 bpa in 2025.

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