Drills set for demo near St. John

A demonstration of seeding into winter wheat stubble at the Tracy Erikson farm on Highway 23 west of St. John has been scheduled June 23 beginning at 8:30 a.m.

 The demonstration will be hosted by the Palouse Rock Lake Conservation District.

The winter wheat, averaging between 70 and 80 bushels per acre, was harvested using a stripper header which leaves most of the wheat stalk in the field. The 40 acre field was harvested with a Shelboure Reynolds stripper header, according to Dan Harwood, district coordinator.

Use of high residue harvesting equipment, including stripper headers, is increasin...