This is day five of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association and Kansas Wheat. Hot temperatures and wind are helping wheat fields dry down, allowing farmers throughout the state to cut their wheat. In Ellis County, Midland Marketing, Hays, has received about 230,000 bushels so far, with harvest getting up to speed on Tuesday. Wheat is averaging about 62 pounds per bushel with protein levels in the low 11s. Yields range from 20 to 60 bushels per acre. Frontier Ag's locations throughout northwest Kansas have yet to receive any grain. However, harvest should begin by the end of the week with a better than average crop expected. In Wallace County, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers vice president David Schemm has done some test cutting, but the wheat is too wet. He expects to be in full swing by Friday. At the North Central Kansas Cooperative in Hope, test weights are averaging about 60 pounds per bushel, with protein levels between 10 and 11. Company-wide, 625,000 bushels have been received at four Dickinson County locations. Yields average slightly more than 50 bushels per acre. In south central Kansas, harvest is about half complete, according to Steve Morris, grain manager at the Andale Farmers Coop. The company has taken in about 965,000 bushels of wheat, with test weights averaging 60.7 pounds per bushel. Protein is about 10.5. Yields range from 30 to 80 bushels per acre, with a 50 bushel per acre average. Kansas Wheat Commissioner Steve Clanton, Minneapolis, says harvest has been in full swing in central Kansas for three days. Yields in Ottawa County range from 30 to 55 bushels per acre, with test weights averaging between 61 and 62 pounds per bushel. KAWG President Paul Penner, Hillsboro, says wheat being harvested in Marion County is ranging from 40 to 70 bushels per acre. Test weights are averaging about 60 pounds per bushel. Yields vary from field to field, with some surprises and disappointments. Overall, yields tend to be better than what most farmers expected, Penner says. The 2009 Harvest Salute to Producers is brought to you by Kansas Wheat in conjunction with sponsors Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain and the Kansas Grain & Feed Association.