HUSA April 21 2026 – Jesper Hansen

So we’re talking to Jasper Henson, Scobey, Montana.

“So how’s the equipment looking?”

“Equipment’s ready to go. We’ll probably be hitting for Texas in about three weeks the way it sounds. It’s gonna come off early down there. There’s not gonna be much of a crop but we still get a harvest what’s there.”

“So your people have some then, right?”

“Yeah, not a whole lot but there’s a little bit there.”

“Yeah, I’ve talked to some that they didn’t think they’re even gonna turn a wheel. There are people that had cattle grazing them all off. So you’ve got some some pulse crops that go down there don’t you?”

Yeah, on our farm here we’ll do chickpeas, yellow peas, lentils. We’ll do some soybeans and some flowers as well.

“Those pulse crops historically they do okay for you?”

“Yeah, they they kind of been once at been the farm saver for the last few years and now this price this year they’re lower priced but they’ll be okay. So they are looking a little bit better than the cereal grains, right? Yeah, I still think with the lower price on lentils this year we’re still bit off putting them in versus spring wheat.”

“And then you’ve got the residual nitrogen that the legumes give you too.”

“That’s correct. Yeah, well I better get out of your hair you got stuff to do. Thank you for being there for us.”

“Anytime.”

That was Jesper Hansen from Scobey Montana with our co-host David Woodruff from Alberta, Canada talking about the poor conditions in Texas and getting started on the harvest.