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2013 Wheat Tour Day Two

Aaron Harries, Kansas Wheat’s Director of Marketing, reports from Wichita: Participants of the second day of the Winter Wheat Tour from Colby to Wichita project the region to produce an average of 37.1 bushels per acre, well off last year’s Winter Wheat … Continue reading

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Kansas Wheat Conditions in Early Spring…

Across the state, the 2013 wheat crop is perking up and showing slight signs of improvement from the poor stands of past fall. In its April 1 Crop Progress Report, Kansas Agricultural Statistics rated the wheat crop at 2% excellent … Continue reading

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Wheat Field Report: Poor Crop Taking Shape

Despite various amounts of rain and snow throughout Kansas since Christmas, the Kansas wheat crop is in poor shape, based on reports from directors of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and personal observations occurring Jan. 15-Jan. 21. KAWG directors … Continue reading

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Relihan: Drought to Continue in 2013, Abate in 2014

We asked Nicole Lane, Kansas Wheat’s communications intern, to write about one of the hottest topics of the 2013 Kansas Commodity Classic, held Jan. 17 in Manhattan: the 2012 drought. Here is here blog entry. Dave Relihan At the Kansas Commodity Classic … Continue reading

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Field Tour Shows Some Surprising Conditions…For Now

In its last Weekly Crop Weather report of 2012, Kansas Ag Statistics reported that the Kansas wheat crop was just 29% good to excellent. This is the worst wheat condition at this point in the year in the entire time … Continue reading

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The Buzz

Cheese, beer, Deere and deeds.   We lead off this week’s Buzz on a big win for Kansas ag and industry. For years, the Kansas Departments of Agriculture and Commerce have worked with large-scale dairy farms in western Kansas to establish a manufacturing … Continue reading

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