Tag Archives: Kansas Wheat

2013 Wheat Tour, Day Three

Aaron Harries, Kansas Wheat’s Director of Marketing, reports from the Kansas City Board of Trade in Kansas City, Missouri: The results are in, and the 2013 Winter Wheat Tour participants have pegged the Kansas wheat crop at 313.8 million bushels, … Continue reading

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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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2013 Wheat Tour Day One

Aaron Harries, Kansas Wheat’s Director of Marketing, reports from Colby: Members of the 2013 Winter Wheat Tour estimated a 43.8 bushel per acre wheat crop for northern and central Kansas, based on 277 car stops on Day One of the … Continue reading

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How is Your Wheat Crop Shaping Up?

We are curious. With the freezing temperatures last week (plus snow and freeze in the forecast for April 18-19), and drought conditions all season long…just how does your wheat crop look? If you could take the survey at this link … Continue reading

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From the Field: Tour Shows Mixed Bag of Wheat Conditions

Freeze damage, drought damage and hail damage were par for the course during a quick tour through central, western and southern Kansas wheat fields April 15-16. Kansas Wheat Alliance’s Daryl Strouts and I expected to see freeze damage, after temperatures … Continue reading

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From the Field: Extent of Freeze Damage is Unknown

  It is too early to tell whether the 2013 Kansas wheat crop has been severely damaged by this week’s freezing temperatures. But the odds are that farmers from about I-70 south will see some harm, based on reports from … Continue reading

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From the Field: Freeze Wreaks Havoc on Kansas Wheat Crop

The photos shared here would be beautiful, if they weren’t a symbol of the impact Mother Nature has on the 2013 wheat crop.  When temperatures plummeted from weekend highs near 70 degrees throughout Kansas, to the teens on April 9, … 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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Kansas Wheat Among Participants at Women Managing the Farm.

Cindy Falk, Kansas Wheat’s nutrition educator, was one of the many who attended the Women Managing the Farm Conference in Manhattan. She filed this report: Men were the minority at the 2013 Women Managing the Farm Conference. Close to 300 … Continue reading

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The Buzz

Wheat Films, FFA and Record Land Prices You’re going to be hearing a bit about wheat harvest-related movies in the next few weeks. That’s because next week, InSpirit Creative premieres the movie, “Harvesting the High Plains” in Colby and Wichita; … Continue reading

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