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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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Tagged 2012 drought, 2013 freeze, 2013 wheat crop, 2013 Wheat Tour, crop condition, Kansas, Kansas Wheat, Wheat Quality Council
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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
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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Tagged 2013 wheat crop, 2013 wheat freeze, crop condition, crop conditions, freeze, Kansas, Kansas Wheat, wheat, wheat harvest, wheat quality, world supply and demand
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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
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
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
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
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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Tagged 2012 drought, 2013 drought, 2013 harvest, 2013 wheat crop, agronomy, drought, drought impact, farmers, Kansas, Kansas wheat crop, USDA, wheat crop, wheat crop condition, wheat supplies
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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
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
