In the Midwest, farm reports still matter more than most of us would dare imagine and the news this year is devastating.
An agricultural reality check confronts the Sunflower State in 2023.
Consider this news along with dire warnings about the Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer drying up and maybe it's easy to understand why the American birth rate continues to decline.
Check the deets and grow smarter than so many who don't realize that food doesn't come from the back of the grocery store . . .
"Wheat farmers have been living this every day," said Marsha Boswell, a spokesperson for the Kansas Wheat Commission and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers. "They've seen the effects of the drought since the crop was planted last fall. They've seen fields that didn't emerge until the last couple weeks.
"What's even more heartbreaking than that is the few fields that looked good a couple weeks ago are going downhill in areas that have missed out on recent rains. I think most farmers are just wanting to forget this year's crop and move on to next year."
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Kansas farmers brace for worst wheat crop production in 60 years as drought cuts yield
With wheat fields about a month from harvest, Kansas farmers are bracing for what is projected to be the worst wheat crop in 60 years or more. "Wheat farmers have been living this every day," said Marsha Boswell, a spokesperson for the Kansas Wheat Commission and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers.
Kansas farmers abandon wheat fields after extreme drought
WICHITA, Kansas, May 22 (Reuters) - Farmers in Kansas, the biggest U.S. producer of wheat used to make bread, are abandoning their crops after a severe drought and damaging cold ravaged farms. They are intentionally spraying wheat fields with crop-killing chemicals and claiming insurance payouts more than normal, betting the grain is not worth harvesting, Reuters found on a three-day tour of the state.
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