WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas farmers are expected to bring in the smallest winter wheat harvest in nearly three decades this year amid an ongoing drought that has stunted wheat fields across the state, according to estimates released Thursday.
Participants in the Wheat Quality Council's winter wheat tour this year said Kansas growers will likely harvest 243.3 million bushels this season. The estimates are based on conditions they observed while inspecting crops in 644 fields across the state over the three-day tour that began Tuesday.
If the estimate proves true, the harvest would mark Kansas'...
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