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  • Day 9, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

    June 21, 2018

    Reports from Rice, Pawnee and Ford counties show yields to be higher than expected but lower than average.

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  • Day 8, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

    June 20, 2018

    This is day 8 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and the Kansas Grain and Feed Association. The state...

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  • African Flour Millers Visit Wheat Harvest

    June 20, 2018

    Milling execs from Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Liberia visited Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas to learn about this year's hard red winter wheat crop.

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  • Day 7, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

    June 19, 2018

    Combines are rolling quickly along the plains as farmers prepare for rains that may stall their harvest progress. 

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  • Faces of Harvest: Lynn Moore, Pittsburg

    June 19, 2018

    Each year, more than 20,000 Kansas wheat farmers take dramatic risks to grow the wheat that feeds the world. We hope you enjoy learning more about these farmers through our series, “The Faces of...

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  • Day 6, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

    June 18, 2018

    The Kansas Crop Progress report on Monday afternoon estimated that harvest was 23 percent complete at the end of June 17.

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  • Day 5, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

    June 17, 2018

    Harvest continued to progress quickly through Kansas with sizzling hot temperatures and dry winds blowing through the fields. 

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  • Day 4, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

    June 14, 2018

    Jacquelyne Leffler, a farmer near Americus in Lyon County, reported that high humidity has inhibited their cutting over the last few days. While Leffler started harvesting on Saturday, she estimated...

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  • Food Bloggers Visit Kansas During Wheat Harvest

    June 14, 2018

    Kansas wheat farmers shared their story with consumers this June when nine food bloggers came to Kansas during wheat harvest. Food bloggers from all over the United States toured a wheat farm during...

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  • Harvest Report, Day 3

    June 13, 2018

    This is day 3 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and the Kansas Grain and Feed Association. Clouds may have...

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