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Day 14, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 17, 2019
About two weeks behind schedule, wheat harvest in Kansas is progressing quickly with high temperatures this week about 100°F in northwest Kansas.
Kansas Wheat sponsors bread sculpture and photography contests at state fair
July 17, 2019
Feeling artistic this summer? Why not enter in these wheat-tastic contests in the Kansas State Fair? The Kansas Wheat Commission sponsors the Bread Sculpture Contest and the Kansas Wheat Photography...
Day 13, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 16, 2019
Harvest continues to roll through northern Kansas as farmers try to pick up the pace to make up for some lost time. Yields continue to be highly variable throughout the state, with some areas seeing...
Day 12, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 15, 2019
Harvest is 81% complete, wrapping up in central Kansas and in full swing in northwest Kansas.
Day 11, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 14, 2019
The hot, dry weekend weather was just what farmers needed to make some excellent progress on wheat harvest in Kansas.
Day 10, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 11, 2019
With dry weather in northwest Kansas this week, many farmers in the area are finally getting to start harvesting their first fields of the 2019 crop. Yields are above average and while most of the...
Day 9, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 10, 2019
Southern areas in Kansas are wrapping up harvest over the next few days, while northern areas are just getting started.
Day 8, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 8, 2019
Scattered storms continue to be a theme for #WheatHarvest19 with farmers in the state playing “hurry up and wait.” According to USDA NASS winter wheat condition in the state is rated 4 percent very...
Day 7, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 7, 2019
This is day 7 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.
Day 6, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 3, 2019
Wheat harvest continues to slowly work northward in Kansas as farmers are racing against Mother Nature while needing to crawl slowly through the remaining fields due to green stems (but ripe heads.)...
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