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Increasing the Pie or Just the Slice?
July 22, 2015
Yogi Berra once quipped: “Cut my pie into four pieces, I don’t think I could eat eight.” Which begs the question, what is the better choice: a larger slice of a smaller pie or a smaller slice of a…
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What Does a Bushel of Wheat Mean to Me?
July 22, 2015
Bushels, bushels, bushels. During wheat harvest, wheat yields are calculated as bushels per acre, wheat prices are cited as dollars per bushel and overall bushels produced determines whether or not…
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Peruvian Wheat Buyers Look at U.S. Wheat Marketing System
July 22, 2015
ARLINGTON, Virginia — Peru is one the few countries in South America that purchases almost all classes of U.S.
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Faces of Harvest - Richard and Glenda Randall
July 14, 2015
Richard and Glenda Randall do not have much time to travel, thanks to managing a comprehensive irrigation and dryland
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Day 12, Final Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 13, 2015
This is the final day of the 2015 Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and the Kansas Grain and Feed Association.
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Faces of Harvest: Brad Hobelmann
July 10, 2015
Ever since he was knee-high to a grasshopper, Brad Hobelmann from Belleville, Kansas has been involved in wheat harvest. In the late 60’s and early 70’s, Hobelmann Farms operated a custom harvest…
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All in Good Authority
July 10, 2015
In a successful bipartisan effort President Obama signed the Trade Promotion Authority into law on June 29. The Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is a federal legislative procedure that requires…
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Faces of Harvest – Chris Tanner
July 8, 2015
Posted July 8, 2015 Chris Tanner’s wheat near Norton did not have a good year, damaged by spring freeze, resurrected with May rainfall and stricken with stripe rust. “The wheat was about two days…
