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Day 16, Final Kansas Wheat Harvest Report 2023
July 31, 2023
The Kansas wheat harvest is finally drawing to a close with 95 percent of wheat harvest complete. Overall, this wheat harvest will be one for the record books, although not in the way that producers…
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Day 15, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 24, 2023
Everyone in the wheat supply chain is feeling the drag of a long and difficult harvest season. Harvest is still only 87 percent complete, well behind last year and average.
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Day 14, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 20, 2023
Up and down the Colorado border, wheat producers are working to finish up harvest. The northwestern corner of the state was among the few that received moisture last fall, snow this winter and rain…
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Day 13, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 18, 2023
In western Kansas, wheat harvest is well behind schedule due to weather delays that have also brought hail damage. Despite the disruptions, elevators are generally seeing a better harvest than was…
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Day 12, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 17, 2023
Wheat harvest continues to be a slog with producers fighting rains and weeds to get the crop across the scale. Harvest is now 71 percent complete, well behind 98 percent last year and 94 percent for…
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Day 11, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 13, 2023
Northwest Kansas has been struggling to get into a harvest rhythm. With high humidity and scattered showers, combines can’t begin rolling until mid-afternoon in most cases.
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Wheat growers advocate for enterprise unit separation
July 12, 2023
The KAWG supports efforts to improve crop insurance performance for farmers through the separation of enterprise units by fallow and continuous.
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Day 10, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 12, 2023
Audio file This is day 10 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, Ka
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Day 9, Kansas Wheat Harvest Report
July 10, 2023
Audio file This is day 9 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat
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Wheat harvest 2023 progresses despite delays and late start
July 6, 2023
Kansas wheat harvest is 46% complete, well behind 80% last year, and behind 63% for the five-year average, according to the official statistics provided by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics…