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16 May 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (DTN) -- As Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Wednesday, May 15, a severe thunderstorm watch had been issued for 18 counties in south-central Kansas. Along the Oklahoma-Kansas border, a thunderstorm developed, providing much-needed rainfall to many of the wheat fields that had been assessed by the t...
15 May 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (DTN) -- Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Wednesday, May 15, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 42.4 bushels per acre (bpa). Field sampling occurred along six routes traversing western and southern Kansas from Colby to Wichita, along with some sampling in select counties in northern Ok...
15 May 2024
Editor's Note: Throughout May, DTN/Progressive Farmer's special series "Mental Health Hope & Help" is exploring the unique mental health challenges people in rural America face, highlighting efforts to overcome stigma and looking at ways farmers and ranchers can manage their mental wellness. This is the fifth story in the series. ** My newborn baby...
15 May 2024
COLBY, Kan. (DTN) -- Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Tuesday, May 14, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 49.9 bushels per acre (bpa). It was the second-highest Day 1 yield average in the past decade for the tour, being bested only by 2021 when the route averaged 59.2 bpa. Nearly 75 tour participant...
14 May 2024
COLBY, Kan. (DTN) -- Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Tuesday, May 14, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 49.9 bushels per acre (bpa). Field sampling occurred along six routes in northwest and north-central Kansas from Manhattan to Colby, along with some sampling in select counties in southern Nebra...