Drought affected wheat fields call for supplemental equipment
Despite ample rainfall last fall, wheat crops have struggled due to limited water at key points in the growing season.
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Despite ample rainfall last fall, wheat crops have struggled due to limited water at key points in the growing season.
New and up-and-coming wheat varieties will be on display during a 6 p.m. tour May 29 at the Vance and Louise Ehmke farm near Dighton, Kansas.
Wheat is one of the world's most vital crops. The grain is used in staples like bread, couscous, chapatis and noodles -- and high prices for the commodity have a long history of kick-starting unrest.
Scouts on an annual tour of Kansas wheat fields projected better-than-average yields in the top U.S. winter wheat state, Reuters reported.
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