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Wheat deteriorating in Morton County, Kansas
1/17/2018 4:05:49 PM



CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
AFFECTED AREAS:
Morton County, KS

Start Date: 10/15/2017 - End Date: 1/16/2018
We have been approximately 90 days without measurable precipitation. The wheat in Morton County is deteriorating rapidly. We make a big share of our income off of grazing our wheat from mid November thru February. We were unable to start grazing until the second week of December and we are going to have to remove the cattle now. We generally generate enough pasture income to make our farm ownership and equipment loans thru FSA. It is going to be very difficult now with the depressed grain prices, continued weather-related losses and multiyear droughts that completely ruined our APH for crop insurance; we are hurting financially. From Morton County, Kansas, on January 16, 2017
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