Crop adjusters flooded with calls from farmers in southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles
4/25/2023 12:34:45 AM
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Start Date: 4/24/2023
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Some farmers in southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles considered abandoning the crop as drought conditions intensified over the winter, putting more acres in drought than when winter began. Crop insurance adjusters were flooded with calls.
Moisture may limit the yields and production of hard red winter and hard red spring wheat in the U.S., tightening stocks and increasing the likelihood of above-average flour prices in 2023.
Food Business News (Kansas City, Mo.), April 24, 2023
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