Drought halved Oklahoma's wheat crop
6/27/2023 1:00:57 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Oklahoma
Start Date: 1/1/2023
- End Date: 6/26/2023
Drought halved Oklahoma’s wheat crop this year. Many farmers did not anticipate a crop worth harvesting, so they baled it for hay for livestock. Oklahoma’s wheat harvest was expected to be 53 million bushels, or half of that produced in 2022.
KOCO 5 News Online (Oklahoma City, Okla.), June 26, 2023
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