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Wednesday 22 July 2009
Wheat Harvest Starts, Yields Slump
Wheat Harvest Starts, Yields Slump ERIN WALTI/SUN
Combines and wagons dotted the fields around the Chamberlain/Oacoma area as farmers are venturing into the fields to harvest their winter wheat.
This is the end result of a growing season riddled with above average rain and cooler days. Those moisture conditions made it more difficult for farmers to get into the fields, while temperatures stunted plant growth.
“We’re really fearing that the [winter wheat] crop won’t be as good this year,” said CHS Farmers Alliance Elevator Manager Terry Nutter.
That concern seems to be valid. Fields aren’t producing nearly as much as last year.
