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Record Wheat Harvest in Western Kansas Save Email Print
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Farmers in Western Kansas are reporting a bin-buster harvest as they expect one of the best crops in years.

Farmers say prices have remained at some of the highest harvest-time levels so no one is complaining about the extra loads.

This comes after a multiyear drought which had hurt the wheat harvest.

Piles are growing across western Kansas, a sign that the yield on crops is high.

Western farmers report yields of 40 to 70 bushels an acre.

But farmers in south-central Kansas call the wheat harvest one of the worst ever.

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