Persistent drought is creating dire conditions for many winter wheat producers in parts of the Great Plains. North-central Kansas farmer Shale Porter tells Brownfield… “We have ourselves abandoned over 200 acres that they adjusted our for about 5 bushel an acre,” Porter said, “so we went ahead and terminated those.” He says doesn’t expect his […]
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