The president of U.S. Custom Harvesters says widespread drought is having a significant impact on operations. “There’s not any comparison for this year compared to years in the past.” Paul Paplow says he could lose nearly 50 percent of his winter wheat harvest area and conditions are the worst in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. […]
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