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WheatLate wheat planting requires extra planningKansas Some wheat has not yet been planted this year across Kansas--especially in the eastern third of the state--due in some cases to wet soil conditions. In other cases, producers are still waiting to harvest their soybeans, grain sorghum or corn before planting wheat, said Jim Shroyer, Kansas State University Research and Extension crop production specialist. [Read More] CornFarmers may want to think twice before selling corn stoverNebraska While there have been some offers from a couple of energy companies to buy corn stover this year, Nebraska farmers need to take into account the soil structure loss and nutrient loss before making that decision, University of Nebraska-Lincoln experts say. Corn stover, or the residue left behind after harvesting corn, can be made into pellets and sold to coal burning power plants generating electricity, said Paul Jasa, UNL ... [Read More] AdvertisementSoybeansKansas Soybean Commission schedules meetingKansas The Kansas Soybean Commission has scheduled a meeting Dec. 10 and 11 beginning at 8 a.m. The meeting will be held at the International Grains Program Building on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. [Read More] Grain SorghumOctober average rainfall tops 10 inches, a near recordMissouri With statewide rainfall averaging more than 10 inches, Missouri weather records show October was the wettest in 68 years and second wettest in history. "Rainfall was about three times normal for October, which is considered a fairly dry month suitable for harvesting," said Pat Guinan, University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture climatologist. [Read More] CottonArkansas harvest 2009: Pockets of optimism between rain stormsArkansas Near constant rain has caused between 25 percent and 80 percent damage in some cotton, rice and soybean fields in Arkansas as growers struggle to harvest what's left during brief periods of dry weather, according to Extension agents, agronomist and economists with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. In Phillips County, there was some good news for cotton farmers. [Read More]
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