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Mostly Bad News in Latest Kansas Crop Forecasts


(Kansas Grain Elevator Flickr Photo by Bob Jagendorf)

The news is bad, but it could be worse. The August estimates on Kansas farm crops were issued today (FRI), with a dismal outlook for corn, sorghum and soybeans. Bob White is with the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service:

Overall, the state's corn growers are expected to bring in a bit more than 390 million bushels of corn; that's down 13 percent from last year. The news is even worse for sorghum producers:

Still, there is one bright spot in the agricultural forecast. The 2012 winter wheat crop sitting in elevators across Kansas is being estimated at 387 million bushels. That's a 40 percent increase over last year. The wheat was harvested before this summer's drought took hold in Kansas.