The wheat’s coming late

It’s been a cool spring in Kansas - and if you don’t want to take our word for it, believe the wheat.

Only about 19 percent of the state’s wheat crop has now headed, according to the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service. That’s well below the 61 percent average for this late in the season.

Not surprisingly, the crop’s condition is suffering somewhat. The agency rates 56 percent of the crop as fair, poor or very poor, and only 44 percent as good or excellent.

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