Kansas farmer abandons all winter wheat acres

Kansas farmer abandons all winter wheat acres

Western Kansas farmer Jim Sipes says he’s abandoned 4,000 acres of his winter wheat crop due to on-going drought.

“All of our wheat for the first time in my farming career was a complete loss, zeroed out on appraisal about four weeks ago.”

He tells Brownfield the crop never emerged for the second year and now he’s left with a major decision. “We’re needing to do something to cover the ground.

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