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Kansas farmers pulled by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972
Amid a punishing drought, tariffs and the high cost of fertilizers, farming wheat has become more uncertain as farmers in western Kansas are feeling the impact in their major wheat producing region
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According to ABC News’s source item, Kansas farmers pulled by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972, Amid a punishing drought, tariffs and the high cost of fertilizers, farming wheat has become more uncertain as farmers in western Kansas are feeling the impact in their major wheat producing region
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- Kansas farmers pulled by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972ABC News - 2026-05-20T12:49:36+00:00
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