Winter wheat crop dips to 11 year low in 1989 forecast
The Agriculture Department estimates the 1989 winter wheat harvest at 1.41 billion bushels down 10 percent from last year and 2 percent below May projections. Yield averages 34.5 bushels per acre with 40.8 million acres expected for harvest, amid drought and freezes affecting Kansas and the Great Plains.
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Carl Schwensen
National Association of Wheat Growers
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Kansas
Congress
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Pesticides Tied to Duckling Deaths Across Prairie Regions
The Izaak Walton League cites U S Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service findings showing aerial insecticides harming waterfowl and food sources. In North Dakota, 96 percent of mallard ducklings sprayed with ethyl parathion died versus over 50 percent survival in untreated areas.
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Canada
Izaak Walton League of America
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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League
Crop conditions change little as weekly Iowa report released
The Iowa crop report finds little change in soil moisture and crop status with half the topsoil moisture adequate, subsoil mostly short of moisture, and about 70 percent of corn rated good. Rainfall remained below normal with recent showers modest and Cedar Rapids totaling 0.85 inches by Monday.
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Bert Kreitiow
Rural Affairs
Iowa Crop Report
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Harry Hillaker
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