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Wheat glut prompts storage fears for 1977 harvest
Kansas City report notes a record wheat surplus as 1977 crop estimates top 2 billion bushels. With 6.3 billion stored off farm and high carryover, storage bottlenecks loom nationwide. Farmers consider selling, switching crops, or converting grain to alcohol to ease glut.
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Thomas D. Billam
Kansas City, Mo
UPI
I¢ Department of Agriculture
USDA
Kansas City
Midwest
Richard Sprong
Continental Grain Co
Enid
Okla
Sprong
Charles Benner
Farmers’ Union Coop
Venango
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
China
South Dakota
Bob
Bergland
Earl Hayes
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Hayes
North Dakota
Minnesota
Europe
Earl Bass
Bass