Wheat harvest yields mixed across western Kansas
Schmidt reports dry land wheat yields from 29 to 33 bushels per acre with some spots as low as 20 and as high as 70. Irrigated wheat is in the 60 to 70 bushels range while drought and recent rain delays affect final averages, with USDA forecasting Kansas 2015 production at 314 million bushels.
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Schmidt
Kansas
Matt Overturff
Skyland Grain Company
Johnson City
Jeremy
Millershaski
Lakin
Ricultural Statistics Service
NASS
Wheat Weather Shifts Boost Kansas Wheat Yields
Kansas farmers faced a drought stretch then late spring freezes as wheat flowered. May brought heavy rains from Gulf moisture that raised statewide moisture 188 percent above normal. By month’s end, drought eased but hail damaged wheat in western counties Ke arney Finney and Haskell.
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Knapp
Kansas
Gulf of Mexico
Kansas Weather Data Library
U.S. Drought Monitor
Kearney
Finney
Haskell
Local sales tax rise discussed with limited impact noted
Kansas increased state sales tax from 6.15 to 6.5 percent with no local revenue. Farm equipment exemptions stayed in place, moderating effect on Garden City businesses. Chamber president warns of cross‑state shopping and overall growth impact as surrounding rates vary.
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Todd Hopkins
Garden City Farm Equipment
Jones Ave
Hopkins
The
Tax Foundation
Kansas
Mississippi
Steve Dyer
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Colorado
Oklahoma
Dyer
Johnson County
Missouri
Nebraska
Texas
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Finney County
Holcomb
Dodge City
Ford County
Liberal
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Deerfield
Dighton
Grant County
Gray County
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Hamilton County
Hugoton
Johnson City
Kearny County
Lakin
Lane County
Leon
Morton County
Moscow
Stevens County
Sublette
Syracuse
Tribune
Ulysses
Wichita County
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Selea
Shama
Marren
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U.S. Highway 83
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