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Kansas southwest grain market under stress amid high stockpiles
Grain prices face pressure as large 2014 15 crops created stockpiles near 2.5 billion bushels in 2016 with corn futures around 2.98 per bushel at Garden City Co op. Elevators raise costs by adjusting basis to move wheat and free space for corn while growers face break even around 4 to 4.50 per bushel. Local experts warn storage tactics and disease southern rust threaten yields, yet fungicide remains a viable investment to limit losses.
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Department of Agriculture
O’brien
Garden City Co-op
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Garden City
United Prairie Ag
Lakin
Pride Ag Resources
Dodge City
Irsik Doll
Ingalls
Kansas
Holman
Finney County
Greg Stone
Stone
Ken Jameson
Kemmerer
Doug Jardine
Kansas State University
Jardine
Texas
Parsons
Belleville
Finney Haskell
Kearny
Jardine and
Vuyiswa Bushula