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Corn harvest struggles in Douglas County weather setback
Douglas County farmers report a slower than hoped fall corn harvest after weekend rain halted field work. Ottawa Co-op estimates only about 25 percent harvested before rain, with yields around 125 to 130 bushels per acre, 50 bushels below expectations. Nearby elevators are 50 to 80 percent full, storing grain on the ground. Prices were about 3.16 per bushel in Ottawa and Lawrence. Diplodia appears more due to wet conditions while optimism remains for soybeans to salvage the crop later in October.
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Elwyn Jones
Journal-World
Kansas River
Lawrence
Douglas County
Clark Wenger
Ottawa Co-op
Ottawa
Wenger
Douglas
Franklin
Steve Wilson
Baldwin Feed Company
Baldwin City
Wilson