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Crop volume stays near average despite drought and limits
Washington reports Agriculture Department estimates show crop production this year at about 99 percent of the 1947 49 average, with record crops in soybeans rice and sugar beets. Oats barley rye flaxseed sorghum hay sugar cane and cranberries also strong, while spring wheat dry peas peanuts and pecans lag. North states see usual fall plowing seeding while drought hit the South delaying soil work until rains returned.
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