Harvest at Furley captures a Kansas farmer's tough season
Oliver Duane "Dewey" Sanders, last of a century-long wheat-farming family in Sedgwick County, drives a combine through thigh-high grain amid costly losses and hard work. His wife Isabella aids the harvest while weather, breakdowns, and high costs press on their 500 acres near Wildcat Creek.
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Sodbusting Continues At Brisk Rate Despite Conservation Woes
Washington A P reports that from 1979 to 1981 farmers converted 11.1 million acres to crops, a figure under 3 percent of U S cropland in 1982, with erosion not markedly worse yet alarms rise over fragile land. Critics press for subsidies limits while USDA notes need for precise land quality data before tighter rules. The report also details regional patterns and erosion comparisons between new cropland and existing cropland.
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