Wisconsin farmers embrace winter wheat boom in dairy state
Wisconsin farmers planted 280000 acres of winter wheat for the current season, doubling 2000 acreage as a cash crop. Production rose to about 17.9 million bushels while prices climbed from 1.85 to 2.95 per bushel, aided by dairy industry uses for bedding and feed and a long-standing straw market.
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