date:Jun 20, 2014
eason that early yields in far southern Kansas were averaging about 10 to 12 bushels per acre, far below the US Department of Agriculture's statewide Kansas yield estimate of 29.0 bushels per acre. Traders expect yields to improve as the harvest moves northward. Concern persists about the quality of the soft red winter wheat crop due to recent wet conditions in the southern Midwest and the Mississippi River Delta. The European Union's MARS crop monitoring unit raised its estimate of the bloc's a