Arkansas Won`t Get Record Wheat Crop This Year
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A wheat specialist for the Extension Service
says heavier rains have likely ruined the chance for a record wheat
crop in Arkansas this year.
The pre-harvest outlook was strong, but flooding has reduced
total acreage by about 30 percent.
Jason Kelly of the Extension Service says the agency estimated
close to record yields for the state`s wheat crop until it started
raining heavily.
In fact, the acreage this year will likely be a third less than
the ten-year average.
Still, the yield will be greater than the total acres planted
last year. Flooding also hurt the yield for that crop.
Wheat is selling for around Three dollars and 35 cents per
bushell -- a lower price that Kelly said should take some of the
sting out of the lower yields.
