Folks might not know that the average plains wheat yield is 40-60 bu/acre. Not a good year in western Kansas , OK and Texas, it is spotty and many areas of the country are doing fine.
A lot of farmers are going to be relying upon crop insurance this year, but insurance doesn't pay full rates of what the land would normally produce.
An interesting statistic: .6% of the US population is directly involved in agricultural production, farming/livestock, and feeds the US with a surplus that is stored and much that goes world wide. That kind of productivity is unheard of in the course of mankind, where throughout human history, where we as humans have usually been involved in hunter/gatherer activities daily to survive. I'm not a farmer, and in semi retirement, my sole remaining work activity is involved in supporting those who support farmers, but hug your farmer today for what he/she does.
No rain out of this one, but it was turning and trying to start down. I sped up and was trying to get past in a hurry.
Dave, did you come back for the harvest?
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