Kansas Farmers May Plant Less Wheat Than Estimated Due to Heavy Rains
- Some parts of state got double to triple amount of normal rain
- Winter wheat planting is slower than five-year average: USDA
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One of the wettest Octobers on record in Kansas, the largest U.S. wheat producer, may lead farmers to plant fewer acres with the grain than expected.
Parts of eastern and central Kansas have gotten double or triple the amount of normal rainfall in October, with one station in Emporia recording 9 inches, according to Paul Markert, a senior meteorologist for Radiant Solutions in Gaithersburg, Maryland. All this rain has slowed down the harvest of soybeans and delayed seeding of winter wheat on that same ground.