Kansas farmer abandons all winter wheat acres

Western Kansas farmer Jim Sipes says he’s abandoned 4,000 acres of his winter wheat crop due to on-going drought.

“All of our wheat for the first time in my farming career was a complete loss, zeroed out on appraisal about four weeks ago.”

He tells Brownfield the crop never emerged for the second year and now he’s left with a major decision. “We’re needing to do something to cover the ground.

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