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Heat Worries US Wheat Farmers Just as Crop Prices Are Surging
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Heat Worries US Wheat Farmers Just as Crop Prices Are Surging For farmers in North Dakota surveying their wheat as harvest closes in, scorching heat is threatening yields just as crop prices rise to a three-year high. A recent spate of 100-degree days is stressing fields in the key US wheat-growing state while escalating attacks between Russia and Ukraine put exports at risk in the Black Sea.
Heat Worries US Wheat Farmers Just as Crop Prices Are Surging
For farmers in North Dakota surveying their wheat as harvest closes in, scorching heat is threatening yields just as crop prices rise to a three-year high.
A recent spate of 100-degree days is stressing fields in the key US wheat-growing state while escalating attacks between Russia and Ukraine put exports at risk in the Black Sea.