Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972
• Farmer Vance Ehmke checks a wheat field decimated by wheat streak mosaic virus Friday, May 15, 2026, on his farm near Healy, Kansas.
• (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
It hasn’t always been easy. For instance, there were challenging economic times through the 1980s and various degrees of drought affecting his yield through the years. But this season feels different.
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