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2026-05-21 Economy

Worst US Wheat Crop since 1972 Anticipated

[AyPee] Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs.

Record-setting drought and hotter-than-average temperatures mixed with sharp drops have impacted much of the U.S. early this year, including the Plains region. Drought conditions have worsened the spread of the wheat streak mosaic virus and barley yellow dwarf virus, which impact the potential of the crop. Combined with climbing input costs related to fertilizer, diesel fuel and tariffs, longtime wheat farmers say they are feeling a lot of pain.
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1 Wheat Exports by Country 2026

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2 not all bad

there is a lot of wheat in storage (over 700 million bushels which is about 40$ of typical annual production) and reducing this would lower storage costs

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