Posted on Jul 1, 2020
Farmers Are Struggling To Break Even Amid A Surge In Global Wheat Production
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Even as more people bake during the pandemic, some wheat farmers may need help to break even this year.
Jimmy Kinder, a farmer from southwestern Oklahoma, is in what he calls “wheat crop mode.” Kinder, a fourth-generation farmer, mainly grows wheat and raises cattle. Like many farmers across Oklahoma and the Great Plains region right now, Kinder’s wheat is ready to harvest.
Kinder says things were looking good this year until Mother Nature brought a freeze in early April. The weather took approximately half of his yield because the wheat froze right when it was starting to flower and it was vulnerable to freeze.
“Today’s wheat crop is all about trying to stay in business till things get better,” Kinder says.
While the Kinder’s wheat grew, the wheat heads are not producing as much grain as expected. There’s also a flash drought in his area. But that’s actually good news for him.
Jimmy Kinder, a farmer from southwestern Oklahoma, is in what he calls “wheat crop mode.” Kinder, a fourth-generation farmer, mainly grows wheat and raises cattle. Like many farmers across Oklahoma and the Great Plains region right now, Kinder’s wheat is ready to harvest.
Kinder says things were looking good this year until Mother Nature brought a freeze in early April. The weather took approximately half of his yield because the wheat froze right when it was starting to flower and it was vulnerable to freeze.
“Today’s wheat crop is all about trying to stay in business till things get better,” Kinder says.
While the Kinder’s wheat grew, the wheat heads are not producing as much grain as expected. There’s also a flash drought in his area. But that’s actually good news for him.
Farmers Are Struggling To Break Even Amid A Surge In Global Wheat Production
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel My husband and I have decided this year that we are going to get out of the cattle business. When you put a pencil to everything you do you can't make any money when you get $1.25 a pound for 500 pound calves at the sale barn. The market kind of made the decision for us and it is a shame because there have been cattle on this same ground since 1943.
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