date:May 09, 2016
Wheat crop prospects in Kansas, the top U.S. producer of the grain, are well above average as crop-saving rains last month should more than offset the impact of an earlier drought, scouts on an annual tour said on Thursday.
The scouts on the three-day Kansas wheat crop tour estimated the average yield at 48.6 bushels per acre, topping last years U.S. Department of Agriculture estimate of 37.0 bpa and a five-year Kansas tour average of 39.3 bpa.
If realized, the yield would trail only the recor