date:May 09, 2016
Romulo Lollato, an extension wheat specialist at Kansas State University and tour scout.
The 2016 crop has the potential to be among the highest yielding ever, but fewer planted acres will keep a lid on overall production. Kansas farmers primarily grow hard red winter wheat, the largest class of U.S. wheat which is milled into bread flour.
More than 80 crop scouts, including millers, food makers, traders, academics and media, were on the tour, checking 655 farm fields.
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