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Article: WHEAT CROP A DISAPPOINTMENT WESTERN KENTUCKY FARMERS ARE FACING TOUGH CHOICES
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- July 6, 2004
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The quality of this year's wheat harvest was a disappointment to
many farmers in Western Kentucky.
Some of the crop suffered from weather- and disease-related
problems such as head scab disease and vomitoxin because of the rain
and cool temperatures, said Jim Doss, manager of the Hopkinsville
Elevator Co., a farmer-owned cooperative of 2,300 members.
"Volume-wise, we're on par with last year," Doss said. "But what
we're able to market is down. It all depends on the quality of the
wheat."
Pat Covington, of Christian County Grain Inc., said he had
harvested two plots of about 143 acres and about 10 percent of his
crop was contaminated.
The area around Hopkinsville is one of the top ...