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Stripe rust, soybeans dim appeal of wheat in state

STARKVILLE - Wheat farmers weighing their options for fall plantings are finding the scales tipping less and less toward double-cropping methods.

In June, Mississippi wheat growers harvested a slightly belowaverage yield after battling stripe rust and water-logged soils much of the growing season. Fields averaged 48 bushels per acre, five fewer than last year. The state's growers planted 110,000 acres of wheat and harvested 95,000 acres for the fifth consecutive year of declining acreage.

Erick Larson, Mississippi State University Extension Service small grains specialist, said the success of early planted soybeans is a factor in fewer wheat acres. The timing of wheat harvests prohibits ...

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