U.S. Breadbasket Will Overflow as Kansas Wheat Yields Improve

State yield seen at 47.2 bushels an acre, rebounding from 2018
Spring rains have improved field conditions in the Plains

Hard red winter wheat is unloaded from a combine harvester in this aerial photograph taken above Kansas, U.S.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

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By Michael Hirtzer and Dominic Carey

May 2, 2019 at 5:23 PM UTC

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May 2, 2019 at 6:39 PM UTC

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There will be plenty of amber waves of grain this year across America’s breadbasket.

That’s been confirmed this week as traders and analysts toured Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma to measure yield potential for wheat crops. Fields were looking green and lush after a wet spring helped boost soil moisture.