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Weather hammers wheat crop in Nebraska

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A Southeast Nebraska farmer says weather took a toll on his wheat crop.

Steve Wellman tells Brownfield, at best, averaging 45 bushels per acre, which isn’t good. “The winterkill – no cover during the winter from snow – it was exposed and we lost some stand that way.”

He says leading up to harvest last month, he was concerned about feed supplies for his cow/calf operation due to severe drought. “I thought we needed hay. 

Weather hammers wheat crop in Nebraska