We are hearing mixed reports from western Kansas wheat growers as combines continue to roll this harvest season.
Marsha Boswell, the Vice President of Communications for the Kansas Wheat Commission, spoke with RFD-TV’s Tammi Arender about this year’s yields, wheat varieties, and harvest progress.
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