Tour participants forecast Kansas wheat crop at 393 million bus

摘要

KANSAS CITY — Participants on the 50th annual Hard Winter Wheat Evaluation Tour reported a better-than-ex-pected crop despite damage from an Easter weekend freeze and forecast 2007 Kansas wheat production at 393 million bus. The forecast compared with the tour forecast last year of 319 million bus and actual 2006 harvest of 291 million bus. This year's forecasts ranged from a low of 300 million bus to a high of 501 million based on 447 stops on the tour.