Bounteous snowfall boon for 2007 hard red winter crop prospects

摘要

KANSAS CITY — Late December snowfall across the western Plains that snarled travel plans for thousands during the holidays and wreaked havoc for livestock farmers has created the best winter weather conditions in memory for hard red winter wheat growers. Precipitation totals in portions of western Kansas were as great as 8 inches in areas that have been plagued by dryness in recent years. As impressive as rain and snowfall totals were at several stations, most beneficial was the span of the coverage, cutting through the heart of winter wheat growing areas of the Southwest.