Gary Millershaski from Lakin, Kansas tells Brownfield he hasn’t had more than six inches of rain in over a year and high winds with desert-like conditions have caused fields to erode. He’s giving up on more than half of his winter wheat.
“You’ll see kernels of wheat seed laying on the top of the ground. Some have germinated and died and others tried,” says Millershaski. “I’m going to be 60 years old this year and I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.”
Millershaski says if the crop insurance adjuster zeroes out the winter wheat in the next week, a cover crop will be planted to provide residue for the ground.
