Mississippi Business Journal » yields http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Wheat crop maturing rapidly, but yields not exceptional like 2011 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/07/wheat-crop-maturing-rapidly-but-yields-not-exceptional-like-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wheat-crop-maturing-rapidly-but-yields-not-exceptional-like-2011 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/07/wheat-crop-maturing-rapidly-but-yields-not-exceptional-like-2011/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:46:44 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=58250 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A rapidly maturing 2012 wheat crop proved to be a timing challenge for Mississippi growers. The state’s growers planted 480,000 acres, up from 360,000 acres the previous season. They were inspired by strong market prices and the record-average yields of 64 bushels per acre grown last year. “Harvest is two or three [...]

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