students who made up our first graduating class. She not only 142 years ago, but she was also our first valedictorian.
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s ago, Wilson had 100 plants that had nearly impossible the plants, and then holes right back can't be able to plow anything for at th, even if the rain
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Because of all the mud and rain, he had to cancel the farm's open house last weekend.
"We had to buy TV and radio time just to tell people it was cancelled," he said.
Farmers all over Kansas have been having issues with planting and crops, said Jude Kastens, a research assistant professor from the Kansas Biological Survey. He said crops such as winter wheat and soybeans have suffered the most from the rain.
Winter wheat is a couple weeks away from harvest, he estimated, but the crop is especially sensitive to moisture, so the rain poses a threat.
"Rains need to shut off or we'll see some loss," Kastens said.
Soybeans are especially in danger because of their delayed planting and slow emergence. As of last Sunday, only 31 percent of expected harvest in Kansas had been planted, according to the USDA Crop Progress Report.
"Even if they were [planted], they might not be emerging like they should," Kastens said. "Soybeans don't like to have their roots saturated."
The USDA backs this up, reporting that about a fifth of the planted crop has emerged. Kastens estimated that it should be closer to half at this point.
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