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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Fair Haven farmer Wade Rapp, center, checks the maturation of his wheat, in late May, with his sons Layne, left, and Nolan. Rapp had said the warm winter and early spring will lead them to harvest their 1,000-acre crop three weeks earlier than usual, starting the last week in May. Since then, severe drought struck the area, and now some are looking at planting wheat this fall, both as a grain crop and to provide fall and early spring grazing. Local University of Missouri Extension Agronomy Specialist Pat Miller says with careful management, such a plan could work in Vernon County.