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Illinois wheat growers break yield record

Nat Williams
Nov 18, 2021
Nov 18, 2021 Updated Nov 23, 2021

Wheat field — Illinois yield contest winners discussed their strategies, such as never planting after corn, at the recent Illinois Wheat Association Double Crop Forum.
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Illinois wheat producers rewrote the record book this year.

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