After a handful of tough wheat years, 2020 shaped up to be a successful growing season for the Midwest staple crop. However, rolling into 2021, Syngenta agronomist Wally West said it’s important to remember that wheat growers only get one shot at a good spring wheat crop, and it comes early.
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