The first wheat crop in Kansas was grown at the Shawnee Methodist Mission near Fairway in Johnson County in 1839. Production spread westward as the territory was settled eventually becoming a state in 1861.
In the beginning, wheat didn’t grow well in Kansas. Initially, the spring wheat varieties grown on the plains suffered because of the hot, dry summers. Yields were low and many doubted that wheat would ever be able to grow successfully in this challenging climate.
In 1874, Russian ...
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