TAPPAHANNOCK, Va. — Prolonged spring drought and a late-season frost left a clear mark on Virginia’s small grain crops, as participants in a May 28 wheat tour visited 10 farms and assessed growing conditions. Virginia Farm Bureau Federation grain manager Robert Harper noted that this year’s tour showed that the five wheat farms in the Northern Neck averaged 69 bushels per acre. Averages for the five Middle Peninsula farms totaled 47 bushels per …
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