Do-it-themselves
Custom cutters departure forcing farmers to revise wheat harvesting

 
By Jim Stafford
Published: June 26, 2008

Oklahoma 's wheat harvest has become a do-it-yourself project in the north-central part of the state because of weather delays and departure of custom harvesters to jobs waiting in other states.

The dearth of custom harvesters has left producers scrambling to get their wheat cut as fields in northern areas of Oklahoma have begun to dry out this week, said Kent Prickett , the manager of Farmers Grain Co. in Pond Cre...


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