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Regional profile

Kansas

Wheat (HRW) . Cattle . Sorghum . Corn (irrigated)

Narrative

Kansas is the core of the U.S. HRW wheat belt, a major cattle state, and carries meaningful irrigated row-crop acreage in the west. Drought and moisture cycles are a persistent backdrop to both the wheat crop and the cattle / stocker economy.

Emphasis

  • HRW wheat crop condition and moisture
  • Feeder / stocker cattle economics
  • Pasture collateral in drought-affected counties

Key risks

  • Drought Monitor trajectory across the HRW belt
  • Stocker capacity and forage availability
  • Water-rights and aquifer considerations