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Winter Wheat

Farmers in western Kansas are in the midst of harvesting a poor wheat crop that has been damaged by this year's drought and cold winter. NPR's Laura Ziegler reports that the new farm bill has enough flexibility to allow farmers to plant a different crop to recoup their losses, which is a change from past policy.

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