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| | Bumper winter wheat crop may be up 20 percent (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The winter wheat forecast of 1.78 billion bushels, up 11 percent from last month's prediction, is driven by record per-acre yield of 42.8 bushels - 5.6 bushels per acre better than 1996. |
 | | Impressive winter wheat crops also are forecast in Oklahoma, where the 172.8 million bushels compares to about 93 million bushels last year, and in Texas, where the 119 million bushels projected is 37 percent more than in 1996. |
 | | Durum wheat, which is used to make pasta, is forecast at 80.9 million bushels, a 30 percent drop from last year. |
| www.lubbockonline.com /news/071297/bumper.htm (479 words) |
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