Esbon NewsLocal news for Esbon, KS continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Wheat harvest wrapping up in Jewell County- July 12, 2008 The Jewell County wheat harvest is almost completed. The 2008 wheat harvest is proving to be a successful one with reports of bushels per acre ranging from the 40s to the mid-70s.The wheat harvest is 60 percent done in the Esbon area. Esbon elevatoremployees have heard farmers tell of yields from 30 to 50 bushels to the acre, and 255,000 bushels of wheat had gone into the elevator in Esbon as of Monday morning.Wheat is half harvested in the Burr Oak area; 100,000 bushels of wheat had gone to...http://www.topix.net/city/esbon-ks/2008/07/wheat-harvest-wrapping-up-in-jewell-county?from... |