He says the variation in winter wheat crop conditions across even his own county is proof about how variable drought conditions are across the state. “There was a lot of wheat that went in after ...
As a child in the 1920s, Anne Bailey remembered golden days on the Saskatchewan prairie when wheat was king and harvest time was the highlight of the year. During the 1930s, drought and economic ...
Lawrence Svobida, a wheat farmer from Kansas, witnessed first-hand the searing drought and relentless winds that crippled the southern Great Plains during the 1930’s. His vivid account is taken ...