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A farmer holds up a hybrid wheat kernel (left) compared to a regular wheat kernel (right) in an irrigated plot near Garden City, Kansas.
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From the Dakotas to Texas, wheat acres have been on the decline, due to higher temperatures, drought and farmers shifting to more profitable crops. New innovations could rejuvenate the state of wheat production.
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