Shutdown spawns vacuum in farm market information

Monday, October 14, 2013

WICHITA, Kan. -- When Tim Peterson finished planting his 900 acres of winter wheat last week, the usually market-savvy Kansas farmer unexpectedly found himself struggling to make critical marketing decisions without being able to access vital agricultural reports, casualties of the federal government shutdown.

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