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title: "US wheat harvest set to sink to its smallest since 1972 as Plains drought deepens"
type: "News"
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description: "If that forecast holds, it would be the country's smallest wheat crop in more than 50 years."
datetime: "2026-05-16T08:31:18.000Z"
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# US wheat harvest set to sink to its smallest since 1972 as Plains drought deepens

If that forecast holds, it would be the country's smallest wheat crop in more than 50 years.

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