State reports smallest wheat crop in decades; barley crop also down

Dry stubble dominates an agricultural landscape in Adams County seen Saturday.
Dave Burgess/Columbia Basin Herald

What green wheat looks like: Here is an irrigated wheat field south of Moses Lake seen in early June.

by CHARLES H. FEATHERSTONE
Staff Writer | October 6, 2021 1:07 AM

MOSES LAKE — It was a rotten growing season for wheat farmers in the Columbia Basin, as the state’s wheat growers reported the smallest harvest in 57 years.

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