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Winter wheat test plots at the Washington State University Dryland Research Station in Lind. Farmers in the Columbia Basin have planted less acreage of Spring Wheat this year than last.

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WA farmers plant fewer acres of spring wheat in 2022
July 14, 2022 4:02 p.m.

WA farmers plant fewer acres of spring wheat in 2022

OLYMPIA — Despite a cooler and wetter spring and early summer, farmers across Eastern Washington have planted fewer acres of Spring Wheat in 2022 when compared with 2021, according to a report issued at the end of June by the Northwest Regional Field of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service...