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Wheat Harvest underway in Wasco County, Oregon
It's that time of year again.  The summer heat has put the finishing touches on the wheatfields and wheat harvest has been underway in Wasco and neighboring counties for the last several weeks. Things got started a little later than usual this year due to the cold rainy spring, however the extra rain has produced an above-average crop.
With drought and wildfires in Russia causing them to ban exports for the rest of year and bad weather in Canada, there is a greater demand for U.S. wheat so prices are also above average.  That is welcome news for local farmers and ranchers who have had a lot of ups and downs over the past several years. Wheat prices shot up in July as Russia, the world's #3 wheat exporter, saw one-fifth of their wheat crop destroyed by severe drought and raging wildfires.  Canada, another major exporter of wheat, is also expecting low yields because of crops that were destroyed by heavy rains.  Large portions of Oregon and Washington wheat are exported, most of it through Columbia River ports.
These photos are from the beautiful Dufur Valley where wheatfields abound. The town of Dufur was founded by Andrew J. Dufur, Jr., a successful "raiser ... more

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