It’s bone dry from Spokane, near the Washington-Idaho border, clear to Harney County in Southern Oregon, with triple digit temps on the way even later this week for some parts of the Northwest.
Wheat at the farm of Nicole Berg in Washington s Horse Heaven Hills shows signs of a drought so far in 2021, with a damaged curled head. Credit: Anna King / NW News Network Somber harvest : Crops may fail, cattle sold as the NW descends into drought By
Nicole Berg wades into her stunted wheat field. Itâs so short and sparse, she doesnât think the combine can even reach the wheat without eating rocks.
âCombines donât like dirt and rocks,â Berg says. âThey get indigestion.â
Berg is a dryland wheat farmer in the sweeping Horse Heaven Hills of south-eastern Washington. She shows off one head of half-turned golden wheat amid a sea of them. Besides being too short, the plantâs kernels didnât fill out properly.
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It was too late for Tom to save the horses but he did manage to save one puppy on the second trip into the fire. The McBride Ranch lost six horses, a dog, a puppy, a cat and 20 chickens when their horse barn/arena burned April 12. It was Shelly s birthday. Tom ended up in the hospital for three hours cleaning out his lungs from all the stuff he inhaled, Shelley said. Hours later when the fire was out we went into the barn to take a look and we see the Gator sitting there and it s burnt to a crisp and we thought let s take it out because the tires are still intact and see if it starts. It started. We re using it to clear the debris from the barn. We feel it saved Tom by getting in his way and it s still alive so it s kind of amazing.