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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...
Nicole Berg wades into her stunted wheat field. It’s so short and sparse, she doesn’t think the combine can even reach the wheat without eating rocks. “Combines don’t like dirt and rocks,” Berg says. “They get indigestion.” 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 plant’s kernels didn’t fill out properly. “See how the wheat head is curled like that?” Berg asks. “And then you break into it, you might have some ...
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State Sen. David G. Argall, R-29, has joined the growing list of Republican leaders calling on county Commissioner George Halcovage to resign.