Later Crops Big Yields

WAITSBURG - Wheat har- vest in the Touchet Valley area is expected to be a couple of weeks later than usual again this year, but the wheat looks long and robust and should provide some great returns for local farmers, they say.

Last year, the wheat harvest took place at the end of July because of wet, spring weather. The typical start date for harvest is about the middle of July.

JE McCaw, the Waitsburg branch manager of the Northwest Grain Growers, said this year our rainy June has pushed the start date back to July 25 or even later.

"It depends on what happens now," he said.

Local farmer Nei...