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According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Northwest Regional Field Office, there were 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork in Oregon, down from 6.7 days the previous week. Columbia, Multnomah, and Washington Counties experienced continued cool weather as most of the seasonal harvests wrapped up. Fall preparation continued, and nurseries prepared their inventory for the cold season. Clatsop and Tillamook Counties received rainfall over multiple days, but field...
Idaho growers seeded 740,000 acres of winter wheat for the 2024 crop, down 1 percent from 2023, and 4 percent below the 2022 crop. Oregon farmers planted 740,000 acres, unchanged from the 2023 crop but up 1 percent from 2022. Washington winter wheat growers seeded an estimated 1.80 million acres of winter wheat for harvest in 2024. This is unchanged from the area seeded in 2023 but 3 percent below 2022. Nationally, Hard Red Winter (HRW) wheat seeded area is expected to total...
