wheat damage

By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington wheat farmers are being hit hard by low falling numbers in their grain. A sign of poor flour quality, low falling numbers are caused by severe temperature swings or rain before harvest.

By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Summer rains interrupted Washington’s heat wave last weekend, but more damp days could cause problems for some of the state’s wheat farmers.