By October, most of the year’s wheat crop has been harvested, and growers have swapped out combines and bank-out wagons for planters and seed drills.
This year’s wheat harvest was slightly ahead of average in timing, according to National Agricultural Statistics Service numbers. Most producers reported average to slightly better than average yields with average quality in winter wheat. Spring wheat wasn’t so fortunate, as a cold snap in late spring followed by a very hot, very dry summer hurt yields.
For the 2024 harvest, Wheat Life spent time with three producers in Asotin, Douglas, and Whitman counties. All of the farm families featured on the following pages are immensely proud to be good stewards of their land and are working hard to protect the environment while raising the world’s best wheat. They feel a deep connection to the family that came before them and are committed to leaving that legacy to the generations that come after them.
