Higher yields help dryland wheat farmers offset lower prices

From the Capital Press

Dryland wheat farmers in Eastern Washington are reporting above-average yields during this year’s harvest.

Juliann Dodds, senior vice president and commercial banking manager team lead at Umpqua Bank in Moses Lake, Wash., said she’s hearing from farmers whose yields are running as high as 100 bushels per acre, instead of the normal yields around 50 to 60 bushels per acre.

Timely rains in spring and early summer boosted yields after a dry 2015, Dodds said. Read the rest of the story here.