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From the Capital Press
The Pacific Northwest crop tour season kicks off May 29 in Wilbur, Wash., and runs through July 3, ending in Bickleton, Wash.
“Obviously an interesting winter with the warmth and openness, with atypical insect pressure and pretty severe rust overwintering,” Washington State University spring wheat breeder Mike Pumphrey told Capital Press. “Spring wheat plantings went in earlier than normal, but they went into conducive conditions for rust. A lot of the spring wheat acres would definitely benefit or have benefitted from a fungicide at herbicide timing.” Read the rest of the article here.