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Cold February delays Wash. wheat crop by one month

By Wire Services
Published: April 9, 2019, 6:03am

SPOKANE — Cold and snowy weather in February has pushed back the wheat crop in Washington by about one month.

Normally, farmers would be weeks into planting the spring wheat or spraying the winter wheat that was planted last year.

The Spokesman-Review reports that while the cold has stunted wheat growth, the snow added needed moisture to the ground.

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