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Umatilla County’s Rich Agricultural Diversity Highlighted
The East Oregonian profile details Umatilla County’s vast farming range from wheat and barley to dairying and irrigation. It notes biennial grain rotation, heavy wheat yields of 40 to 60 bushels per acre, high land values, and the transformative impact of irrigation under federal and private projects. It also covers Indian lands under lease, farm sizes from 500 to 2,500 acres, and the rise of dairy farming as a premier industry.
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