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Giant wheat harvest spans from Panhandle to Columbia River
Vast wheat fields across the Panhandle to the Canadian border yield a projected 1 347 468 000 bushels. Domestic use reaches 625 million, exports 500 million, with 222 million added to stocks. Washington’s Glen Bayne and C G Vollmer run a major 20 000 acre operation, producing about 30 bushels per acre and exporting 90 percent of white wheat from the Columbia River ports.
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Texas Panhandle
Canadian
Glen Bayne
C. G. Vollmer
Washington State
Horse Heaven
Yakima Valley
Columbia River
Washington
Bayne-Vollmer
Midwest
Puget Sound
Europe
Asia
Africa
Latin America