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6 days ago

How the craft flour movement could be a boon to farmers and Indian Country

A craft flour mill on the Umatilla Reservation will expand Cairnspring Mills twelvefold, create local jobs, and provide a nearby market for Pacific Northwest wheat.
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2 months ago

Dependent on foreign sales, U.S. wheat farmers hoping longtime partners stick with them

Businesses that rely on exports, like wheat growers, are growing increasingly nervous as well. This was apparent following a recent trade delegation visit through the Pacific Northwest that included mill operators and grain buyers from four Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. Such visits are routine, especially at harvest time. Washington state is the nation's top wheat exporting state - about 90% of the dryland wheat grown here is trucked or shipped by river barge to west coast ports.
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