WSU researcher Mike Pumphrey stands in front of a field of spring wheat test plots as he explains the difficulties in designing wheat trials this year given last year’s drought and heat wave when compared to this year’s rain and cooler temperatures. “What do they say about Eastern Washington? If you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes,” Pumphrey said.

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'Wheat is king': Weather, disease, oil discussed at Dryland Institute field day
June 28, 2022 1 a.m.

'Wheat is king': Weather, disease, oil discussed at Dryland Institute field day

LIND — In 107 years, Washington State University’s Dryland Research Station in Lind has only had to cancel its field day three times.