Harvest looks good out west

Good signs are coming into grain elevators in western Whitman County, as farmers and grain brokers both report a good quality, high yielding crop in harvest’s early stages.

“Things look real good from here right now,” Steve Camp of Dusty told the Gazette from his combine Tuesday afternoon.

Jimmy Johnson, foreman of Columbia Grain’s Central Ferry plant, said he’s taking in good-looking, high yielding wheat from this year’s harvest crews.

“We’re getting some real good quality here,too,” said Johnson. “I think most of it will make number one (grade).”

Most of the new crop has been above average h...