Road signs to note top U.S. wheat county

New road signs will soon go up at five points at the Whitman County line to note its claim as the top wheat producing county nationwide in bushels per acre.

The signs, now on order through the Whitman County Road Department, will be paid for by the Whitman County Association of Wheat Growers, a 300-member group which voted last fall to spend money from dues to put up the signs.

“We’re kind of proud of it,” said Ben Barstow of Palouse, president. “Everybody should know about it. Everybody thinks of Kansas for wheat, but bushels-per-acre, this is the place.”

The signs will be placed on posts whi...