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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
The wheat harvest began last week in the Odessa area, following canola and peas. Yields and quality were said to be above average, although market prices have remain below desired levels.
The Odessa area wheat crop is now being harvested and delivered to the town's two grain cooperatives. The Odessa Trading Company (a division of Ritzville Warehouse) received an initial load of club wheat on July 1 in the Batum area southwest of Odessa, according to marketing manager Mark Cronrath. He estimates that about 30 to 35 percent of the wheat harvest has already been delivered to the Trading Company's rural and in-town stations.
Over at the Odessa Union Warehouse, marketing manager Pearson Burke reports that trucks laden with wheat began coming into that company's stations on July 11....
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