Wheat at the farm of Nicole Berg in Washington's Horse Heaven Hills shows signs of a drought so far in 2021, with a damaged curled head.
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'Somber harvest': Crops may fail, cattle sold as the NW descends into drought
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Nicole Berg wades into her stunted wheat field. Itâs so short and sparse, she doesnât think the combine can even reach the wheat without eating rocks.
âCombines donât like dirt and rocks,â Berg says. âThey get indigestion.â
Berg is a dryland wheat farmer in the sweeping Horse Heaven Hills of south-eastern Washington. She shows off one head of half-turned golden wheat amid a sea of them. Besides being too short, the plantâs kernels didnât fill out properly.