Never been a crop failure in the Palouse, I think, never!

The area abounds in deep, rich soil and an abundance of rain at the critical time in the spring.

Not this year. Of course, the soil hasn’t changed. But the rains didn’t come.

One farmer I know reported only about 60% of normal yields.

The only good news about the harvest is that the wheat prices were up.

When I was a student in high...