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Some Idaho Wheat Farmers Grapple with Low Falling Numbers as Harvest Ends

Late harvest rains in Idaho have caused sprout damage, resulting in low falling number test results in the last of the wheat to be brought in, the executive director of the state wheat commission says. "It is geographically widespread in that we’ve seeing reports of low falling number in both the northern and southern part of the state," Britany Hurst Marchant told the Capital Press. "However, because it happened at the very tail end of harvest, the volume of wheat damaged is quite low."

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