WAITSBURG – During the months of July and August, the Touchet Valley is buzzing with activity as farmers harvest their crops, reaping the rewards of the year's labor. Even those not actively involved in the process take part as witnesses.

Drivers respectfully give heed as combines crawl along highways, making their way between fields, and children pump their arms in the air, begging truck drivers to blow the horn on their way through Main Street.

And while it doesn't require grain elevators or bank-out wagons, the Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) research station, located on the north end of Waits...