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Impact from the drought varies from field to field, slope to slope, and farm to farm.

WASHINGTON-The full impact of the 2021 drought is beginning to show as farmers harvest a smaller-than-average wheat crop.

"The crop is probably 30% below the average," said Byron Behne, Senior Marketing Manager for Northwest Grain Growers in Walla Walla. "Last year was way above average; it was an exceptionally high-yielding year. We might handle half of the wheat that we did last summer."

Based on June 1 conditions, The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecast 2021 Washington wheat production...