Impending cold snap not likely to harm winter wheat - Capital Press

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A cold snap predicted for this weekend isn’t likely to set off alarm bells for wheat farmers.

Temperatures are likely to fall below zero in northern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle, said Jeremy Wolf, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Spokane.

Amber Hauvermale, a Washington State University research assistant professor, in her lab on the WSU campus in Pullman. Hauvermale will provide an update on industry efforts to improve rapid testing for falling numbers in the field and at grain elevators during the Spokane Ag Show.

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