Trucked wheat earning less


Portland wheat exporters are paying $1.20 to $1.25 less per bushel to growers transporting wheat by truck.

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Portland wheat exporters are paying $1.20 to $1.25 less per bushel to growers transporting wheat by truck.

Many Willamette Valley farmers don’t have access to rail or barge, and collecting grain by truck is more labor intensive.

Many Willamette Valley farmers also don’t have storage facilities that would allow them to hold wheat until prices improve, said Tammy Dennee, executive director of the Oregon Wheat Growers League.

“If you don’t have on-farm storage, your only delivery point is to the export facility,” Dennee said.

“The infrastructure today does not adequately support this level of production” she said. “And it is horribly unfortunate for our growers to be faced with that kind of dockage.”

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