Local farmers adopt wait and see approach to quality of this summer's harvest

Drought, late winter storms and vicious summer heat makes for an uncertain harvest. Even among local farmers, there is some disagreement about expected quality and yield of this year's winter wheat crop.

Logan Snyder, merchandiser at Scoular Grain, thinks it's still too early to speculate about the quality.

"The stuff coming off right now is from drier areas," he said.

Once the portions still containing moisture are cut, then farmers might have a better idea about the specifics of this year's crop.

"It'll be interesting to see what the wetter areas look like once they start coming off," Snyder...