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Associated Press: The federal government has awarded a $20 million grant to universities in Washington, Oregon and Idaho that is designed to ensure that wheat farming in the Pacific Northwest will survive climate change.
The five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will study the relationship between climate change and cereal crops, primarily winter wheat. Wheat is the No. 1 export through the Port of Portland, the largest wheat-export harbor in the U.S.
The study will focus on northeastern Oregon,......
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$20 million funds study to ensure NW wheat survives climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 19th, 2011
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