Rain Ruins Skagit Oat Crop
Heavy autumn rains destroy most of the Skagit Valley oat harvest, forcing local suppliers to look toward Eastern Washington.
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The oat crop of the Skagit Flats was nearly all damaged by the heavy rain of the last two weeks, little of it having been harvested before the rains set in, so that there is little more than enough to supply the local demand, and it may be necessary to ship from Eastern Washington. The attention of the farmers has been taken up with saving the oat crop that they have given little time to baling hay, and the supply coming in is slight.
“Little of it having been harvested before the rains set in.”
Climate and weather have always dictated the stability of the region's agricultural output. The reliance on regional supply chains—shifting from Skagit fields to Eastern Washington—remains the blueprint for how the state manages food security today.
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