Grain in the Camas Prairie

Grain in the Camas Prairie that surrounds Nezperce in western Idaho

Grain fields in the Camas Prairie spread from horizon to horizon.

June 23, & 24 2007.

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Grain field in the Camas Prairie east of Nezperce in western Idaho

The present day Camas Prairie has many different faces, all wonderfully beautiful.

This is probably oats. If you recognize what type of grain this is please let me know.

The Camas Prairie is a plateau of approximately 200,000 acres lying between the Clearwater and Snake rivers. Over 100 years of cultivation has changed the rolling landscape into a patchwork quilt of wheat, canola, oat and hay fields. In late May the few small unplowed areas still burst forth with the familiar blue camas blooms.

Grain of some kind growing on the Camas Prairie

This is a close-up, can you tell if it is wheat or oats?

Contrasting patterns between grain & canola fields on Camas Prairie

Contrasting patters abound between grain and canola fields throughout the Camas Prairie.

Canola and grain on the Camas Prairie south of Nezperce in western Idaho

In addition to the contrasting fields this one has two vehicles driving down dirt roads leaving a trail of dust.

Grangeville grain elevators on the south end of Camas Prairie

Leaving Grangeville we see a familiar sight that will be with us all day and that is grain processing and storage facilities like this one.

Grain elevators and storage facilities come in all shapes and sizes on the Camas Prairie

Grain storage facilities come in all sizes and shapes in Grangerville on the Camas Prairie.

Camas Prairie grain in western Idaho

In a few months this grain field will be filling those storage facilities.

Grain field stretching to the horizon on Camas Prairie west of Nezperce, Idaho

How many storage facilities will it take to hold the grain produced in this field? Like many in the Camas Prairie this field stretches to the horizon.

Grain elevators continue to prolifirate outside the Camas Prairie in western Idaho

I don't understand it but grain loading and storage facilities continue to pop up generally where railroad lines run close to the highway as we leave the Camas Prairie behind heading to Lewiston.

I have to wonder why these grain elevators are located so far from the grain source

At this point we are 5 to 10 miles north of the Camas Prairie, where the bulk of the grain is grown, but these grain storage and handling facilities continue to appear along the rail line that parallels the highway in places.

This grain elevator is located around 25-miles north of the Camas Prairie where grain is grown

We are almost to Lewiston, which is about 25-miles north of the Camas Prairie, when we spot this large grain storage facility. What is it doing here? The location of this grain elevator really puzzles me.

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