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Josh Chandler forms a loaf of Sicilian bread as other loaves wait on a rack, ready to be put into the oven early on a recent morning at the Buhrmaster Bakery in Selah. The bakery has been forced to raise the price of its bread by 50 cents and pastries by 25 cents. The high cost of flour “makes it pretty tough right now,” says owner Larry Buhrmaster, left.
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Josh Chandler measures out flour as he makes sweet dough for cinnamon rolls and sticky buns at the Buhrmaster Bakery in Selah on a recent morning. The rising price of flour and other other ingredients has forced the bakery to raise the price of each pastry by 25 cents.
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The price of breads and pastries is rising because of the high cost of flour. Josh Chandler pulls a tray of just-baked Sicilian bread from the oven early on a recent morning at the Buhrmaster Bakery in Selah. The price of flour has doubled in the past year and the bakery has been forced to raise the price of its bread by 50 cents and pastries by 25 cents. The high cost of flour "makes it pretty tough right now," says owner Larry Buhrmaster.
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Keith Burkhart sprays herbicide on a fallow field on his Horse Heaven Hills wheat farm south of Prosser while green winter wheat fields stretch to the horizon. Burkhart, a fourth-generation grower, expects high wheat prices to come back down, so he’s not upgrading his equipment this year.
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With winter wheat still just green shoots in the background, Keith Burkhart and his stepdaughter, Anne Guizzo, mix herbicide April 1 at their Horse Heaven Hills farm south of Prosser.
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