Technical Abstract: To sustain wheat production in the dryland regions of eastern WA, spring wheat must be included in soil conserving crop rotations. In the traditional winter wheat/fallow system, dust blowing from summer fallow fields or from winter wheat fields in the fall reduces soil quality and decreases the long-term sustainability of agriculture in this region. Winter wheat in a wheat/fallow system is also plagued with weed problems, such as downy brome and jointed goatgrass and diseases, such as take-all. Continuous cropping of spring wheat or rotating spring wheat with winter wheat or spring barley would reduce the number of fallow fields, increase residue cover on fields in the summer and fall, increase soil quality, reduce soil erosion, and the incidence of winter annual grass weeds and diseases. In the past, spring wheat production has not been profitable because the crop has been planted into fields managed for winter wheat. Under these conditions, spring wheat typically yields about two-thirds as much as a winter wheat crop. For spring cropping systems to be successful and profitable, cultivars and production management practices must be improved or established for this agronomic zone.