AUGUST 1, 2022 • DAILYBAROMETER.COM • VOL. CXXVII NO. 11
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Nine Fulbright Awards were earned by OSU faculty, a distinction that considers OSU as a “top producing” university. 7
New zoning structures for the City of Corvallis aim to implement mixed-use development zoning in the future. 12
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Upward momentum: incoming Beavers bolster football ranks By LARA RIVERA & HALEY STARK News Contributors Following an unusually wet and cold spring, signs throughout the Corvallis Farmers’ Market warn of possible delays and shortages in produce. Many vendors described difficulties adjusting to the unpredictable weather experienced throughout the Willamette Valley. For Chad Shinn, owner of Camron Ridge Farmstead, the constant rain and cold temperatures of earlier this year made it extremely difficult to plant certain crops on time.
“Really the rain affects our succession planning,” Shinn said. “Succession planning for us, like you know we’re gonna plant beets every three weeks. We might miss one. We might miss two. So there’s going to be a gap.” Fluctuations in spring temperature led to crop waste for some farmers. According to Corvallis Farmers’ Market Manager Aurora Ashkar, the heat in early spring led to flowering, which was then disrupted when temperatures plummeted back down into the 30 degree Fahrenheit range. Beth Hoinacki, owner of Goodfoot Farm, experienced similar losses in her own fields due to the weather. “It’s definitely reduced our early season crops,” Hoinacki said. “We weren’t able to get into the fields when we typically do, and so a lot of the work that we do early in the season like starting plants in our propagation house, those had to be tossed out because we didn’t have ground to plant them in, for example.” Though the wet spring took a toll on many of the vendors at Corvallis Farmers’ Market, they were still able to adapt to or even benefit from the unique situation. Tal Singh, co-owner of Riverland Family Farms, is one such farmer. According to Singh, this year has been
positive compared to the previous one, as his tomato plants suffered in 2021’s heat wave. Singh greatly benefited from having 12 out of 20 acres of his farm covered by hoop houses, also known as high tunnels. These structures protected his crops from the harsh rain and cold weather outside. Using high tunnels to combat weather conditions was a common trend among farmers at the market. Shinn attributed the use of high tunnels to saving his farm’s early season. “We’re probably a month and a half behind with the growing season for us because we’re just really a small family farm,” Shinn said. “We have a couple of high tunnels; you know, without the high tunnels we would basically not have any kind of revenue at the beginning of the year. We’re actually just now starting our year where usually we would have been FARMERS’ MARKET Continued on page 2
By RYAN HARLAN Sports Contributor With Oregon State Football coming off their first bowl game appearance since 2013 and going undefeated at home, the Beavers have used that success to build the 6th ranked 2022 recruiting class in the PAC-12. So far, this is the highest ranked recruiting class in the tenure of Head Coach Jonathan Smith. The 2022 recruiting class brings 25 new players into the fold of the returners from last year’s football team. The class looks to replace the talent that departed from last year along with continuing the success that last year brought to the Beavers. Offensive position recruits include freshman running back Damien Martinez, and freshman offensive lineman Dylan Lopez. UPWARD MOMENTUM Continued on page 10