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A little Ukranian inspiration WASHINGTON EDUCATOR LEARNS TO APPRECIATE ADVANTAGES OF HOME

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ar from the rolling hills of the Palouse, while studying the dark soils of Ukraine, Washington State University extension educator Steve Van Vleet said he found a renewed appreciation for his homeland.

“It’s not the equipment, it’s not the ability, it’s not the farmland, it’s not drought that restricts them, it’s the education and some of the infrastructure,” Van Vleet said.

“It really shows you how powerful our education system is, but also how wonderful America really is.”

Van Vleet worked with Ukrainian farmers early this spring as part of a federally funded program that connects farmers across the globe. It was his first trip there, but his relationship with Ukrainian farmers started long before. For years, Van Vleet has hosted visiting farmers from Ukraine and worked with them on conservation tillage.

Van Vleet said the similarities between the Northwest region of the United States and Ukraine makes the partnership ideal.

Ukrainians face similar weather patterns as those in the Palouse and their soil is also high producing, he said.

“They have a very similar production system in Ukraine,” Van Vleet said.

Van Vleet said his trip to Ukraine reinforced his appreciation for the education and research done in American universities.

Farmers in Ukraine have no connection with the research done at the university, so the development of farming practices is slow and not widespread.

“They have a lot of their combines from

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Washington State University extension educator Steve Van Vleet, left, inspects the soil of a Ukrainian farmer.

Germany, but they also have John Deere everywhere,” he said. “But the small farms will still do it with the horse and the plow ... with the horse hauling seed in the cart.”

Old farming practices mean Ukrainian farmers are losing money. While watching

Still, he said Palouse and regional farmers could learn a lot about crop rotation from Ukrainian farmers. While regional farmers stick to one or two crops, Ukrainian farmers’ lands run the gamut.

“They’ll rotate corn, peas, winter wheat, sugar beets, winter rape seed, winter wheat and corn and sunflowers and back,” he said. “They’ll have up to 10 years of different rotation crops.”

Van Vleet said most regional farms could benefit financially from a rotation, especially with wheat prices in constant flux. The rotation from one crop to another also gives soils a chance to regain certain organic materials, extending the land’s production life-span.

He said, “We produce the best wheat in the world, but how long can we do that?”

Van Vleet said his trip to Ukraine reinforced his appreciation for the education and research done in American universities.

Farmers in Ukraine have no connection with the research done at the university, so the development of farming practices is slow and not widespread. the practices of area farmers, Van Vleet said he discovered they were wasting money by over-seeding their crops and many farms were over-tilled.

Van Vleet said if they don’t change their practices soon, their production may change for the worse.

They have great soil, he said, but the over-tilling means that in a few years they could lose it.

Sarah Mason formerly wrote for the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

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Many of these jobs require the expertise of college-trained professionals to operate high-tech equipment and make astute here’s good news and bad news marketing decisions. on the agriculture career front.

Durfey said he thinks the reason for the The good news is that there dearth of graduates going into agriculture are plenty of jobs available careers is mainly the lack of awareness of for young people looking for a future in the job opportunities. production or support agriculture.

“As a general public they think ag is From 2006 to 2008, jobs in the agristrictly out there working on the farm,” culture industry increased from 16,424 to Durfey said. “I don’t 27,938. think they realize The bad news how many other is that the number connections there of college graduates are.” seeking agriculture He points out careers has stayed that the median age fairly flat over the for farmers is 58. same time period.

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“We just don’t Durfey said, “that have enough kids we don’t have coming into ag enough of the roles,” said James younger generation Durfey, a senior coming back into instructor at production roles or Washington State all roles, all aspects, University. all across agricul“The first thing James Durfy, Washington State University ture. people think of is “We need to cows and plows get the word out, but there’s only what opportunities 1.7 percent of the population involved in there are. These jobs require the students’ agriculture and 18 percent of the people in willingness to travel, to go where the jobs ag are not in the production side of it. And are, but there are some great rewards. we just don’t have the people out there to “We need the new generation of kids fill those roles. That’s a serious problem.” coming out of high school to think about Since 2006 jobs in agriculture have roles in agriculture.” been increasing faster than the number of On the Net: There’s more information graduates coming out of agriculture colabout job opportunities in agriculture, as leges, Durfey said. well as a breakdown of college enrollments “I know students coming out of ag in the field at: www.agcareers.com technology will have two to three different job offers” by the time they graduate, Kathy Hedberg can be reached at (208) 983-2326, he said. “Good paying jobs” in the food or by email to kathyhedberg@gmail.com. industry and for companies such as Lamm Weston, Simplot and ADM.

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And we just don’t have the people out there to fill those roles. That’s a serious problem.”

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s Aaron Miles makes the 40-minute daily drive from Moscow to Lapwai, Idaho, he is reminded of the suffering and loss of identity his Nez Perce ancestors experienced at the hands of the federal government.

The Nez Perce Tribe was a horse-andland-based tribe until 1877 when Chief Joseph surrendered at the battle at Bear Paw, Mont., says Miles, natural resource manager for the Nez Perce.

“When the horse was taken from us, along with our weaponry, in 1877, we lost the breeding genetics earlier established by the tribe,” he said. “We were the horse

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Betsy Spaulding and her horse, Splash.

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The Nez Perce continued to lose lands and connections to their ancestry and heritage.

A large part of the Nez Perce identity revolved around the horse, yet today many tribe members don’t know how to take care of and ride a horse, says Miles. The federally funded University of Idaho extension service aims to bridge the gap between past and present Nez Perce lifestyles to include the horse.

The UI’s extension service established a free program in Lapwai in 2008 for people who don’t have access to their own horse but want to learn how to ride. Fort Hall and Coeur d’Alene have similar programs.

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Horses from Page 5 But extension programs like these are in danger of losing federal funding. Extension agent Valdasue Steele said the program doesn’t need a big budget. “I know where I can make cuts,� she said. “But I’m fairly optimistic we won’t lose it all.�

Steele should know if any budget cuts are made by the end of the month.

Steele uses her own horses, along with tribe horses, to teach skills related to leadership, communication and teamwork. “It builds confidence, being able to handle a horse,� she said.

Betsy Spaulding, who will be an eighthgrader at Lapwai Middle School in the fall, gained confidence, a sense of responsibility and time management from working with Steele and the horses. “I started riding at age 7 but then I had a bad experience and took a couple years off, and then I started riding with Val,� she said. “I’ve learned a lot and have a lot of fun. The horse always knows how I’m feeling and reacts to it.�

Steele begins every session with basic safety instruction, including picking up a foot, grooming and proper behavior around horses. Then, she teaches basic riding posture, balance and leading. After participants can safely ride in the arena, the final activity she hopes to share with them is a trail ride.

Steele educates 75 to 80 people, any age, in a given year through the horsemanship program.

Steele said she isn’t the real teacher.

“The horses are teaching the skills,� she said. “Horses are the best teachers.�

Miles hopes the horsemanship program gives children the chance to experience the horse culture of their ancestors. “It gives them a connection to the horse, in a tribal way, not a cowboy way,� he said.

Both he and Steele hope that the program can be completely run by tribal members in the future, so they can pass down their own horse culture to future generations and take on leadership roles within the tribe.

Along with the horsemanship program, Steele runs a 4-H horse club and teaches part of the Lapwai High School horse science class.

The tribe is rediscovering horse breeding. “Our hope is to understand where we’re going with the horse genetics,� Miles said.

They breed the Appaloosa and AkhalTeke, originally from Turkmenistan, to create a new horse commonly known as the Nez Perce Horse but in Nez Perce language called Sik’eem, or “horse.� The tribe hopes to sell horses from the breeding program but the difficult economic time creates a problem. “People are trying to sell horses, not looking to buy new ones,� he said. “But we just have to show people what makes our breed unique.� “We don’t live like our ancestors did,� he said. “But there are so many things we can do to keep our identity.�

Kasey Crawford is a Pullman freelance writer.

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By David Edwards for Northwest Farm and Ranch

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fter all the talk about budget cuts, state funding for county fairs in Washington and Oregon is safe for now. Idaho provides no state funding for county fairs.

According to the Washington State Fairs Association, the legislature has appropriated $3.5 million over two years for county fairs, down $500,000 from the $4 million provided for each of the past five bienniums.

In Oregon, the legislature voted this year to spend $3.58 million for the next two years, an increase of more than $750,000 from the past two years. John McCulley, secretary/treasurer of the Oregon Fairs Association, said the money comes from lottery dollars and will be divided equally among the counties, each getting about $36,000. The bill is awaiting the governor’s signature.

During Washington budget discussions, several proposals had been made to eliminate funding for county fairs, many with the support of Gov. Christine Gregoire.

Deeper cuts could have been significant for many fairs around the state.

Mike Cooper, Asotin County Fair Board director said in an interview with KLEW-TV in Lewiston, that “20 to 25 percent of our income or revenues is from the state and without that it will be tough

for us.”

The board of the Whitman County Fair, according to director Bob Reynolds, has “formulated plans to reduce expenditures in areas affected by the reduction in allocation dollars by the state.”

The Asotin County Fair receives about $35,000 while Whitman County gets $36,000 to $40,000 a year from the state appropriation.

Sen. Mark Schoesler, a Republican representing Washington’s 9th Legislative District, fought to keep funding for fairs from being eliminated.

“A few years ago we considered increasing funding for fairs,” he said. “We did a study that showed that fairs had a very strong economic impact. When the economy fell we weren’t able to give them their increase. In writing the current budget cuts, I felt that fairs had already given enough by not receiving that increase, particularly because the fairs have shown themselves to be very fiscally responsible.”

Schoesler said fairs are very important to many of the communities in Washington for agricultural education and fund raising.

Glen Landrus, FFA advisor at Asotin High School and director of the Asotin agricultural education program, generally has as many as 40 students exhibiting livestock and many more who exhibit other projects.

The fair gives students the opportunity, he said, to “develop transferable skills such as responsibility, time management, problem solving, communication, and citizenship.”

Reynolds said fairs provide a place for local organizations to run booths and perform services that help them raise money.

Also, the fair provides significant opportunities to contact the public for county services such as the health department and libraries, as well as 4-H Extension, the Red Cross, church groups, elected officials, and the USDA and its associated agencies.

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By Peggy Hayden for Northwest Farm and Ranch

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t was a cool Thursday in Clarkston when the Second Harvest mobile food bank provided fresh meat and produce to 300 needy families in just 55 minutes, much of it donated by farmers.

“It went lickety-split,” Dawn Love said about the food the truck was carrying.

She and Randy Schacht, both of Spokane, work for Second Harvest, a nonprofit organization that provides fresh produce and meats, donated by farmers, retailers and others, to food banks and area needy.

But people continued to seek free supplies long after the food was gone. Usually when the truck stops in Clarkston it serves about 250 families.

Love said they track stops and adjust how much food the truck carries to that location the next time it delivers.

“We will prepare for more in the coming distributions to Clarkston,” she said.

Food given out included 280 beef roasts, five-pound bags of french fries, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, peaches and nectarines, Schacht said.

The beef roasts delivered in Clarkston came from the Washington beef industry.

Nearly 8 million pounds of fresh produce donated to Second Harvest since July 1, 2010, came from Washington growers, said Rod Wieber, who works with growers and grocers on donations.

Second Harvest doesn’t just provide food directly to the needy, it also donates supplies to about 275 food banks throughout eastern Washington and northern Idaho.

The refrigerated trucks take perishable items to rural areas where food banks don’t have the ability to keep the quantity of food there is to hand out. Mobile food

bank trucks travel throughout the 21 counties in eastern Washington and the five counties in northern Idaho. The trucks are on the road delivering food three to five days a week.

Some locations receive more than one visit a year from the mobile food bank, like Clarkston, which gets three visits a year, Schacht said.

It depends on need, Love added.

Wieber said there are different ways farmers can donate. They can set aside acres for hunger relief, they can donate excess produce, or they can provide unmarketable items that are edible but may have a blemish that make them less desirable to grocers.

In return, Wieber said, farmers receive tax breaks and protection under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. Growers give produce in bulk bins and then volunteers repackage the items for distribution.

Second Harvest has two distribution centers, one in Spokane and one in Kennewick. Growers can call the distribution centers when they have donations and Second Harvest will pick them up.

The organization has a food sourcing team that stays in contact with growers who have donated in the past and arranges for future donations, but with the increased need new donors are always welcome, Wieber said.

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By Kelli Hadley for Northwest Farm and Ranch

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n a spring that saw far more rainfall than sunshine, Idaho farmers like Robert Blair can’t afford to ignore technological advances in agricul-

ture.

Blair uses autosteer, a yield monitor and Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) to keep his business alive — his advocacy for and success in precision agriculture got him named Precision Ag Farmer of the Year in 2009. The long-time Kendrick farmer said using the technology is effective in increasing yield, reducing costs and helping with environmental sustainability, but only about 10 percent of farmers in the nation, as well as in Idaho, use the newer equipment.

“You have to learn it,” Blair said. “And it does cost some money. The average age of a farmer is 55-59 years-old and they’ve been told their whole life, ‘Don’t trust anything electrical because you can’t depend on it.’

The other thing is ... a farmer knows what a tractor will do, he doesn’t understand what the newfangled technology will do, or at least what he considers newfangled.”

The most commonly used advanced technology on farms is autosteer because it’s easier to understand and see results, but Blair said the real benefit is in using a yield monitor’s imagery to mark where weeds are, see damage and spot other problems in a field.

“Take a year like this year, excessive moisture, excessive rainfall,” Blair said. “We can’t get out in the fields and plant. For insurance purposes, we have to take pictures.

As a farmer, you have to verify why you couldn’t get out in the field, so I can take aerial photos.”

Despite the low percentage of farmers accepting the technological advances, the

trend is catching on — however slowly.

“In the last year or two, out of five publications, at least one will have something on remote sensing which, a couple years ago, we never saw anything,” Blair said. “We have a young generation of men and women coming up that were raised on technology and ... if I can learn this stuff now, that will give my two boys a head start in doing better with it.”

In terms of the next generation of farmers, University of Idaho professor Dev Shrestha said students in his GPS and Precision Agriculture class seem to be more excited about learning the logistics of the equipment. The class is a requirement for four majors in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

“It’s a junior-level class, so there’s a lot of different hands-on (work) and the kids get excited about agriculture,” Shrestha said.

“Being able to apply real technology, they see ways to enjoy agriculture instead of the old-fashioned work.”

Shrestha said in teaching the information and methods at younger ages, it will make a big impact on the future of farming, as most students plan on using it when they leave college. In addition, he said, not all the precision technology requires buying completely new, expensive equipment — a lot of it is just built on to what already exists.

“It’s more efficient and less cumbersome,” Shrestha said. “I’ve heard stories about farmers falling asleep in their tractors and wrecking their machine because it’s a hot day and they don’t have to do as much ... other than that, there’s no drawbacks to using this kind of equipment.”

Kelli Hadley can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 234, or by email to khadley@dnews.com.

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around, who wants their land to still be used for farming. Once they do, I think they’re really relieved someone young is coming back home to farm.”

Under amendments to the Food Security Act, $25 million became available in 2008 for the transition of expiring CRP land from a retired or retiring owner or operator to a beginning or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher to return land to sustainable grazing or crop production land.

TIP provides land owners with up to two additional annual rental payments after the date of expiration of the CRP contract.

“It’s not only beneficial for the person receiving the ground to farm, but also for the person leasing it out,” Kiesz said.

Jim Knecht, Idaho’s Latah County executive director for the FSA, said the program is one way for young farmers to overcome obstacles while trying to make it into the agriculture business.

Daunting start up costs are associated with beginning a farm, he said, including finding land and equipment at an affordable price.

“The CRP contract holder is happy from the aspect of getting (additional) CRP rent off that ground and also they’re also helping someone get started in the business,” he said.

“It gives the young farmer an opportunity to get into the business without debt load.”

For information on TIP, go to the online services tab of the FSA’s website at www.fsa. usda.gov and click “TIP net” link on the right hand side of the page.

More information is also available by calling your local FSA office.

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After two years of exploring different jobs, including a stint doing turf management, he said, he was ready to come back to agriculture.

“After that, I just knew the farm was where I wanted to be,” he said.

One way to do that, he said, was to get to know older farmers who were looking for someone to work their land through the Farm Service Agency’s Transition Incentives Program, or TIP. Kiesz gained experience as a dry land wheat farmer working on his family farm near Ritzville, Wash., before furthering his education at WSU. Now, he’s looking to settle down with his wife and start a farm of his own near Ritzville, somewhere on the Palouse or wherever God opens a door for him, he said.

Through the program, farmers looking to retire from the business can place ads for land available to be farmed because it is ready to come out of the Conservation Reserve Program. Conversely, new or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers can place an ad letting older farmers know they’re available to work, lease or buy the land.

The program is available to retired or retiring farmers and beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and throughout the United States.

“Those farmers don’t know you’re out there if you’re not talking to them,” Kiesz said. “It’s important to get a sense of who’s

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Camelina boasts an oil that has tested well as a jet fuel.

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crop farmers might use to extend their two-year rotations to three might also be the newest green fuel for the aviation industry.

Bill Schillinger, a research agronomist at Washington State University, said camelina experiments that began four years ago show promise, not only as a food source, but as an industrial fuel.

“Camelina is a brassica oilseed crop with a pretty high oil content,” said Schillinger.

“It’s an excellent edible oil with a great omega 3 fatty acid composition.

“But the real interest is in aviation fuel.

The airlines and the Navy and Air Force are

going gaga over the possibility of camelina oil as a mix.”

Schillinger said tests have been conducted in jet aircraft using a 50/50 blend of standard aviation fuel with camelina oil.

The result show good performance coupled with a reduction in toxic exhausts.

The Air Force recently bought a half million gallons of camelina oil from producers in Montana, he said, and has tested it in F-16s and Thunderbird jets at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane.

“Now we need to figure out how to grow it,” he said.

Schillinger said research has been going on since 2008 to see if camelina can be See Camelina Page 13

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Camelina from Page 13 grown in a dryland cropping system with an average of 9.5 inches of rainfall a year. The first year it was grown there was only 6.5 inches of rain and the crop was “a complete disaster.”

The next year there were 8.5 inches of rain and the crop produced about 500 pounds of seed per acre. In 2010 rainfall was plentiful and the crop produced about 1,000 pounds of seed per acre.

“This year is another wet year and the camelina looks pretty good,” he said. “What it’s going to yield, I don’t know.”

One of the issues with camelina is that it does not produce a lot of residue, which calls for farmers to reduce tillage when they go from harvesting it to leaving a field fallow the next year. A field needs stubble during fallow years to hold the soil in place and add organic matter when wheat is seeded the following year.

“What we’re doing is non-invasive tillage, where we’re doing a slicing below the ground after camelina (has been harvested) trying to retain as much residue on the ground as possible,” Schillinger said.

“If camelina does come in as a crop, farmers are going to really have to watch their tillage.”

Despite its sensitivity to moisture, Schillinger said camelina has proven to be a hardy plant in the widely ranging temperatures of the area.

“It’s a tough crop, it doesn’t freeze out,” he said. “We’ve planted it as early as Oct. 1 and as late as March 15 and those tiny camelina plants will go into the winter even with no snow cover and howling winds and temperatures below 10 degrees below zero and last. We expected the camelina to be dead, but it made it through.”

Kathy Hedberg can be reached at (208) 983-2326 or by email to kathyhedberg@gmail.com.

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Once upon a time, there was this farmer ...

Items for Cropbusters are taken from The Edge,” Susan Engle’s popular daily column in the Lewiston Tribune Prize-winning rooster Once upon a time, there was a farmer in the fertilized egg business.

He had several hundred young laying hens, known as pullets, and 10 roosters.

The farmer kept meticulous records. Any rooster that didn’t perform up to par was quickly dispatched to the dinner table.

However, the farmer found that keeping a close eye on the activities of the 10 roosters took too much time. He purchased 10 sets of tiny bells and attached them to the roosters. Each bell had a different tone, so the farmer could tell which rooster was doing the job.

The farmer then sat on his porch throughout the day with a clipboard and a pen, noting the different ringing bells.

In due course, he replaced seven underperforming roosters and soon was at peak productivity.

After a couple of months, the farmer became concerned. The bells on his favorite rooster, Hank, had gone silent. The farmer went to investigate.

The nine other roosters in the pen were dashing about, bells ringing, while the pullets squawked and ran. The energy expended in the fertilization of just one egg was tremendous.

Old Hank had a different approach. He would hold his bells in his beak and sneak up on an available pullet, do his job and strut away. The farmer was stunned. When See Cropbusters Page 14

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By Peggy Hayden for Northwest Farm and Ranch

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new naturally occurring compound is awaiting Environmental Protection Agency approval to be marketed as a bio-pesticide to inhibit potatoes from sprouting in storage.

To be sure tubers don’t have eyes when they finally get to the consumer, they generally are sprayed with the herbicide chlorpropham or CIPC, which is effective but leaves behind a residue.

Because of the residue, CIPC needs to be applied in lower concentrations, requiring it to be used frequently in the storage period, and making potatoes less marketable internationally.

In 2005, Washington State University professor and researcher Rick Knowles

NEW SPROUT INHIBITOR SHOWS PROMISE discovered that saturated and unsaturated alpha-beta aldehydes and ketones provide a natural alternative to CIPC. The product licensed as SmartBlock TM is a naturally occurring compound, which is already used as a food additive and flavoring agent.

“The compound used is like the one that is found in the air when you mow your lawn, it gives you that fresh-cut grass smell,” Knowles said.

In trials Knowles found that potatoes treated with the compound didn’t sprout even when planted.

SmartBlock is being licensed and manufactured by AmVac, a company based in California. The hope, Knowles said, is that EPA approval will allow it on the market in the U.S. and Canada by harvest season

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SmartBlock when used with CIPC can increase sprout delay.

It also can be used alone with prolonged delay in sprouting and no residue. The compound is volatile and is applied as a thermal fog in storage units. When fresh air is flushed through the storage unit 24-hours later no residue is left behind.

It functions differently then CIPC in that it works directly on the skin of the potato to stop the pores from producing spores — it “burns out” sprouts, Knowles said. With CIPC, the residue keeps the spud

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he totaled the numbers, it turned out Hank was doing the job of three roosters.

The farmer rotated out the underperformers and decided to showcase the intelligence of his smart and sneaky rooster. He entered Hank in the county fair, where the rooster became an overnight sensation with judges who thought they’d seen everything.

At the fair’s end, Hank had been awarded the chicken world’s top honors. We’re sure you’ve heard of them.

The No Bell Piece Prize and the Pullet Surprise.

Doesn’t that just crack you up?

The resurrection A young preacher came upon a farmer working in his field on a Sunday. Concerned about the man’s soul, he asked, “Are you laboring in the vineyard of the Lord, my good man?”

The farmer replied, “Nope, these are garbanzo beans.”

“You don’t understand,” the preacher said. “Are you lost?”

“Lived here all my life,” the farmer

from sprouting.

Knowles sees SmartBlock being used at organic potato farms, which could increase the marketability of U.S.-grown spuds in foreign markets that have not wanted them because of the pesticides used.

Even without being used in organic farming, SmartBlock is expected to increase the sale of potatoes in foreign markets because it is all natural and does not leave a residue.

AmVac is currently conducting worldwide trials in France, Japan and other countries as well.

Peggy Hayden can be reached at (208) 848-2265, or by email to phayden@lmtribune.com. answered.

“But are you prepared for the resurrection?” the frustrated preacher asked.

The farmer considered. “When’s it gonna be?”

The young preacher replied, “It could be today, tomorrow or the next day.”

The farmer wiped his brow and remarked, “Well, don’t mention it to my wife.

She don’t get out much and she’ll wanna go all three days.”

Pickin’ and groanin’ On cold winter nights, Henry, an elderly Washington farmer, liked nothing more than stretching out in his recliner in front of a roaring fire.

One evening, just after Henry had lit the fire, he fell asleep. Several hours later he was jolted from his nap by a deepening chill. He realized his fire had burned out and all that was left were embers.

Henry grabbed a poker and attempted to stir the fire and reignite the flame. About that time, a breeze gusted over the Palouse prairie and blew right down his chimney, covering him with ashes.

His asthma was immediately aggravated and he had to be hospitalized.

The moral of the story?

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BVD is a viral disease in which an animal has a fever and diarrhea for a few days before shedding the virus and returning to health.

Holly Neibergs, assistant animal scientist at Washington State University, said other animals can catch the virus through things like “rubbing their nose on them or eating poop from the grass.” Neibergs and other researchers and companies in the area are

finding ways to prevent and treat the virus.

BVD can set back a whole herd.

Neibergs said, “If you have 200 animals in a pen, and you get one that’s sick, and then it makes everybody else sick, then that’s kind of a bummer because you’re losing a lot of gain for an extended period of time.”

Worse, Neibergs said, is when animals are “persistently infected.” Such animals result when a pregnant cow gets infected and her calf is before Day 150 of gestation.

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“It would be great because when you’re selecting your bulls, they can just genetically test those bulls and ... you could tell whether they were going to be susceptible or not,” Neibergs said. “So it would be another thing to select animals on ... but this would be a health statistic.”

BVD is a sub-disease of a larger ailment among cattle, bovine respiratory disease, which Neibergs said is the most costly infectious disease among cattle.

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Neibergs hopes to allow ranchers to select animals resistant or less susceptible to the virus.

Neibergs and her team are looking at DNA differences between cattle that are susceptible to disease and cattle that aren’t.

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