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MARCH 2022

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BEEFING UP PROCESSOR

CAPACITY

USDA has not speciﬁed how much additional capacity is being targeted

By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press

fter college, Patrick Robinette managed a feedlot in Nebraska for five years. When his father-in-law fell ill, he and his wife, Amy, returned to the family farm in North Carolina to manage the cattle operation. About 10 years ago, they reopened a shuttered processing plant in Micro, N.C., with a capacity of 100 head per day. In the 12 years before opening the facility, Robinette said he was at the mercy of the cattle Patrick markets and had his share of losses. “The system is a complete market manipulation,” Robinette he said, adding that the strings are being pulled by processors, distributors, retailers and even USDA. “I’m not satisfied with ‘this is as good as it gets,’” he said. Sierra Dawn McClain/Capital Press File In part, he said, that’s why he joined U.S. Cattlemen’s AssoA plant manager walks through rows of carcasses at a meat processing facility. The USDA is considering how to create more competition ciation, where he serves as chairman of the independent processors committee. among processors. Like many cattlemen, he contends the four major packers — Tyson Foods, Cargill, National Beef and JBS — have too much leverage, controlling 85% of the market. For years, cattle producers have voiced frustration over packer concentration, saying it gives producers little bargaining power and shows up in low prices for their cattle. The Biden administration agrees and has taken it one step further, accusing the Big Four of pandemic profiteering and blaming them for the recent increases in the price of meat. Address Service Requested

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This month we continue a series of sourdough recipes originally published in the Capital Press in the late 1960s. Alaska’s oldtimers and pioneers are called “Sourdoughs.” They earned this nickname from their habit of carrying with them a little crock of yeast starter so they would always have the makings for pancakes or bread, no matter how far they were from civilization. Many modern Alaskans have carried on the Sourdough tradition of hospitality and heart, homemade breads. These recipes are from the Alaskan tradition. This bubbly white liquid must be tended carefully, and fed regularly to remain viable. To replenish the amounts used in baking, the night before, add a cup of warm water and 2 cups of flour to the starter and leave it in a warm place.

Starting a sourdough pot

The best way to start a sourdough pot is to find someone who will share his “starter” with you. But if no such sourdough baker can be found, you can start one in you own kitchen from things you already have on hand. Mix together in a crock or jar: 2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon dry yeast dissolved in 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons sugar Then simply allow the flour-yeast mixture to sit in the covered crock in a warm place for two or three days, stirring once or twice a day.

March 2022 2 teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons sugar (according to taste) 1/2 cup melted shortening or margarine 2 eggs 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in a small amount of water, added just before frying the cakes with as little stirring as possible.

Sourdough chocolate cake

By Dana You now have your own sourdough starter, a bubbly white liquid (whether thick or thin depends on the cook’s inclination), which you must “feed” and protect like a living thing (which, in a sense, it is). You will use a certain amount of this starter in baking so before you bake, usually the night before, add a cup of warm water and a couple cups of flour and leave it in a warm place. In the morning you will have enough starter in the sourdough pot so you can remove the amount you need for baking and still have some left to refrigerate for future use. You can store your starter in the refrigerator for two weeks with no harm. If you are going to be too busy to bake for a month or longer, stick a cup of starter in a small con-

tainer and freeze it. Excess heat could kill the starter, so make sure the crock doesn’t come in contact with a lighted burner. Don’t worry if the starter separates into a more fluid layer on top or even if it begins to turn different colors, except orange. Sourdoughs say your starter can be used safely if it’s any color other than orange. If it should turn orange, it’s time to prepare another starter. If your starter seems a little flat, this can be remedied by occasionally adding a little more dry yeast along with water.

Sourdough hot cakes

1 cup thick starter 1/4 cup dry skim milk

1/2 cup thick starter 1 cup warm water 1/4 cup dry skim milk 1 1/2 cups flour Mix these ingredients together and let them sit in a warm place until the mixture smells yeasty, and a little like sour milk. This will take two or three hours. Then cream together: 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon cinnamon One at a time, add 2 eggs, beaten after each addition. Then stir in 3 squares (ounces) melted unsweetened chocolate. Add this creamed mixture to the sourdough with an electric beater. Pour into 2 layer pans or an angelfood pan and bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes, being careful to make sure he cake is done before removing it from oven. This makes a very moist chocolate cake. See Kitchen, Page A14

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Calendar

Continued from Page A2

WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY MARCH 23-26

High Desert Stampede: Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond, Ore. This annual ProRodeo Tour stop is going forward the last weekend in March as one of the top 60 rodeos in the country. We are expanding to three nights to give contestants and fans additional opportunities to participate. Let’s rodeo! For the full schedule, go to the website: https://bit.ly/33tT2hE Contact: 844-414-2242, info@highdesertstampede.com

FRIDAY-SUNDAY MARCH 25-27

Northwest Horse Fair and Expo: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Satur-

day and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Linn County Fair and Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Road E, Albany, Ore. The Northwest Horse Fair and Expo is a huge horse expo packed with family-friendly fun, exciting equine entertainment and education. It features daily clinics with top-notch trainers and riders; Colt Starting Challenge USA; stunning stallions and beautiful breeds performing daily; giant trade show; and much more. More information: https://bit.ly/3rvKaA9 or 765-720-2098.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY MARCH 26-27

Central Oregon Agricultural Show: 9 a.m. Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond, Ore. Welcome to the first-ever Central Oregon Agricultural Show, featuring exhibitors, presentations,

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SATURDAY-TUESDAY MARCH 26-29

California FFA State Leadership Conference: Golden 1 Center, 500 David Stern Walk, Sacramento, Calif. More than 7,000 FFA members will gather for this year’s convention in Sacramento. Website: https://bit. ly/3sgmiRr

TUESDAY MARCH 29

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Legislative Conference. 5:30-8:30 p.m. J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C. The conference will focus on federal policy. Website: www.ncba.org See Events, Page A7

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here’s been a slow drift towards cultural diversity amongst the cowboy clan and it hasn’t always been pretty. I witnessed this trend firsthand when I leased a ranch from a cheapskate owner who was bordered on the back side by two more cheapskate owners, each waiting for the others to fix the deplorable fence that divided us. (I think they were afraid of cutting their carrying capacity). As an astute barb wire collector, I can tell you that the first wire strung on the old fence was of the Kettleson Half Hitch genus and species that was patented in 1878, and some of that wire was repaired and replaced with a more modern version, Wright #2 to be specific, patented in 1894. The only

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Cowboy diversity other wire on the old cedar posts was a patch job here and there with “Japanese Suicide, Scars, Scabs and Stitches” brand. Thanks to the huge prices we were getting for calves back then (not), the three owners decided to each contribute one cowboy to the job with the cost to be shared equally. (The cost budgeted would have been more than their ancestors had paid for their entire ranches!) On the morning of fence-ﬁxin’ day we all

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arrived on horseback, which was the only way to get to the bad fence. It was a clash of cultures so diverse war almost ensued. I was there as a proud representative of the vaquero tradition and a Texas cow puncher was present wearing his pants stuﬀed into very tall boots and huge batwing chaps that were heavily scarred by South Texas brush. Displayed prominently and resting in a pommel bag on his saddle was a six gun, which frightened me because I had come to the fence-ﬁxin’ unarmed. The two of us twiddled our thumbs until the third ranch representative arrived. It seems the

Great Basin buckaroo was late because it took him 30 minutes to dress his horse. I’d never seen so many ropes and fancy knots! He wore a flat brimmed hat and what he called “packer boots”, which were lace-up cowboy boots, which I thought defeated the whole purpose of boots because cowboys wear them so we don’t have to tie any laces. In true cowboy fashion none of us was happy to be at the fence-fixin. Any cowboy worth his salt would sooner herd sheep, cut hay, wallow in manure, or be drug by a horse rather than fix fence. Hostilities began immediately on the very first

post hole we dug. Or tried to dig. Each of us had brought what he considered the necessary equipment. My horse Gentleman and I drug an extra horse behind us that was loaded down with a gas-powered auger, a can of gasoline, wire stretchers, tee posts and a post pounder. The Texan, who was not interested in anything mechanical, brought a digging bar and a sardine can, and the Great Basin buckaroo brought a roll of sheep fence. We should have brought a jackhammer. I set up the two-man auger and the Texas cotton picker and I held on tight while I pulled the rope. We made it through three inches of topsoil before hitting solid bedrock and broke the pin that held the auger to the engine. Next, the Texan got his digging bar and went to work walloping away at the rock. After 20 minutes of back breaking work he See Pitts, Page A14

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Spring Farming Days at Pomeroy: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Garfield County Fairgrounds, 99 Fairgrounds Road, Pomeroy, Wash. Horse farming and antique equipment displays. No entry fee. Fun for the whole family. Contact: 509-566-7027

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2022 Idaho FFA State Convention: College of Southern Idaho, 315 Falls Ave., Twin Falls, Idaho. More than 1,400 FFA members from around Idaho will gather for this year’s convention. Website: https://bit. ly/3J2JAB1

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Free Waste Pesticide Collection Event in Ontario: Simplot Grower Solutions, 1700 SW Fourth St No. 4344, Ontario, Ore. The Oregon Department of Agriculture through the Pesticide Stewardship Partnership is sponsoring a Free Waste Pesticide Collection Event. This event is an opportunity for landowners, farmers and other commercial pesticide users to rid storage facilities of unwanted or unused pesticide products. Registration for this event is required by April 15. Contact: Kathryn Rifenburg, 971-600-5073, kathryn. rifenburg@oda.oregon.gov Website: https://bit. ly/3Km8Eo5

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MAY 4-5

Western Food Safety Conference (in-person and virtual): Hartnell College, Salinas, Calif. The conference will focus on fresh produce safety. Website: www.hartnellfoundation.org

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92nd Washington FFA Convention: Location to be determined. Join us for the live, in-person 92nd Washington FFA Convention. Website: https://www. washingtonffa.org/

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Dairy Tech 2022 Conference: Austin Marriott Downtown, Austin, Texas. Hosted by the International Dairy Foods Association and dairy.com, the conference will focus on the impact of technology and innovation in the industry. Website: https:// www.idfa.org/events/dairytech-conference

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California State Fair & Food Festival: Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd., Sacramento, Calif. The California State Fair is dedicated as a place to celebrate the best the state has to offer in agriculture, technology, and the diversity of its people, traditions, and trends that shape the Golden State’s future. Website: https://calexpostatefair.com/

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Capacity

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Government intervention

On Jan. 3, the administration announced it would invest $1 billion to expand meat and poultry processing capacity — with a focus on small and mid-sized independent processors — to increase competition. “Without meaningful competition, farmers and ranchers don’t get to choose who they sell to,” President Joe Biden said in announcing the investment. Producers have to take the prices processors want to pay, and corporations can use their power to overcharge grocery stores and, ultimately, families, he said. “And the big companies are making massive profits,” he said. Expanding local meat processing is critical to keeping dollars in the communities where the wealth is being generated, said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, right, accompanied by from left, Attorney General Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden, and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, speaks during a virtual meeting with family and independent farmers and ranchers at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington Jan. 3 to discuss work to boost competition and reduce prices in the meat-processing industry. “For far too long we’ve had an extraction economy in rural America where these guys work 24/7, 365 days a year raising cattle, and then they transport them hundreds of miles away and the profits basically go thousands of

miles away,” he said. USDA has not specified how much additional capacity is being targeted or for which species, but much of the discussion on the need for more capacity focuses on the cattle sector.

Cattle processing capacity was tight even before the pandemic, but it was greatly exacerbated by plant worker illness and new safety protocols. The spread between boxed beef prices and fed cattle prices was off the

charts early in the pandemic. By the second week of May 2020, the spread reached $279 per hundredweight, the largest since mandatory price reporting began in 2001. The average spread from 2016 through 2018 was $21, according to a USDA investigation. By the last week of April, nearly 40% of U.S. beef processing capacity was idled due to COVID-19 illness among plant employees, reducing packer demand for cattle. At the same time demand for beef skyrocketed as consumers reacted to the possibility of shortages in grocery stores, USDA reported. Nonetheless, cattle producers’ accusations of market manipulation reached fever pitch. In addition to expanding independent processing, the administration intends to increase market transparency, strengthen producer protections and enforce existing antitrust laws.

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“That’s too big,” he said.

Not convinced

The bottlenecks that reduced cattle “Expanded processing opens opportunities prices and raised beef prices were caused and pathways for cattle producers to diversify by an oversupply of cattle and a limited supply of labor to get beef to consumers, their marketing,” Robinette said. They can still sell to feedlots, but they can said Don Close, senior animal protein anaalso process animals through smaller facilities lyst for the agricultural lender Rabobank. If cattle supplies and processor capacity and sell retail and whole and half carcasses. come into balance, it will neutralize With more options and increased comthe situation, he said. petition, it’s also an opportunity to But he’s not convinced governmake major packers “take cattle proment investment to expand producers seriously,” he said. cessing capacity is the solution “You get a facility built, you open or would be without unintended another lane for producers to go. You’ll be able to be the wholesaler and retailer Don Close consequences. The biggest challenge to beef proand be all the other hands that have been cessing capacity is labor availability, and in your pocket,” he said. Ultimately, that raises returns to producers. new processing plants would likely have On the flip side, if cattle are diverted away the same problem. He doesn’t see strucfrom the established system, packers are tural limitations in the current system and going to have to get more aggressive in what is impressed with how well plants, albeit old, are maintained and updated, he said. they pay cattle producers, he said. “If we’re fully using capacity, I’m not “Packers are getting an exorbitant amount convinced we need additional plants. I of profit, and they’re not sharing,” he said. The last price spread he’s seen showed a am not at all opposed to new plants, but $1,900 per head spread between what pack- there’s a huge risk of overbuilding before ers were paying cattle producers and the price this is done,” Close said. they received for the beef,” he said.

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There are already two new beef processing plants under construction in Idaho, a new one opened in Missouri about a year ago, and JBS is expanding capacity at two Nebraska plants. In addition, National Beef plans to go to double shifts at its Iowa Premium plant, he said. The new plants already in play would increase capacity by 4,000 head a day but won’t come online until 2024. There are also press releases from other companies wanting to expand, which might not come to fruition, he said, adding that the sum of all the current and proposed projects would increase capacity by 14,000 head a day, he said. “Given the existing U.S. cattle herd, we need to expand capacity 4,000 to 5,000 (head) a day,” Close said. On top of that, the cattle herd is declining. The U.S. cattle inventory peaked in January 2019, slaughter accelerated in 2021 due to drought and is likely to continue in 2022, he said. “We’re contracting cattle supply at the same time we’re trying to build these facilities. New facilities entering the market will be met with a lot of competition,” he said. USDA’s Jan. 1 cattle inventory report, released Jan. 31, showed a 2% reduction year over year. A reduction of 1% to 1.5% in 2022 would put the cattle supply at a low point in 2023, Close said. The administration hasn’t released any parameters on the size of processing facilities it wants to promote in its new investment plan but it’s probably small to medium plants with capacities of up to 1,500 head a day, he said. “There will be a number of them that prove to be highly successful. There will be a bigger share that are going to find a difficult business environment,” Close said. It doesn’t make sense for the government to be injecting this money into expanding processing, he said. In addition to more capacity already in the works and a shrinking cattle herd, there is an axiom in the business that a new processing facility has to change hands three times before it becomes profitable. “Typically, that holds very true,” Close said. “The idea of building a number of small plants regionally obviously has a high level of appeal when you say it,” he said. But there’s a reason larger plants are located where they are — access and availability of local cattle, a regional workforce and freight advantages, he said. Any increase in capacity of new players will increase cattle prices temporarily, but he doesn’t think it would last. That would figure into the price of beef, and that price can only run up so much before consumers are unwilling to pay, Close said.

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‘14 CASE IH 580Q, 4,200-hrs, clean, HD hyd pump, 6-valves, Jake, 36” tracks........................................ $240,000 ‘15 CASE IH 580Q, PTO, 4400-hrs, NAV II controller, 700-monitor, Jake, twin hyd pumps, 36” tracks, rebuilt axles ................ $260,000 ‘12 CASE IH 500 QUADTRAC, 6,200 HRS., 36” TRACKS, PTO...$210,000 ‘09 CASE IH QUADTRAC, PTO, 36” TRACKS, 9300 HRS., CONSIGN‘104,200-hrs, CASE IH 485Q, 3-pt,pump, Lux cab, 6300-hrs, 30” ‘14MENT...$135,000 CASE IH 580QT, clean, PTO, HD hyd $ tracks............................................................................... 135,000 6-valves, Jake, 36” tracks..............................................$240,000 ‘89 CASE IH 9170, lots of recent work, 13,900-hrs, 24.5-32’s .... CALL ‘19 CASE IH 420, PTO, 710/70x42 duals, 4v, 2214hrs . $259,000 CAT HRS.......................................................$45,000 ‘19 75E, CASE 10,500 IH MAGNUM 180, 1092 hrs ...................... $157,500 JD TRACTOR............................................$50,000 ‘159300 CASEWHEEL IH 500QT, PTO, 36”, 6V, 4823 hrs.................$220,000 ‘12 CASE IH 500QT 36”, PTO, 5V, 6743 HRS........................$200,000 ‘09 CASE IH 535QT, PTO, 36”, 9300 hrs., consigned................$135,000 ‘09 CASE IH 485QT 36”, 6613 hrs..............................$135,000 ‘02 CASE IH 450QT, 36”, PTO, 11,600 hrs ................... $120,000 ‘99 CASE IH 9380OT, 30”, 11,000 hrs............................$55,000 ‘08 JD 9530T, 36” 85%, PTO, eng. ohv@9000, 12633 hrs $90,000 RENTAL RETURN, ‘91 JD 8760, duals, clean, 11,900 hrs.............................. $25,000 40’ double drill D20 speed, duals ............................ $12,000 ‘79 STEIGERdisc ST325,

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The industry and the administration have talked extensively about the four largest meatpackers controlling 85% of the market, but that structure hasn’t changed in the last 10 years and only changed 5% in the last 20 years, Close said. But cattle producers have been upset, and there’s been a lot of public attention on food inﬂation, particularly meat, he said. “Has that (concentration) been a handy scapegoat for the administration to divert attention? Yeah, I think it’s been real convenient,” Close said. The U.S. cattle inventory increased by 6 million head from 2014 to 2019, and little was done to increase capacity during that time, he said. See Packers, Page A13

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Packers

U.S. commercial and farm slaughter

Continued from Page A11

“So a lot of this stress that is on the system today is from the cattlemen’s actions, not the packers’ actions. A lot of the issues cattlemen are fighting today have been brought on by an increase in supply and no increase in slaughter capacity,” Close said. Packers have had attractive margins, but they’re probably overstated from the reality they’re dealing with. Entry level wages at packing plants have increased by one-third compared with pre-pandemic levels, and material and transportation costs have increased about 25%, he said. “The same inflationary pressures impacting producers and consumers are impacting everyone in the middle of that chain as well,” he said.

Profitability factor

While the administration is talking about expanding all meat and poultry processing, most of the criticism of the system seems to be focused on the cattle sector, said Jayson Lusk, director of Purdue University’s Department of Applied Economics. But cattle processing capacity is fuzzy. It’s not just brick and mortar and steel and iron. Processors have the ability to run on weekends, and they’ve done that. It also involves people; a plant can’t run without people, he said. “So capacity is a bit more nebulous than it might seem,” Lusk said. Cattle slaughter capacity has been pretty tight for a couple of years, and it’ll take two to three years to bring more capacity online. So the question becomes: What does the industry look like two to

(Thousand head)

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cessors would go out of business, Lusk said. “From a producer’s standpoint, adding more capacity will be supportive to cattle prices — but they have to stay in business,” he said. The pandemic aside, times were lean the last few years for cattle producers because of the large number of cattle. But the industry is probably moving into a cattle cycle that’s going to be more profitable for producers, he said. The administration is trying to be responsive to cattle producers and address retail inflation, he said. “I don’t think it’s going to change anything soon. But

2020

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Sheep

four years from now? Economists have been forecasting lower cattle numbers over Jayson the next few Lusk years, he said. The government’s investment is “going to do nothing in the short run. In the longer run, adding more capacity — all things being equal — would bring higher prices for cattle producers,” Lusk said. But all things aren’t equal, he said. Even before the federal government announced investments, states and private industry were investing in processing capacity, he said. His concern is “we wake up in a world three or four years from now and we have a lot of packing capacity relative to the amount of cattle on feed,” he said. That would make it hard for packers, especially those that don’t have economies of scale. It’s not only possible but likely the government will pour money into expanding processing and those pro-

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it helps them tell the story they’re doing something,” Lusk said. The cattle cycle ebbs and flows, and profitability determines the size of the packing industry. The focus needs to be on making it more profitable in the long run to have more capacity in the system, he said.

Options and competition

Back in North Carolina, Robinette said the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association welcomes the government’s investment. “It’s a starting point, it gets us going,” he said. While $1 billion is minute in the bigger picture, it will encourage other lenders to invest in rural communities — boosting rural economies, he said. “Government investment will move the needle, You’ll start seeing private invest-

Source: USDA-NASS

ment banks jumping on the bandwagon, too,” he said. And cattle producers who are stuck in the system will have options, he said. “It opens the door for new market avenues for our producers to be able to say, ‘I want more for my cattle,’” he said. But it has to be smart investment — facilities with capacities between a Cargill and a country butcher shop, he said. “The intent is to have local and regional systems,” he said. The administration is still writing the rules, but his hope is it won’t result in thousands of very small facilities — that aren’t going to be impactful — or a couple of mega facilities. “We have to take this opportunity to redefine the structure, create a model,” he said.

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knelt down and removed a sardine can full of dirt. The Great Basin buckaroo scoﬀed at our pathetic examples of the cowboy persuasion and said, “Don’t you halfwits know nuthin”? You don’t dig

postholes in ground like this, you build them.” Then he told us about “rock jacks,” which I’d seen on my travels in Nevada, the Dakotas and eastern Oregon. (They even have a champion rock jack competition in Oregon!) The buckaroo took his roll of sheep fence and made several baskets about a yard wide and a yard high. Then he

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explained that we’d put a post in the middle of the basket and ﬁll the basket with rocks about the size of a softball and that would become our post. That was the theory anyway. To the best of my knowledge that broken down fence remains so to this day because none of us could ﬁnd a single suitable rock to put in the rock jack.

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1 cup starter 1/4 cup non-fat dry milk 1 cup white ﬂour 1 cup canned or homemade applesauce Let above ingredients stir together in a covered bowl in a warm spot while you cream the next mixture. 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter or margarine Then add one egg, beat will, and add the following spices: 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1/2 teaspoon cloves 2 teaspoons soda One-half cup chopped nuts or a combination of chopped nuts and raisins make the cake especially delicious. Now combine the creamed mixture with the above sourdough mixture and beat by hand for about 100 strokes. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-50 minutes (depending on whether you are baking it in a square 8-by-8 or 9-inch pan or in a loaf pan). Be sure to test for doneness, and allow the cake to cool in the pan.

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Dot with butter, and sprinkle with 1/4 to 1/2 cup brown sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Roll the dough into a foot-long cylinder. Cut oﬀ one-inch slices and place in a pan in which you have placed the following: 2 tablespoons melted butter 1 tablespoon liquid coﬀee 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Dash of salt Do the same with the other half of the original dough, let rise one hour and bake 20 to 30 minutes in a 325 degree oven. Serve upside-down so he sticky mixture is on top.

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Pomace to packaging: researchers make containers from food processing byproducts By SIERRA DAWN McCLAIN Capital Press CORVALLIS, Ore. — A new study by Oregon State University reveals that byproducts from food processing, including the pomace left over from apples after juicing, can be turned into an environmentally friendly packaging material called “molded pulp packaging.” This type of compostable packaging — used to make clamshell containers, ﬂower pots and beverage cartons, for example — is traditionally made of recycled newspaper, but the supply of recycled newspaper is in decline, creating a market for substitute materials. Now, researchers are exploring making it with food byproducts from fruit and vegetable juice processing. Yanyun Zhao, OSU professor of food science and

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For this project, Zhao and her team focused on using apple pomace, a material readily available in the Pacific Northwest. Two Oregon-based processing companies, Kerr Concentrates Inc. and Hood River Juice Company, provided Zhao’s lab with pomace for the research. Early results were promising. Zhao said she can see the same application working for winegrape pomace, cranberry pomace and with plant fibers from other crops too, although the formulation would vary depending on the source because pomace from different plants carries different characteristics and textures. In the apple experiment, Zhao and her team used pilot-scale machinery in the lab to create small batches of containers made using cellulose fibers within apple pomace. One challenge with creating paper-based or pomace-based packaging is making the material water-resistant so that it can withstand high moisture and humidity. To make these containers strong and water-resistant, Zhao’s team used a few different “ecofriendly” strategies: incor-

porating polymers and compounds — such as lignin, chitosan and glycerol — that are biologically-based, compostable and cost-eﬀective. Zhao’s lab aims to create water-resistant coatings that meet food safety requirements so that the coatings can be applied to paper- and pomace-based packages to carry wet food. Compared to traditional newspaper-based molded pulp packaging, Zhao said the apple pomace containers performed well, but Zhao’s team is still in the research-and-development phase and plans to make further improvements. For the product to become mass-commercialized, she said, OSU will need an industry partner such as a packaging manufacturer to scale up production. Eventually, she said, if the product is commercialized, she said she can envision farmers — such as apple growers — using the pomace packaging to move and store their own produce. “It’s really what you call a ‘circular economy potential of (the) packaging chain,’” she said. Co-authors of the study are Clara Lang, Jooyeoun Jung and Taoran Wang.

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Sorghum: A sweet proposition for sustainable biofuel Sweet sorghum is best known for the amber-colored syrup that’s made from its juices. Now, this hardy member of the grass family could also be tapped as a “homegrown” resource for making a renewable transportation fuel called bio-butanol. Towards that end, a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Ohio State University (OSU) scientists has devised a procedure for making bio-butanol from sweet sorghum bagasse. Bagasse refers to the pulpy, ﬁbrous

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Continued from Page B6 Bio-butanol derived from cellulosic sugars in agricultural wastes is appealing because of its potential to lessen the reliance on gasoline and other nonrenewable fuels. Bio-butanol, along with ethanol, is also considered a cleaner burning alternative gasoline. However, bio-butanol can be transported in existing pipelines and is less corrosive to internal combustion engines than ethanol. Bio-butanol also packs 33 percent more energy per gallon and is easier to blend with gasoline, said Qureshi. It also can be catalytically upgraded to bio-jet fuel (sustainable aviation fuel). Up until the 1950s, butanol had primarily been made from the fermented sugars of cornstarch and sugarcane molasses before manufacturers switched to using petroleum, which proved cheaper and more eﬃcient. Today, butanol is primarily used as an industrial solvent. Over the last several years, however, Qureshi and his collaborators leveraged advances in fermentation

science and product recovery technology to rekindle butanol’s commercial prospects—not from petroleum, but rather a broader array of agricultural materials than had been used in the past. In particular, the research-

ers set their sights on harvest or processing wastes like corn stover, barley and wheat straw, lesquerella presscake and most recently, sweet sorghum bagasse.

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Continued from Page B7 To help them, the researchers recruited hardy new strains of bacteria such as Clostridium beijerinckii P260 to ferment the wastes’ cellulosic sugars inside specialized vats, called bioreactors.

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A key advance the team made was combining what had previously been a series of separate steps into a single streamlined process— namely, the release of the wastes’ cellulosic sugars, their fermentation into bio-butanol and the removal of this four-carbon alcohol (along with acetone and ethanol) from the bioreactor. This also helps protect the hardworking bacteria inside. In laboratory-scale experiments, the microbes produced 23 grams of bio-butanol from 160 grams of bagasse. This corresponds to production of 46 gallons of butanol from 1 ton of sweet sorghum bagasse. Additionally, it also produces 31 gallons of acetone and ethanol per ton of this feedstock that can be used as valuable chemicals, said Qureshi. The researchers used a solid concentrated form of bagasse (1622 percent) that required a smaller-sized bioreactor and used about 50 percent less energy than producing bio-butanol from wheat straw, another waste they experimented with. As a crop, sweet sorghum offers promise as a bio-butanol resource because of its drought tolerance, thrifty water uptake and adaptability to wide-ranging growing conditions, including marginal cropland. A paper detailing the advance was published in the December 2021 issue of Fermentation by Qureshi and co-authors Badal Saha, Siqing Liu and Nancy Nichols — all with ARS — and Thaddeus Ezeji of OSU.

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of consumers to help guide farmers and retailers along the food supply chain as we all adapt to changing circumstances,” said Jayson Lusk, the head and Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics at Purdue, who leads the center. “Consumers significantly influence the direction of food and agricultural systems, and we need a timely way to track trends in what people are buying and eating, and how this is affected by events like inflation, climate change and COVID-19.” Sam Polzin, a food and agriculture survey scientist for the center and co-author of the report, said the goal is to create a useful public resource. “Informed decisions are one way we can build a better and more sustainable food system,” he See Report, Page B12

By ELIZABETH GARDNER For Purdue University The Consumer Food Insights Report, a new monthly report identifying trends and changes in consumer food purchases and preferences, has been released. The survey-based report out of Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability assesses food security and spending, consumer satisfaction and values, support of agricultural and food policies and trust in information sources. Purdue experts conducted and evaluated the first survey, which included 1,200 consumers across the U.S., in January. Key results include: 25% of respondents were unable to find a specific food product at the grocery store.

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rate on the topic after they saw newspaper articles suggesting many U.S. residents assume that migratory agricultural workers increase local crime rates. “To our knowledge we are the first to examine how seasonal labor-intensive agricultural activity impacts local crime rates,” they wrote. “An estimated 38% of seasonal fruit, vegetable and horticultural workers were classified as migratory from 1990 to 2016, and approximately 48% were unauthorized immigrants over the same span.” After analyzing 27 years’ worth of data, Charlton and Smith concluded that the increase in agricultural labor force reduces property and violent crime rates, and possibly the number of property crimes. The paper attributes these findings to the fact that harvests enhance opportunities in the local labor market, thereby

By REAGAN COLYER MSU News Service BOZEMAN — A Montana State University economist recently published two articles in respected economic journals examining inﬂuencing factors and impacts of seasonal agricultural labor. Diane Charlton, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics in MSU’s College of Agriculture, researches agricultural production, labor migration and development economics. Her paper, written with MSU coauthor Brock Smith and Alexander James of the University of Alaska, “Seasonal Agricultural Activity and Crime” appeared in the American Journal of Economics. Another paper,

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Brock Smith, assistant professor of economics in the College of Agriculture at Montana State University. “Seasonal Farm Labor and COVID-19 Spread,” was published in Applied Eco-

nomic Perspectives and Policy. Both were published in early September.

The ﬁrst paper combines data on local criminal activity and seasonal demand for farm labor in counties across the nation that have high rates of agricultural production from 1990 to 2016. Charlton and Smith decided to collabo-

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Co-occurring droughts could threaten global food security By BILL FERGUSON WSU News & Media Relations

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Droughts occurring at the same time across diﬀerent regions of the planet could place an unprecedented strain on the global agricultural system and threaten the water security of millions of people, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change. A Washington State University-led research team analyzed climate, agricultural and population growth data to show continuing fossil fuel dependence will increase the probability of co-occurring droughts 40% by the mid-21st century and 60% by the late 21st century, relative to the late20th century. That comes out to an approximately ninefold increase in agricultural and human population exposure to severe co-occurring droughts unless steps are taken to lower carbon emissions. See Drought, Page B14

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said. “We are sort of democratizing food data that previously was limited by resources and access.” Larger corporations have the resources to conduct consumer surveys themselves, but the data isn’t shared; and some of the data is publicly available, but over longer periods of time and in difficult-to-understand government or academic reports, he said. “We also are covering new territory, like examining sustainability as a factor in food purchases, and establishing baselines in certain areas,” he said. The Consumer Food Insights Report includes a new Sustainable Food Purchasing Index that offers insight into how sustainability and health relate to consumer behaviors. It is a self-reported assessment of how consumer shopping habits correspond with healthy diets from sustainable food systems. “We’re looking at whether or not people are purchasing foods that align with different areas of sustainability,” Polzin said. “We want to gauge consumer interest in this, as well as track changes over time and in response to outside factors, like climate change-related events. The January report is our first, so it is a baseline. We’ll see what increases, decreases and remains steady over time.” The Sustainable Food Purchasing Index value for January is 67/100. The score reflects consumer food purchasing that aligns with a set of key recommendations for healthy diets from sustainable food systems. The index includes six components correlating with different strategies for achieving food system transforma-

tion: nutrition, environment, social, economic, security and taste. “For example, purchasing a diversity of foods with many different micro and macronutrients is central to supporting nutritional health, but a family must also be able to buy this food while staying within their budget,” Polzin sad. “Meeting the nutritional goals of a sustainable food system is moot if the system is not also providing affordable options that meet our economic goals.” “Stock-outs also continue to affect consumers,” Lusk said. “About a quarter of the respondents mentioned being unable to find certain items in the grocery store. The most commonly mentioned missing items were chicken, beef and dairy products.” The survey is flexible and has an “Ad Hoc” question section that can be tailored to current events. In January, the question was “Why are retail meat prices rising?” The results showed 51% of consumers blamed COVID-related shutdowns for the dramatic increase in meat prices, and less than 10% attributed the increase to concentration in the meat packing sector. The report offers data that the team hopes will lead to further research, guide strategic pivots from producers and retailers, and inform policymakers, he said. The Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability is part of Purdue’s Next Moves in agriculture and food systems, and it aims to use innovative data analysis shared through user-friendly platforms to improve the food system. In addition to the Consumer Food Insights Report, the center offers a portfolio of online dashboards.

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reducing the incentive to commit crimes. It also notes that previous research generally has found that foreign-born immigrants are no more likely than natural-born citizens to commit crimes. “While economic shocks that attract new workers to the region are sometimes associated with increased crime rates, positive economic shocks can also deter crime by providing alternative economic opportunities,” said Charlton. “The effects of seasonal agricultural labor booms on local crime rates is not obvious.” In the second paper, Charlton examined the relationship between influxes of migratory agricultural workers and COVID-19 in agricultural counties by looking at month-to-month variations in agricultural employment and confirmed cases. The analysis found that counties where 100 additional workers in fruit, vegetable and horticultural production were employed had 4.5% more COVID-19 cases, or around 19 additional positive cases per

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COVID-19 incidence. “Understanding which commodities or agricultural activities are most highly associated with COVID-19 spread can help producers and managers throughout

the food supply chain prepare for and mitigate losses and future risk,” Charlton wrote. “The ﬁndings from this paper can help inform which agricultural industries were most exposed to

coronavirus-related risks in worker health and labor supply in 2020 and determine priority strategies for managing potential disruptions to farm labor supply in the future.”

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Continued from Page B11 “There could be around 120 million people across the globe simultaneously exposed to severe compound droughts each year by the end of the century,” said lead author Jitendra Singh, a former postdoctoral researcher at the WSU School of the Environment now at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. “Many of the

March 2022 regions our analysis shows will be most aﬀected are already vulnerable and so the potential for droughts to become disasters is high.” The elevated risk of compound droughts estimated by Singh and colleagues is a result of a warming climate coupled with a projected 22% increase in the frequency of El Niño and La Niña events, the two opposite phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

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The researchers’ projections show that nearly 75% of compound droughts in the future will coincide with these irregular but recurring periods of climatic variation in the world’s oceans, which have played a large role in some of the greatest environmental disasters in world history. For example, El Nino-fueled droughts that concurrently occurred across Asia, Brazil and Africa during 1876-1878 led to synchronous crop failures, followed by famines that killed more than 50 million people. “While technology and other circumstances today are a lot different than they were in the late 19th century, crop failures in multiple breadbasket regions still have the potential to affect global food availability,” said study coauthor Deepti Singh, an assistant professor in the WSU School of the Environment. “This could in turn increase volatility in global food prices, affecting food access and exacerbating food insecurity, particularly in regions that are already vulnerable to environmental shocks such as droughts.” The researchers’ analysis specifically focused on ten regions of the planet

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that receive most of their rainfall during June-September, have high variability in monthly summer precipitation and are aﬀected by ENSO variations, factors that lead to an increased potential for co-occurring drought. Several of the regions analyzed include important agricultural regions and countries that are currently facing food and water insecurity. Their results indicate areas of North and South America are more likely to experience compound droughts in a future, warmer climate than regions of

Asia, where much of the agricultural land is projected to become wetter. Food produced in the Americas could therefore be more susceptible to climatic hazards. For instance, the United States is a major exporter of staple grains and currently ships maize to countries across the globe. Even a modest increase in the risk of compound droughts in the future climate could lead to regional supply shortfalls that could in turn cascade into the global market,

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aﬀecting global prices and amplifying food insecurity. “The potential for a food security crisis increases even if these droughts aren’t aﬀecting major food producing regions but rather many regions that are already vulnerable to food insecurity,” said coauthor Weston Anderson, an assistant research scientist at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at the University of Maryland. “Simultaneous droughts in food insecure regions could in turn amplify stresses on international agencies responsible for disaster relief by requiring the provision of humanitarian aid to a greater number of people simultaneously.” There is some good news, Anderson said. The researchers’ work is based on a high fossil fuel emissions scenario, and in

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researchers plan to take a closer look at how co-occurring droughts will aﬀect various aspects of the global food network, how vulnerable communities are aﬀected by and adapting to

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Jan. 14. The interview has been edited for clarity and length. How would you characterize your relationship with Washington’s farmers and ranchers? What’s working and what needs to be improved? Inslee: Well, I wish that I had a one-on-one relationship with every single farmer and rancher. It would be great. Unfortunately, there’s quite a number of folks. How would I characterize that relationship? Well, I get up trying to help everybody in Washington state every morning and do the best I can, and that includes for farmers and ranchers. Maybe it’s a little easier for me to do that than others, because I spent two decades in Selah, trying to set my little irrigation box to just the right amount of water to water my hay ﬁeld, surrounded by orchardists and people in the ag industry. So I think it’s a little easier for me to have that relationship, because of that 20 years in the valley, surrounded (by) people in the industry. What would you say needs to be improved? Inslee: Well, I can’t point to any speciﬁc thing ... except I would like to have a sit-down conversation over tea, or even a cold

one at some point, with hundreds of thousands of people. That could improve it, but time doesn’t permit that, unfortunately. I think there’s some things that I would like to engage the agricultural industry more in some of our mutual challenges, I do think there’s been some improvement there. I’d like to see them more active in helping to figure out what we do about the extreme weather events that are damaging the ag industry right now. I was talking to the grape growers in Walla Walla that had to deal with smoke damaging their grapes; talked to wheat growers, production was down 20-30% last year because of heat. I’ve talked to all kinds of growers really concerned about water supply. The one thing I hope to engage the industry more in is trying to find their insights on how to reduce carbon pollution that’s really going to damage, over time, the ag industry in Washington state. We’re in very dire straits in the next several decades because of basic heat, because of drought, because of extremes both hot and cold, because of flooding. We could use more leadership in the ag industry helping the state figure out what the right approach to reduce carbon pollution is to save the ag industry. See Q&A2, Page C5

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Any response to critics who say your policies and regulations are making farming more difficult for them? Inslee: Well, I’d have to know what people are referring to. I’m thinking of the mandatory riparian buffer bill, as one example. Inslee: I have to believe that people want to preserve the iconic salmon species of our state. This is a rational way to do it, because the salmon are going to go extinct if the water is too hot, and the water is going to be too hot if we don’t have shade in the rivers. So this is a reasonable approach to work with landowners to try to maintain some of (that) shade for the rivers. I’ve got to believe that people want salmon, and you just have to face reality: You’re not going to have salmon if the water boils them — now, that overstates it — if it’s too hot for them to survive. This is a two-fer — the salmon are getting hit both by the lack of shade, which helps heat the water, but also by the global climate change issue, which is heating up the climate in general. This is a dire problem, and so I think this is a rational approach. I just have to believe people don’t want to see salmon go extinct. If you don’t care, then yeah, I can Washington Gov. understand why you wouldn’t like it. But I have to believe people care. Jay Inslee When you think of the future, what does ideal agriculture in Washington look like for you? Inslee: The word “innovative” comes to mind. “Innovative” and “value-added.” I think our strengths in agriculture are the fact that we’re constantly innovating and being ahead of the curve technologically. ... Our strength is having high-value products. So we’ve got the best wine, the best apples and the best cheese. And we’ve done that because our ag industry leaders have been always looking to innovate. I think that’s a strength that we ought to help them by giving them educationally oriented people that can help provide those technological innovations, and be willing to help any way we can to promote them. I’ve seen that time after time, from the whole change in how we grow apples. It’s just been remarkable to see the changes to make them easier to harvest and less water-intensive. That’s because we have a lot of innovators. The people out there with a bunch of apples are as innovative as folks in the aerospace industry. I think any way we can help to continue that dynamic is really, really useful. What is the ultimate goal for the dams on the lower Snake River? Do you have an expected outcome for the federal/state assessment? Will that provide the final answer on the dams? Inslee: I don’t know the final answer. ... As you know, Sen. (Patty) Murray and I have initiated the process to ask the question, not to give the answer at the moment: What would be necessary to replace the services if the dams were breached? What would be within the achievable to replace the transportation services of the available river?

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her family all dressed up in their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes and they walked out and literally watched the water come down the ditch. And that was just such a pivotal moment in their family history, and the whole community, obviously. So I understand how embedded these dams (are) into the culture, thought process and economy, obviously, of Eastern Washington. I get both of these things. The question is, can we have both? That’s the question we want to try to get answered. How do you see overtime rules aﬀecting farmers and ranchers? Inslee: Well, they’re aﬀecting everybody by having adequately compensated people who feed us. The people who feed us are both the

owners of the property and the people who work there, and they both are important in agriculture. And all of them need to be treated fairly, and I believe ... people who feed us ought to be treated fairly like other workers. I believe in fairness for working people. And these folks work really, really hard. Everybody in agriculture works hard. Sometimes people, when they use the word “industry” in “agriculture industry,” forget the workers. They’re part of the industry, and they ought to be fairly compensated. I don’t think they should be in any diminished class. I do think historically, people who work on the land, who are not owners of the land, in our history of this country, have been treated as kind of second-class workers. ... That’s not how I feel.

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Angus Foundation scholarship applications now open By PEYTON SCHMITT Angus Communications

Courtesy the Angus Foundation

Angus youth receive scholarships at the National Junior Angus Show. The Angus Foundation awarded more than $277,000 in scholarships in 2021.

Undergraduate and graduate scholarships Applicants for undergraduate and graduate scholarships must have, at one time, been a member of the NJAA and currently be an active junior, regular or life member of the American Angus Association. The following documents are required to be

considered for a 2022 undergraduate or graduate scholarship: the 2022 scholarship application; three letters of recommendation; a copy of current high school/college/university transcript; and the applicant’s Association member code. Undergraduate and graduate scholarship applications, eligibility requirements and application guidelines can be found online at angusfoundation.org. Applications are due May ‘06 1,IH2022 andISMmust bespeed, 7600, Cummins @ 385HP, 10 with bed and hoist, Hendrickson rears, off lease, submitted 268k mile, to Stockscholarships@ 276…...................$42,500 angus.org. Commercial cattlemen scholarship The Angus Foundation will ‘06award four GMC C-8500, Cat C-7, 8LL$1,500 trans, with bed and hoist, one owner, 105k miles, Stock 285.....$29,500 scholarships to under-

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Certiﬁed Angus Beef/ National Junior Angus Association Scholarship Since 1990, the NJAA has teamed up with Certiﬁed Angus Beef (CAB) LLC to help Angus youth pursue their higher education goals. The selected applicant will receive a $1,500 scholarship. A separate application from the Angus Foundation scholarship application is required for the CAB/NJAA scholarship. Requirements are similar to the general Angus Foundation scholarship; more details can be found on the application. The application is available on the Angus Foundation website. ‘07 IH 7600, Cummins ISM @ 385 HP, 10 speed

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with flatbed, 14k FA, Haulmax rears, 235k miles, off lease,IHStock 277….$36,500 $34,500 bed ‘07 7600, Cummins ISM @ 385 HP,w/o 10 speed with flatbed, 14k FA, Haulmax rears, 235k miles, off lease, Stock 277….$36,500 $34,500 w/o bed

withKW bedT-300, and hoist, off lease, 01 Cat Hendrickson 3126, 9 speed,rears, 289k miles, ‘06IH GMC C-8500, Cat ISM C-7, @ 8LL385 trans,HP, and $10bed ‘07 7600, Cummins speed $with 268k mile, Stock 276…...................$42,500 39,750 18,750 1-owner.......................................................... hoist, one owner, 105k miles, Stock 285.....$29,500

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‘07 IH 7600, Cummins ISM @ 385 HP, 10 speed ‘93flatbed, Autocar, Cummins Jake,miles, autoshift, with 14k FA, HaulmaxN-14, rears, 235k off ‘08 Pete277….$36,500 335,crane 8.3 with @ jib, 315 HP , Allison Auto, with Pitman 14-ton ex-municipality................ lease, Stock $34,500 w/o bed $ ....................................................................... 34,750 260k miles, 1 owner, Stock 243.....…$21,500

hoist, one owner, 105k miles, Stock 285.....$29,500

‘08 Pete 335, 8.3 @ 315 HP , Allison Auto, 260k miles, 1 owner, Stock 243.....…$21,500

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'12 KW T800, cab & chassis, Cummins ‘06ISX GMC C-7,auto, 8LL trans, with bed and @C-8500, 350-hp, Cat Eaton 338K-miles,

‘08 Pete 335, 8.3 @ 315 HP , Allison Auto, $33,750 $ WB, Stock hoist,270" one owner, 105k #242............. miles, Stock 285.....$29,500 32,750 '12 & 243.....…$21,500 chassis, Cummins 260k KW miles, T800, 1 owner,cab Stock

ISX @ 350-hp, Eaton auto, 338K-miles, 270" WB, Stock #242............. $33,750

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Scholarship applications are now available for college students involved with the Angus breed. The Angus Foundation awarded more than $277,000 in scholarships in 2021 alone. The Angus Foundation oﬀers scholarships to undergraduate, graduate and trade school students each year to help Angus youth achieve their educational goals and oﬀset the rising costs of tuition at higher education institutions. “A hallmark of the Angus Foundation is the encouragement our donors provide youth, from both Angus seedstock and commercial operations using registered Angus, in their studies,” said Thomas Marten, Angus Foundation executive director. “By assisting these young people pursuing rewarding careers, our donors show their passion for the next generation.” “Angus Foundation scholarships have given me the opportunity to save for graduate school,” said Kristina Scheurman, National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) member and past scholarship recipient. “The support from the Business Breed has always been present within my life, and I’m so thankful to experience this support beyond the show ring.”

graduate students who use Angus genetics in a commercial cattle operation’s breeding program or whose parents use Angus genetics. Emphasis will be placed on applicants’ knowledge of the cattle industry and perspective of the Angus breed. The applicants or their parents/guardians must have transferred or been transferred an Angus registration paper in the last 36 months (on or after May 1, 2019) and must be considered commercial and not seedstock in their operation. The scholarship applies to any ﬁeld of study. A separate application, from the general Foundation application, is required for the Commercial Cattlemen Scholarship. The application can be found on the Angus Foundation website. Applicants having received or applied for ‘06 IH 7600, Cummins ISM @ 385HP, 10 speed,

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Pacific Northwest Waterways Association gets new director By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press Heather Stebbings is the new executive director of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, the organization that speaks for farmers and others who depend on the Snake and Columbia rivers to transport grains and goods. She replaces Kristen Meira, who departed Feb. 17 after 20 years with the organization, including 10 as executive director. Meira joined PNWA member American Cruise Lines as its Pacific Northwest director of government affairs. Stebbings previously worked at the association for 13 years, directing communications and government relations, beginning in 2006. “In some ways I feel like I’m coming home a little bit,” Stebbings told the Capital Press. Her goal is to provide consistency and continue to be a partner for the agriculture community, she said. “Making sure we can advocate for funding for the infrastructure that will ultimately support the

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Her interest in the projects the association was working on grew “organically,” she said. She loves the strategic element of connecting with people and finding creative ways to help the organization’s messaging resonate. “I find maritime to be just a very interesting world, so many different facets,” she said. “The people are so wonderful that we work with. ... People stay in this industry forever, so there’s a lot of old friends.” The association’s key mission is to ensure that federal policies and funding are in place to maintain infrastructure for trade, transportation and energy production. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is funded annually, and PNWA relays to lawmakers the value of navigation as they determine funding. The association’s broad membership spans the Puget Sound, Oregon coast and the Columbia-Snake River system. The Snake River dams remain a hot topic, she said. “Something we really need to be protecting, and making sure we’re out there telling the story of those

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projects and the value they provide to the region,” she said. Stebbings’ biggest concern is ensuring that decision makers and the public understand the value of transportation and particularly water infrastructure. “That’s something that’s been a challenge for a long time,” she said. “Mainly because people see roads, they see the rail activity. They don’t always pay attention to what’s going on on the water side.” Stebbings praised Meira for broadening and strengthening PNWA membership. “I think that will really only help us as we look to bring dollars back here and support for the projects that we have,” she said. “Heather is a proven, wellrounded leader with deep experience and relationships in our industry, across the Northwest, and in Washington, D.C.,” Glen Squires, Washington Grain Commission CEO and PNWA board president, said in a press release. “We are pleased to welcome her back to the PNWA team and are enthusiastic about her leadership and the continued success of the association.”

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New grant available to Washington state small meat processors

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OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Agriculture is oﬀering a new grant for small meat processors in the state. According to a press release, the application period is now open for the program, called the WSDA Local Meat Processing Capacity Grants. The deadline to apply for a small project grant, with funding available up to $150,000, is Feb. 28, while the deadline for large project grants, eligible for funding between $150,000 to $750,000, is March 7. The funding for these grants — a $3.6 million pool — was approved by the Washington State Legislature. The purpose of the grant program, according to the

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the event on, with insurance, security and facility upgrades, although he said costs likely LIND, Wash. — The Lind will increase this year. combine demolition derby The value of the event to will return June 10-11 after the community is “priceless,” a two-year hiatus because of he said. COVID-19 restrictions. “It’s really the only thing “From a club standpoint we have left that puts Lind and a community standpoint, on the map,” he said. “We we can’t go another year don’t really have anything without havthroughout ing a fund- LIND COMBINE DERBY the year that raiser,” said www.lindcombinedbrings people Lind farmer erby.com/ or call Josh to town, espeJosh Knodel, Contact Knodel at 509cially in that chairman of 771-0189 volume. We the Lind Lions don’t get the Club, which freeway traffic sponsors the event. like we used to. We need that The derby typically draws 4,000 to 4,500 people and to keep us going.” Knodel said the club has raises roughly $30,000. The club continued to had a lot of interest, both from support all its regular activ- people who hope to attend ities despite not putting the and those who want to drive derby on for two years due a combine. “Participants are always to the COVID-19 pandemic, welcome, we’ll take whoever Knodel said. “We need to raise some we can get,” he said. Reviving the popular event money so we can keep things was a relatively easy decision going in Lind,” he said. The club meets state guide- for the club, Knodel said. “I hope people understand lines to hold a safe event in an that the money we do make outside venue, Knodel said. “By June, restrictions will from the event, it’s 100% hopefully even lessen more, spent back in the commuwe can be exactly like what nity,” he said. “It’s a good cause.” we used to be,” he said. The club has derby comKnodel estimates it used to cost $50,000 to start putting bines available for purchase. By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press

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Used in everything from chewing gum to mouthwash, peppermint and spearmint oils are produced by the millions of pounds annually in Washington’s Yakima Valley and Columbia Basin. Based at Prosser, Wash., in the heart of mint agriculture, Washington State University research technician Ray Baker has led experiments aimed at stopping weeds and growing healthy, sustainable crops for more than three decades. Originally hired in 1984 to hoe weeds in potato and tomato ﬁelds, Baker worked for USDA scientists at WSU’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center for several years before WSU faculty created a grant-funded weed-science technician position with him in mind. Thirty-three years later, he’s still at it, his role increasingly focused on weed and agronomic research in spearmint and peppermint. In December, the Washington Mint Growers Association presented Baker with its Lifetime Achievement Award for his long-term commitment and improvements in weed management and growing practices. “Ray has earned the trust and respect of the Washington mint industry for his consistent, high-quality research,” said Professor and WSU Extension Entomologist Doug Walsh. “He’s ﬁlled an important role.” “I was very honored,” said Baker, who has worked closely with a tight-knit group of growers, oil buyers, and end-users as well as a half-dozen WSU and USDA scientists across his career. “I’ve met a lot of great people,” and made some useful discoveries. Over the years, Baker explored a range of challenges, such as verticillium wilt, a fungus that’s a major

concern for peppermint growers, as well as potential bio-based weed controls for organic mint crops. His biggest impact has been on weeds. While mint itself can be an aggressive plant, weeds such as prickly lettuce, mustards, and pigweed can often outcompete the crop for sunlight, water, and nutrients. “When you harvest the mint along with weeds, some tainty flavors get into the oil during distillation,” Baker said. “You can detect the foul smells, which lower the quality and the price of the oil.” For decades, Baker has worked with growers to identify practices and register effective herbicides that can knock down weeds without harming the crop. “It’s a battle and a timing issue,” he said. “If you can control the weeds before the flush of mint growth in the spring, with fall or early spring dormant applications, you can get improved weed control.” Baker figures he’s close to retirement, but not ready to quit, and continues to run experiments in mint fields near the research station and in commercial fields. “I want to do more research trials,” said Baker, who’s joining a five-state herbicide trial examining differences by region and climate and is also continuing a project comparing different levels of water and nitrogen fertilizer on yields. He shared results with growers. “We had higher oil yields and less hay to truck away from the plots, with the lowest amount of water applied,” said Baker, who plans to fine-tune the study and examine timing of harvest. “I want to see if there is a better effect and get more precise with what’s going on.”

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Massive research eﬀort will develop wheat for changing climates

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UC-Davis plant sciences professor Jorge Dubcovsky with wheat plants. Dubcovsky is leading a national research effort to coordinate and develop wheat varieties in response to the changing climate.

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The University of California-Davis is leading a $15 million, five-year research project to accelerate wheat breeding to meet new climate realities and train a new generation of plant breeders. A USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant will create a coordinated consortium of 41 wheat breeders and researchers from 22 institutions in 20 states. Researchers from Mexico and the United Kingdom are also participating. UC-Davis plant sciences professor Jorge Dubcovsky, who leads the research, said the effort is a continuation of public breeding efforts. The researchers have been working together for the last 20 years, he said. “You cannot create a general, magic, climate-resistant wheat,” Dubcovsky told the Capital Press. “What you do is accelerate your breeding cycles and try to be more efficient, so you are always catching up with the variation on the environment that you are breeding for.” See Wheat, Page C15

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The project will provide a centralized facility to analyze data from growers and breeding programs, to provide more information faster about the varieties under development. The data will be entered into a central database, Dubcovsky said. Four high-throughput USDA genotyping labs are part of the project, which will allow all data collected from growers and breeders and genetic information to select varieties faster, Dubcovsky said. “Breeding is always local,” Dubcovsky said. “The varieties that are good for Texas are not the same that are good for the Pacific Northwest, and are completely different than the varieties we grow in California.” Yield is always one of the highest priorities, to feed more people. As climate changes, pathogen populations shift and can become a high priority. Drought resistance and baking quality are other key traits. “Quality and disease resistance, we understand the genetics very well,” Dubcovsky said. “Yield is more complicated. Each year, what makes the top variety yield better is different than the next year. If one year there’s a lot of wind, the variety that doesn’t shatter will be the top variety. If the next year there’s a lot of rain and you have lodging, the variety that doesn’t lodge will be the best one. The next year, you have a lot of (pathogen pressure), and only the varieties that will be resistant will be the best one. Every year, you get different results. It’s not that easy to integrate all that information.” The database will help breeders determine which varieties will work best in which part of the country, he said. Washington State University, University of Idaho and the USDA Agricultural Research Service branch in Washington are among those participating in the consortium. “These efforts will directly contribute to PNW variety development for both winter and spring

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‘YOU CANNOT TRAIN PLANT BREEDERS IF YOU DON’T HAVE A BREEDING PROGRAM. WE ARE USING ALL THESE TECHNOLOGIES ALSO TO PREPARE STUDENTS (FOR) THE PLACE WHERE THEY WILL BE WORKING.’ Jorge Dubcovsky, UC-Davis plant sciences professor

wheat programs at WSU,” WSU spring wheat breeder Mike Pumphrey said. The project will also help train future plant breeders. Twenty plant Ph.D. students in breeding programs will participate in ﬁeldwork, collect data from drones and DNA samples, and learn to integrate that information to accelerate wheat breeding. The students will participate in online and face-to-face workshops, educational

events and national scientiﬁc conferences. Much of plant breeding has moved into the private sector, so there are fewer public breeding programs releasing varieties in the U.S., Dubcovsky said. “You cannot train plant breeders if you don’t have a breeding program,” Dubcovsky said. “We are using all these technologies also to prepare students (for) the place where they will be working.”

Large private companies have similar abilities to collect data and select traits. “It’s kind of putting the public breeding programs at the same level (as) the modern private breeding companies, so then we can train students in modern plant breeding,” Dubcovsky said. Dubcovsky has been breeding wheat at UC-Davis since 1997. He estimates he’s released 20

wheat varieties. “My goal is to have something better than what the growers have in the field today,” he said. “The main benefit of this large grant is not a particular trait or a thing. It’s to help us coordinate all the breeding programs and train all the students as a group. It will allow us to avoid duplication of effort, to move efforts together. ... The important thing is the coordination.”

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‘06 JD 8530, 4435 Hrs, IVT, ILS MFWD, 710 Rear Duals, Wheel Weights, Front Weights, (2) 250 Gallon tanks, Active Seat............ .......................................................................$139,000

FLATBED SET, 40’, 20’, ‘71 Trailmobile Lead, ‘72 Brown Pup .............................................................. $16,750 ‘07 PETERBILT 385 Daycab, 851K miles, Cat C13, 10 Spd., All Aluminum Wheels, $20K engine overhaul in last mo nth...................................................................$35,000

WIL-RICH 2500 CULTIVATOR, 42’, 4-Bar Tine Harrow.$3,000

’00 TIMPTE, 24’ Hopper Pup, 14’ tongue, roll tarp, outside aluminum wheels .................... $17,500 ‘09 PETERBILT 335 Service Truck, 209K mi, Paccar MX-8 @ 375 hp, 13 Speed, IMT Service Box & Crane, Hyd. Drive Compressor, Miller 325 Welder/Generator......$75,000

BUSH HOG TANDEM DISK, 24’, 23” average blades...$4,000

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‘02 CIH STX450 QUADTRAC, 5538 Hrs, 30” Tracks, Air Ride Cab, Complete Suspension Rebuild, 4 Remotes................$75,000

WIL-RICH 2800,10 Bottom Plow, Double Reset Springs..$13,000

‘90 CAT CH65, 14821 HRS., 30” Tracks............$17,900

WIL-RICH, 10-bottom plow, auto reset.................. $3,000

YOUR BEST DEALS ARE AT… ‘85 JD 8650, 9764 Hrs., 3K hrs on Engine OH, PTO, 24.5 Duals.....................................................................$12,000

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