The Growers' Guide February 2023

INSIDE THE 2023 FARM BILL A

CONVERSATION WITH THE BILL’S AUTHORS

AG COMMITTEE CHAIRS STABENOW AND THOMPSON SHARE THEIR GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE 2023 FARM BILL.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the 2018 Farm Bill set to expire on Sept. 30, the race to pass a new farm bill is underway in Congress.

To snatch a first glance at the 2023 Farm Bill, Capital Press talked with the bill’s lead authors: Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Glenn “G.T.” Thompson, R-Pa., chair of the House Agriculture Committee.

The mammoth piece of legislation will impact food, farming and families.

“The farm bill probably has more impact on American families on a daily basis in so many different ways — economically, environmentally, nutritionally — than anything else we do in this country legislatively,” said Thompson.

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Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.

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Cooking with chicken

Here are some great recipes from the people at the National Chicken Council.

Vietnamese Chicken Pho Ingredients

• 1 1/4 pound chicken tenders, cut in half crosswise

• 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth

• 4 scallions, chopped rough

• 1 garlic clove, crushed

• 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger

• 1 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder

• 1 tablespoon sugar

• 2 tablespoon soy sauce

• 3 tablespoon fish sauce

• 1/8 teaspoon Tabasco

• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

• 8 ounces thin rice noodles (or substitute thin egg noodles, cooked to package directions)

• 1 package (8 oz) shiitake mushrooms, chopped

• Juice of 1 lime

• 1 bunch watercress or arugula

• 1 cup fresh bean sprouts

• 1 small bunch mint, leaves removed from stalks

• 1 small bunch cilantro, leaves removed from stalks

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Preparation

1. In large stockpot over high heat, warm chicken broth. Add scallions, garlic, ginger, five spice powder, sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, Tabasco and sesame oil; bring to a boil. Lower heat to medium-low and simmer 15 minutes.

2. While broth simmers, place rice noodles in a large bowl and cover with hot water. Soak for 5 minutes, then drain and set aside.

3. Place a fine-meshed sieve over a large bowl.

Strain broth; discard solids that collect. Return strained broth to saucepan and bring to a mild simmer over medium-high heat. Add chicken pieces and cook 3-4 minutes. Add mushrooms; cook another 2 minutes. Add lime juice.

4. Divide noodles evenly between 4 large soup bowls. Ladle over broth with chicken and mushrooms. Top each bowl of soup with handful of watercress or arugula. Serve with bean sprouts, mint leaves

and cilantro leaves.

Chicken

Drumsticks and Thighs in Marsala Orange Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 chicken drumsticks

• 4 chicken thighs

• 1 bag frozen pearl

onions, thawed

• 1 tsp salt

• ½ tsp black pepper

• 1 tbls olive oil

• 1 tbls butter

• ½ cup Marsala wine

• 1 cup chicken broth

• 1 orange, peeled and juiced

• ¾ cup pitted prunes

• 2 bay leaves

Preparation

1. In a large sauté pan, melt butter with the olive oil over medium high heat. Sprinkle all sides of chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Add to

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pan, skin side down, and sauté until well browned, about 5-6 minutes per side. Remove chicken pieces to a plate and reserve.

2. Return pan and heat over medium flame. Add onions and sauté, tossing occasionally, until well browned, about 5-6 minutes.

3. Add Marsala wine, stock, and orange juice to pan, bring to a boil

and reduce liquid by half. Add prunes, bay leaves, and orange peel to pan. Return chicken and any accumulated juices. Cover and reduce heat.

4. Cook chicken for about 30 minutes or until an instant read thermometer registers 170º F.

5. Remove bay and orange peel for service. Serve chicken pieces with pan juices, prunes and onions spooned over. May be served with brown rice tossed with toasted slivered almonds if desired.

Butterflied Herb and Lemon Grilled Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, butterflied (about 4 pounds)

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1 head garlic

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 1 teaspoon pepper

• 1 bunch rosemary (about ½ cup)

• 1 bunch thyme (about ½ cup)

• lemon slices and fresh parsley as garnish

• Herb and Lemon Sauce:

• 3/4 cup olive oil

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• 1/3 cup chopped parsley

• 1/3 cup chopped basil

• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro

• 1/4 cup chopped chives

• zest from 1 lemon

• juice from 1/2 lemon

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

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handle. Squeeze garlic cloves out of bulb into bowl of a processor.

2. To garlic, add all ingredients for herb and lemon sauce. Process until smooth and reserve.

3. Place rosemary and thyme under chicken skin. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place chicken, skin side down on grill. Grill for 5 minutes then turn. Close grill, reduce heat to medium, and continue to grill for 25-30 minutes or until an instant read thermometer inserted

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Compromise position. Do like I do and don’t wear either one because neither a wild rag or bolo tie looks good with a tee shirt.

No.1: Black or white?

The number one question: “Is it more fashionable to wear a white (actually grey) or black hat?”

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5. Remove from grill and place chicken on a cutting board. Allow chicken to rest for 15 minutes. Place on serving dish and drizzle generously with herb and lemon sauce.

7. Garnish with fresh lemon slices and parsley sprigs. Serve.

White Chicken Chili Ingredients

• 1 pound dry white beans

• 6-8 garlic cloves, chopped

• 2 onions, chopped

• 1 Tbsp cooking oil

• 2 small roasted chickens

• 4 oz green chilies

• 1 cup sour cream

• 8 cups chicken broth

• 1 Tbsp ground red pepper

• 2 tsp oregano

• 12 oz Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

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Thompson has been in the U.S. House since 2009. Last year, he was the ranking member of the House Ag Committee. After the House flipped from blue to red in the November election, former House Ag Committee Chair David Scott, D-Ga., passed his gavel to Thompson.

Stabenow has been in the U.S. Senate since 2001 and has already co-authored two farm bills, passed in 2014 and 2018. This farm bill will be her last; Stabenow plans to retire in 2025.

The bill’s authors agree passing a new farm bill before the old one expires will not be an easy feat. Work on the legislation is behind schedule and political divisions — between and within the parties — could make for a fractious congressional session.

Nevertheless, Thompson and Stabenow say they’re determined to pass the package on time.

A little history

The first farm bill, called the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, was part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. According to the Library of Congress, legislators passed the bill to help farmers facing the devastating effects of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. The original package focused on reducing surplus and raising crop prices.

Since then, Congress has

passed a new farm bill about every five years. Through the decades, the bill has evolved into an omnibus package with many subsections, called titles.

“Farm bills are, like most pieces of legislation, a product of their times,” Bradley Lubben, agricultural economist and extension associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, told farmers at a January conference.

In recent farm bills, four

big titles — crop insurance, commodities, conservation and nutrition — have accounted for 99% of total spending, according to the Center for Agricultural Profitability.

Crop insurance

One of the most important titles in the farm bill subsidizes crop insurance. Many farmers rely on federal crop insurance programs to keep their businesses afloat when something goes wrong, such

as a natural disaster spoiling a crop.

Stabenow and Thompson support protecting crop insurance in the 2023 Farm Bill.

“The first principle is to protect crop insurance,” said Thompson.

Stabenow agreed: “Crop insurance has been and continues to be our main risk management tool. So, I certainly want to continue to strengthen that.”

In House and Senate ag committees, the conversation surrounding disaster payments is also heating up. In recent years, Congress has increased impromptu disaster payments to farmers — after heat waves, for example. Farm groups and legislators are talking about whether permanent disaster aid should be part of the farm bill.

Stabenow and Thompson, however, have both expressed concern over the growing reliance on ad hoc disaster aid.

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“I am concerned that we’ve had I think six years of ad hoc disaster payments,” said Stabenow.

Thompson said he thinks the 2023 Farm Bill should bolster traditional safety net programs such as crop insurance while lessening farmers’ reliance on impromptu assistance.

“Ad hoc lacks the certainty that both farmers and lenders need in the agricultural space,” he said.

Commodities

Another major piece of the farm bill is the commodities title.

Under this umbrella are a few sections that impact dairy.

Since the 2018 Farm Bill, the price for Class I milk, used in beverage milk products, has been calculated by finding the average of advanced Class III (cheese) and Class IV (milk powders) skim milk prices plus 74 cents. Before 2018, the formula was the higher of advanced Class III and Class IV skim milk prices.

Although the change was well received by the industry, COVID-19 volatility combined with the new formula resulted in millions of dollars lost in Class I pool revenue, according to Amer-

ican Farm Bureau Federation economist Daniel Munch.

“This has fueled much recent conversation about whether the pricing change made in the 2018 Farm Bill has been helpful to dairy farmers,” Munch wrote.

More recently, Munch said the impacts of the formula change have been “less noticeable.”

Asked whether they are open to changing the formula again, Stabenow and Thompson said they do not have a plan yet but want feedback from dairy farmers.

“We are just at the beginning of looking at it,” said Stabenow.

“Everything’s on the table, as far as I’m concerned,” said Thompson.

“I have no pre-drawn conclusions on that other than that it is something that we should look at.”

Another program within the commodities title is the Dairy Margin Coverage program, which provides risk protection for dairy producers when milk prices are low and feed costs are high. The formula is supposed to protect a producer’s profit margin and is calculated by subtracting the average price of feedstuffs from the national all-milk price.

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2019 TERRAGATOR TG8400C, 1619 Hours, Airmax Precision 2 bed. 70’ stainless steel boom. Raven Viper 4 controller, Auto Steer, Amazing Machine $248,500

‘15 TERRA GATOR 8400B, Precision 2-70’ Boom, granular bins, Viper Pro, Auto Steer, 3600-hrs $132,500

‘14 TERRA GATOR 8400, Dry Floater, Air Max Precision 2 70’ boom, granular bins, Viper Pro, auto steer, 3500-hrs $123,500

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‘16 CASE IH TITAN 3540 FLOATER, 1512.1-hrs, 3-wheeler with 810 Air Delivery Box, 70’ boom, coap bins, Viper 4, Autosteer $167,000

‘15 CASE IH 4530 dual micro ingred bins, 70’ boom, Viper Pro, 2964-hrs $148,000

4579 Hrs................................... $85,000

$36,500

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‘85 FREIGHTLINER, with 16 ton rear auger willmar tender. Great Truck $24,500

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‘08 STERLING ACTERRA, fuel truck, Cummins diesel, Allison auto, tandem axle full screw, 3600-gal 5-comp fuel body, dual metered hose reels, frame mounted storage boxes, 218,755-mi $38,500

2010 MERRITT QUICKVEYOR TENDER TRAILER, Self-contained with gas powered hydraulics, Electric roll tarp. 2 Hoppers

Farm

Thompson and Stabenow agree the program is working as-is.

“What I am hearing so far is it has worked rather well,” said Thompson. “I don’t anticipate, at least at this point, a lot of major changes to that title.”

Stabenow shared a similar viewpoint.

“For the last farm bill, there were serious issues to address. And we did address them. We’re still getting feedback, but so far, I’ve been hearing that the program has been working,” she said.

The Dairy Margin Coverage program is unique in that it is focused on protecting a farmer’s profi t margin, something most crop growers cannot protect.

Some farm groups and members of Congress have proposed creating mar-

gin-type safety net programs for crops, according to Lubben, the agricultural economist. Similar to the Dairy Margin Coverage program, the formula might be something like crop revenue minus main input costs.

Where do Stabenow and Thompson stand on this?

Thompson said he is concerned about producers’ income margins at a time when input costs are sky-high. He said he is interested in exploring whether it’s possible to create a program similar to the Dairy Margin Coverage program for crops.

Stabenow said she is open to the idea but is “not wedded to any particular approach.”

Whether it’s fi nancially feasible is another question. The ag committees will be restricted to a baseline budget. This spring, the Congressional Budget Offi ce will calculate how much each appropriation

in the draft farm bill will cost over fi ve-year and 10-year timeframes. If the CBO’s projections show that the committees will

exceed their allowed budget, they will have to go back to the drawing board to make cuts.

resources that we have in the farm bill, but beyond that, I’m open to whatever works,” said Stabenow.

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“We are restricted by the

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Conservation

The farm bill’s conservation title covers programs that help farmers adopt conservation practices. The title funds a spectrum of programs run by USDA, such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, or EQIP.

Thompson said he supports further investment in conservation and would like to see funding for the programs come from not only the farm bill but also the voluntary private sector.

He has proposed the SUSTAINS Act, a separate bill that would allow businesses to contribute financially to USDA’s conservation program accounts and in turn receive “climate credentials” showing their commitment to helping the environment.

“So, obviously I want to maintain a robust conservation title, but I also believe there are opportunities for a public-private partnership,” he said.

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Stabenow also supports further investment in conservation programs via the farm bill.

However, knowing that Congress would be restricted to crafting a farm bill within the baseline budget, she preempted the farm bill by securing dollars for conservation programs in other recent omnibus bills. In the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, for example, Stabenow secured $20 billion in additional funding for USDA’s conservation efforts.

“I’ve taken the strategy of trying to do some of that during appropriations instead of waiting for the farm bill,” she said.

Nutrition

The nutrition title includes funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and other food assistance programs.

Of the four big titles, the nutrition title is the biggest. In the 2018 Farm Bill, nutrition spending made up about 76% of the total bill. Last year, the

See Nutrition, Page A13

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Nutrition

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Congressional Research Service tentatively projected that the nutrition title could make up 84% of total spending in the 2023 bill.

The nutrition title is shaping up to be one of the bill’s political sticking points.

Historically, within the Republican party, members of the House Freedom Caucus, the farthest-right bloc, have opposed significant spending increases on SNAP. In the past, this opposition has slowed the bill’s passage.

“Freedom Caucus members tend to be fiscal hawks. They look at the price tag,” said Tanner Beymer, senior director of government affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

At the start of this congressional session, the GOP has a narrow hold on the House, is divided internally and has new members, giving the Freedom Caucus a strong position.

If Republicans make significant cuts or eligibility changes to the farm bill’s nutrition title, said Beymer, the bill will be dead on arrival.

Stabenow plans to stand firm on keeping existing nutrition funding in place.

“Certainly, my first expectation is that we will not cut SNAP benefits for families,” she said.

The senator said it is too early to know whether the bill will increase nutrition funding.

She said passing the bill may be “a little more complicated” this year, but she said she is confident Congress will get it done.

On the House side, Thompson said he has started educating members of his party about the farm bill and the nutrition title.

“I understand my responsibility to get my colleagues on board,” he said.

Thompson said he supports a nutrition title that offers flex-

ibility, enhances education programs that promote healthier eating and maintains program integrity — making sure families that need SNAP can get it and preventing those who don’t need it from abusing the program.

Thompson said he also acknowledges the bill’s preexisting mandate to provide nutrition support without strict work requirements for eligibility.

Other programs

After the four big titles gobble up 99% of the farm bill’s funding, the remaining 1% goes to the rest of the bill’s titles.

In the 2018 farm bill, other titles were: trade; credit; rural development; research, extension and related matters; forestry; energy; horticulture; and miscellaneous.

On the credit title, Stabenow

and Thompson favor maintaining or potentially strengthening farmers’ access to financial credit, including federal loans.

On forestry, Thompson, who described himself as having “sawdust in his veins,” said he will push for a title that reduces barriers to harvesting, advances the Good Neighbor Authority between federal and state agencies and manages wildfire risk.

The rural development title will likely build on existing pilot projects related to supporting community development, providing technical assistance and expanding rural broadband internet availability.

“If rural America is to stand any chance at all, we have to end this digital divide,” said Thompson.

The road ahead

The ag committees have a big task ahead, especially if the predicted political squabbles unfold. The next nine months will determine whether Congress can pass the 2023 Farm Bill on time.

“The only good option on the table, and certainly the one I’m committed to, is getting this bill done on time,” said Thompson. Stabenow seems equally determined.

“This is a must-pass piece of legislation,” she said. “Traditionally, we’ve been able to put our heads down, Democrats and Republicans who understand how important this is, and we’ve been able to get it done. And so that’s my goal again.”

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HAY

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Forestry Lunch Breaks — Root Rots (online): Noon-12:30 p.m. Root rots are the most common killers of trees in western Washington’s productive forestland. In this interactive webinar series, learn about the life cycles, hosts, identi cation and management of the most common root rot fungi in Washington. Website: https://bit.ly/3YdfLFr

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY FEB. 14-15

Washington State University SoilCon (online): 8 a.m.-noon. This free virtual conference will bring research, extension and production together to move soil health principles into practice. Soil health is a trending topic in agricultural production and environmental resilience to climate change, but what does the latest research tell us, and how can we put it into practice for regional systems? SoilCon aims to address these questions by explaining what metrics are used when assessing soil health, how these may change by production system and region, and management practices to support a resilient soil system. Website: https://bit. ly/3kEV2vE

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World Ag Expo: International Agri-Center, Tulare, Calif. The show o ers a wide range of ag-related exhibitors and seminars. Website: https://www.worldagexpo. com

THURSDAY FEB. 16

2023 NW Pear Research Review: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Con uence Technology Center, 285 Technology Center Way, Wenatchee, Wash. Hosted by the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, the Pear Research Review is Feb. 16 at Wenatchee. This hybrid event features continuing and nal research project reports on insect and disease management, postharvest, and rootstocks. Website: http://bit.ly/3HEHBF4

Miller Research Potato Pest Management Meeting: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Historic Wilson Theatre, 610 Fremont Ave., Rupert, Idaho. Annual meeting recaps pest trends from 2022 Idaho growing season and presents current research. Certi ed Crop Adviser and Idaho, Washington and Oregon pesticide recerti cation credits are expected to be available. Meeting to be held in person and online. Cost: $20 Website: https://bit.ly/3GY7a3A

Water expert: How to evaluate water risk factors

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Farmers often need to know the value of water. One factor that in uences water’s value is its risk level. At a session during the Land Investment Expo in Des Moines, water expert Darren Fillmore shared tips with farmers on how to evaluate water risk.

By SIERRA DAWN McCLAIN Capital Press

Farmers in the West are facing increased water-related risks as the demand for water increases and the supply is variable or decreasing, according to water expert Darren Fillmore.

Fillmore is the agricultural water resource director at WestWater Research, a Boise-based economic consulting firm specializing in water market research, pricing and trading.

Competition for reliable water supplies is intensifying, pushing up prices, said Fillmore, while prices for less reliable supplies are dropping.

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FEB. 16-17

Truffle Farming A-Z: Oregon State University LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th St., Corvallis. This popular workshop is developed by Dr. Charles Lefevre, co-founder and pres-

ident of the Oregon Truffle Festival and co-taught with Dr. Shannon Berch, professor of soil biology and Canada’s truffle cultivation expert. The two-day immersion will cover all aspects of truffle farming, from evaluation of soils and climates, orchard planning and management, to harvest, grading and shipping. Guest lecturers include orchard

case studies from established growers, a truffle film in the evening (with truffle popcorn, of course), a tour of two truffle orchards and a demonstration of working truffle dogs. Website: https://bit.ly/3i6VOjU

THURSDAY FEB. 23

Fire Blight Fruit School

— New National Research: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Confluence Technology Center, 285

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SATURDAY FEB. 25

Blueberry Pruning

Workshop: 10:30 a.m.noon. Schott Family Farm, Woodburn, Ore. Participants will learn how to properly prune blueberry plants. Andrea Retano with OSU Extension is the instructor and the event is for farmers that would like to practice with an expert and get hands-on experience. Information: hayley. white@oregonstate.edu or call 971-612-0027 Website: https://bit.ly/3R1ourW

Ag Succession Planning Workshop at Chico State: Chico State University Farm, 311 Nicholas C. Schouten Lane, Chico, Calif. This oneday event will prepare your farm or ranch or agri-busi-

ness, big or small, for the transition to the next generation. The sessions will cover legal aspects, financial topics, political factors, family dynamics, and provide reallife scenarios for you to consider incorporating into your succession plan. Website: https://bit.ly/3WPmuEc

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MARCH 7-8

Advanced Cheese Making Short Course: Washington State University Pullman campus. This course is designed for experienced cheese makers, supervisory, management, quality control and marketing personnel from commercial/ industrial plants. Instruction is provided from leaders in the dairy production community. This is an advanced class and it is recommended that you have some experience in cheese making or have attended a basic cheese making class as a prerequisite. Website: https://creamery.wsu.edu/ shortcourse/

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Farmers often need to know the value of a water right, whether they are buying or selling land or temporarily transferring water. One factor that influences water’s value is its risk level. At a session during the Land Investment Expo in Des Moines this week, Fillmore shared tips with farmers on how to evaluate water risk.

“There are ways to identify (risk categories) and mitigate them ahead of time. In doing so, you may find some opportunities,” he said. “For instance, if you’re able to find a risk that others haven’t found, you may steer clear of (buying) a property that’s a dangerous proposition. Or you may choose to move on a property that others are scared of because you’ve fully evaluated the risk and found solutions that are feasible that other folks may not have wanted to pursue or not known about.”

Fillmore encouraged farmers to consider five risk categories when evaluating water: climate trends, infrastructure, water quality, competing uses and legal or regulatory issues.

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Darren Fillmore

“Water can be a difficult asset to manage because of its dependence on climate and weather,” says water expert Darren Fillmore.

Census Bureau redefines ‘rural’ vs. ‘urban’

By SIERRA DAWN McCLAIN Capital Press

On Dec. 28, about 4.2 million Americans went to sleep in urban areas and woke up the next day in rural areas. They didn’t move during the night; their towns just got reclassified.

The U.S. Census Bureau updated its definition of what constitutes an urban area, changing it from an

area with 2,500 people to one with 5,000. Areas can also be classified as urban if they meet a minimum housing unit threshold.

The Census defines a “rural” area as one that is not urban. The new rule reclassified 1,140 urban areas containing 4.2 million residents as rural.

The new definition has real-world consequences for rural communities.

“Any change in definitions used in federal policies will have consequences for the impacts of those policies in rural places and on rural people,” said a spokesperson for the Rural Policy Research Institute.

First, the rule could impact what government resources rural communities get — or don’t get. For some programs, access to federal funding is based on whether an area is urban or rural.

Keith Mueller, University of Iowa health policy

professor and director of the Rural Policy Research Institute, said many programs will not be impacted because agencies use “a plethora of definitions to determine eligibility for grant and loan programs” that are not always tied to Census categories.

USDA, for example, often sets a maximum cap on population for a county, city or related geography to be eligible for funding and does not rely on a statistically defined area.

A USDA Rural Development spokesperson said their department is “currently reviewing how the change to the ‘urban’ definition will impact program eligibility.”

However, Mueller said, some programs — such as Rural Health Clinics — could be significantly impacted because they are required to use Census-defined areas to determine eligibility.

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The U.S. Census Bureau has changed the de nition of “urban,” e ectively expanding the number of areas classi ed as “rural.”

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Health organizations have expressed concern that the new rules also no longer distinguish between diff erent types of urban areas, posing further eligibility challenges.

Ashley Thompson, senior vice president of public policy analysis and development at the American Hospital Association, said the new defi nition “could jeopardize the ability of certain health providers to participate in programs that expand access to care in vulnerable communities.”

Some rural groups are also concerned the defi nition could make it more difficult to study rural areas over time.

For example, you may hear that America’s rural population grew between 2010 and 2020, but it would not be because

people moved en masse to the country. Instead, it would be attributable to the expanded defi nition of “rural.”

Matthew Fannin, an agricultural economist at Louisiana State University and chair of the Rural Policy Research Institute’s Population and Place Analytics panel, acknowledges the defi nition may result in “some loss of information” but is not too worried.

He said researchers have access to modern tools and substantial databases, making it “relatively easy” to adjust for historical comparisons.

This is not the fi rst time the Census Bureau has changed the classifi cations.

The Census has been calculating urban populations since 1874, and the defi nitions have changed many times.

“Defi ning rural is a long-standing challenge and one scholars continue to explore and debate,” said the Rural Policy Research Institute spokesperson.

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“Water can be a diffi cult asset to manage because of its dependence on climate and weather,” said Fillmore.

He said farmers should think about the climate risks for each type of water: groundwater, surface water and precipitation. Although climate factors are outside farmers’ control, knowing the risks is critical.

The second factor to consider is infrastructure.

First, farmers should be aware of any risks to regional-level infrastructure, such as canal systems or dams. At the prop-

erty level, he said, farmers can minimize risk by frequently inspecting and maintaining infrastructure such as pipes and building backup systems. Relying on one well, or one pipeline, for instance, is risky.

Water quality issues present another risk.

Fillmore encouraged farmers to think about potential future pollutants to the water supply. In some cases, Fillmore said, water quality risks can be mitigated through agronomic solutions or by acquiring an alternative water supply. Other times, the risk is unavoidable.

When trying to determine a water right’s risk level, Fillmore said farmers should also consider

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competing uses. Competing uses for the water could include municipal and industrial, environmental, power generation and higher-value agriculture. Knowing how much other users are willing to pay can also help farmers fi gure out the water’s value.

The fi nal factor farmers should consider, said Fillmore, is legal or regulatory risk. The regulations binding a water right can infl uence its risk level and value.

For example, in California, the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, added new regulations to how groundwater is managed. Fillmore showed data demonstrating that after SGMA went into eff ect, properties with only groundwater rights lost value.

Although new regulations are not always predictable, Fillmore encouraged farmers to keep an eye on legislation and agencies when evaluating water risk.

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Managing risk with federal crop insurance

By SIERRA DAWN McCLAIN Capital Press

At the recent Northwest Agricultural Show in Salem, one exhibit showcased agriculture in the Klamath Basin and the challenges farmers in that region face.

Ben Thiel, a regional office director for USDA’s Risk Manage-

ment Agency, said that as he walked past the exhibit, it reminded him of the importance of insurance. He said farmers in the Klamath and elsewhere have told him that if it wasn’t for crop insurance, they would not still be farming.

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can make the difference between staying in business or going out of business after a disaster,” said Thiel.

He spoke at the show during a crop insurance session.

The regional office Thiel directs covers Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Thiel does not sell crop insurance; rather, he provides education and support to farmers in choosing which risk management tools best suit their needs.

Many specialty crops do not have individual insurance policies. Instead, Thiel said specialty crop growers can turn to other programs for safety net support, including:

• The Whole-Farm Revenue Protection program, run by RMA.

• The Micro Farm program, run by RMA.

• The Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance Policy, run by RMA.

• The Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program, run by the Farm Service Agency.

Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP)

The 2014 Farm Bill established WFRP, which allows a farmer to create a safety net for all commodities on a farm under a single insurance policy. The plan can insure up to $17 million in revenue.

To get Whole-Farm coverage, a farmer must provide RMA with schedule F tax records from the past

five years, a farm plan for the upcoming year and commodity inventory information with accounts receivable or payable.

Micro Farm

USDA offered the Micro Farm program for the first time in 2022. The program has the same general framework as the Whole-Farm program, but it is a streamlined approach with less paperwork targeted at smaller-scale farms.

The Micro Farm program in 2023 will insure farms with approved revenue of up to $350,000 in the first year and $400,000 for carry-over policies. A farmer must provide RMA with schedule F tax records for the past three years, a farm plan for the upcoming year and commodity inventory information with accounts receivable or payable.

Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance Policy

This insurance plan is separate from Whole-Farm and Micro Farm programs. Pasture, rangeland and forage policies are area-based, meaning a farmer gets insurance within a specific grid in a county that has an average rainfall index associated with it.

For example, say an area on average gets 2 inches of rain annually during a certain timeframe called an interval. If the rainfall dips a certain amount below the average 2 inches during that interval as measured by weather stations, the farm could receive an indemnity for lack of rainfall.

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It’s official: Farm Credit West, NW Farm Credit Services merge

ing associations within the Farm Credit System, have merged to form a new association called AgWest Farm Credit.

By SIERRA DAWN McCLAIN Capital Press

Farm Credit West and Northwest Farm Credit Services, agricultural lend-

The merger became effective on Jan. 1 after stockholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the merger in November and a lengthy regulatory review concluded in December.

The newly formed organization, AgWest Farm Credit, has assets of nearly $30 billion and serves more than 22,000 customers at 59 locations across seven western states.

Farm Credit West worked with farmers in Arizona and California. Northwest Farm Credit Services provided services in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska.

Nate Riggers, chair of AgWest Farm Credit’s board and an Idaho wheat grower, said the “strategic merger” will benefit farms of all sizes.

The new association will be led by Farm Credit West’s past president and CEO Mark Littlefi eld. The management team will include leaders from both legacy associations.

“Merging allows us to bring the best of each association together to form an even more eff ective cooperative and off er increased value to our members,” said Littlefi eld.

The headquarters is in Spokane, Wash., with regional operating centers across the West. The agricultural lenders do not anticipate local branch closures or staffi ng changes.

The merger refl ects a decades-long trend of consolidation within the Farm Credit System, or FCS, which exists to provide a reliable, permanent source of credit to U.S. agriculture.

The Farm Credit Administration, an independent federal agency, regulates FCS lenders. The FCS is a borrower cooperative, meaning borrowers own the associations.

In recent decades, mergers and acquisitions have shrunk the number of lenders.

In her book, “Food,

Farming and Sustainability,” Susan Schneider, a professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, wrote that in the mid-1940s there were more than 2,000 FCS lending associations. That fell to 900 in 1983, 200 in 1998 and 74 in 2016.

In 2023, 68 lenders remain.

“The Farm Credit System is following some (consolidation) trends you see in ag generally and in finance generally,” Erik Hanson, assistant professor of agribusiness and applied economics at North Dakota University, told the Capital Press last year.

Experts say lenders that join forces may be able to provide larger loans, diversify risk and become more efficient and profitable, benefiting customers.

A merger may also have downsides. According to economists, a larger association may be incentivized to focus on serving big operations at the expense of smaller farms and borrowers may experience a “loss of local control.”

Riggers, the board chair, said customers should not be concerned about small farms getting overlooked. On the contrary, he said, the organization now has more resources to dedicate to its Young, Beginning and Small Farm, or YBS, programs.

“We think we’ll be able to target even more people and more resources to find those producers and offer them these great (YBS) programs we have,” said Riggers.

Riggers also said customers should not worry about a loss of local control. AgWest Farm Credit runs a local advisory committee program in which producers provide feedback to the board and leadership. Riggers said the association plans to “enhance” this program.

Northwest wheat industry expects food aid demand to increase

By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press

International demand for U.S. wheat as food aid will remain strong, two regional wheat industry leaders predict.

“I think it’s going to at least stay stable,” said Casey Chumrau, Washington Grain Commission executive director. “Since 2016, we’ve seen a trend, unfortunately, of higher food insecurity and more need around the world.”

“I expect the need for international food assistance to continue and grow,” said Amanda Hoey, Oregon Wheat CEO and chair of the food aid working group for U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers.

“The primary underlying causes of the need — particularly natural disasters and conflict-related displacement — are unchanged or are even more dire, depending on the situation,” she said.

Food programs are encountering increasingly complex situations requiring multi-year responses for humanitarian food aid relief to address severe food insecurity, Hoey said.

During each of the past three years, the U.S. has shipped more than 1 million metric tons of wheat as in-kind food assistance, Chumrau said.

In 2022, that amount totaled 38.5 million bushels, including more than

18 million bushels of soft white wheat from the Pacifi c Northwest.

The soft white wheat was primarily destined for Yemen, Chumrau said.

“These in-kind donations generally try and match the class of wheat that is most appropriate for the type of foods and cultural aspects of the countries that need it,” Chumrau said.

Ethiopia is another main destination for U.S. grain, primarily hard red winter wheat, Hoey said.

Wheat shipped as food aid is purchased at market value, just as with any other commercial sale, Chumrau said.

“It’s very signifi cant for our sales,” she said.

Over the last decade, soft white wheat food aid shipments have represented between 5% and 10% of total sales, Chumrau said.

Food aid does not displace any other sales, she said.

Whether it’s better to use cash donations or commodity donations is a “continual discussion,” Hoey said.

“While there is a role for both, the importance of maintaining commodities in the mix is essential,” she said.

In confl ict areas, commodity donations can mean better oversight and assurance it will reach those in need, she said. In areas impacted by natural disasters where availabil-

ity is already a challenge, it gets quality and nutritious food on site.

“Over time, there has been some eroding of commodity in preference for cash donation, as it is easier for some of the

implementing partners to use cash, but it is not always better for those receiving the donation, which is what should be forefront in the mind from a policy standpoint,” Hoey said.

Previously, dollars

through the American Rescue Plan and the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust assisted in the use of wheat for food aid, with funding from the USDA Commodity Credit Corp. helping cover the cost of transportation.

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Whitman County Cattlemen offer scholarships

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The Whitman County, Wash., Cattlemen’s Association will offer one or more scholarships this year. Each scholarship awarded will be no less than $1,000, according to the association.

The scholarship award application process is open to the following:

• Applicant’s home address must be in Whitman County.

• Applicant must be a graduating high school senior or homeschooled equivalent.

• Applicants must be continuing their course of study in an agriculture-related field at a twoor four-year college, university, trade or technical school.

The application deadline is April 15.

Applications are available from Whitman County high school counselors, via email request to wcca2011@gmail.com and at the following link: extension. wsu.edu/whitman/youth/forms.

Call Bill Ryan at 509-3345154 with questions.

Contact the Whitman County Cattlemen’s Association at P.O. Box 713, Colfax, WA 99111.

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Dairy industry vigilant on legislative, regulatory issues

By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press

Several issues will be on the agenda for dairy producers and processors this year in Congress, especially a new farm bill.

“We’ve got both a legislative and regulatory agenda,” said Charlie Garrison, president of the Garrison Group, which represents several dairy clients on Capitol Hill.

“As far as legislation is concerned, a farm bill is

the most prominent thing with agriculture obviously this year,” he said during the latest “Dairy Livestream” webinar.

The current farm bill expires on Sept. 30, and he doesn’t believe Congress will allow that to happen because it would send spending through the roof on nutrition assistance, for example.

If the farm bill is allowed to expire, farm bill programs would return to the 1949 farm bill with price-support programs for commodities. Adjusted for inflation, support prices would

be far above current prices.

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or extending the current farm bill, he said.

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Conservation programs are also important to dairy farmers. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program remains oversubscribed, he said.

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“It’s important to make sure that carbon can be a commodity that farmers can monetize. Also going forward, it’s important that any regulations be voluntary. It can’t be seen as a price of admission for producing milk in the country,” he said.

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New Oregon license plate celebrates pollinators

By SIERRA DAWN McCLAIN Capital Press

CORVALLIS, Ore. —

Oregon drivers can soon showcase their love for pollinators with a new state license plate featuring a honey bee, a native bumble bee and hives in a field of clover.

Oregon State University’s Horticulture Department has started taking pre-orders on its newly designed “pollinator paradise” license plate, which aims to celebrate the more than 600 bee species in the state.

If OSU sells 3,000 license plate vouchers, the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles, or DMV, will begin official production of the new plates.

“I think it’s a big deal,” said Sarah Kincaid, faculty research assistant in OSU’s Horticulture Department. “In a state like Oregon where so many people are passionate about bees, we should have a license plate celebrating that. With its abundance of native bees, Oregon should, too.”

Ordering a plate voucher will cost drivers $40, and for each sale, $35 will go to support bee research conducted by OSU’s Extension

Pollinator Health Lab and Honey Bee Lab programs.

Funds will directly support the identification of bee species throughout the Pacific Northwest and research into how to keep honey bee stocks healthy. Revenue from license plate sales may also support graduate students doing bee research at OSU.

Marek Stanton, 16, from Eagle Rock, designed the license plate.

Stanton is the youngest member of OSU Extension Service’s “Master Melittologist” program. A melittologist studies bees, and OSU’s program, modeled after its Master Gardener program, trains volunteers to become bee experts and use that knowledge to catalog and preserve bees native to the state.

Stanton worked with Andony Melathopoulos, OSU Extension’s pollinator health expert, and Kincaid, the research assistant, on the inspiration behind his drawing.

The plate features a field of red clover, green mountains and blue sky as the backdrop. In the foreground, the honey bee and bumble bee represent managed and native species of bees.

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Washington Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, center, talks with Beef Commission executive director Patti Brumbach and rancher Bill Sieverkropp of Ephrata after a hearing Jan. 19 on a bill that would increase funding for the Beef Commission.

Not quite full support for hiking Washington beef checkoff assessment

By DON JENKINS Capital Press

OLYMPIA — Washington beef and dairy groups urged lawmakers Jan. 19 to double the beef checkoff to $3 from $1.50 per head, though some cow-calf producers remain opposed.

The Cattle Producers of Washington was the only group that testified against Senate Bill 5150. Other cattle organizations wholeheartedly endorsed the legislation.

If the bill passes, the state Beef Commission will collect $2.50 for every cow sold in Washington. It currently receives $1 and takes in about $1.1 million a year.

The national Beef Board would continue to receive 50 cents for national promotions.

The checkoff has not been increased since 1985. Inflation has eroded the commission’s ability to promote beef, bill supporters told the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.

Washington Cattlemen’s Association President Jeff Keane said ranchers depend on the commission to

increase sales.

“We cannot do the advertising and marketing we need for our product from our living rooms. We have an organization that does it,” said Keane, a Douglas County cattleman.

The Washington Cattle Feeders Association, Washington State Dairy Federation and meat producer Agri Beef also testified in favor of the bill.

The Cattle Producers of Washington aligns with R-CALF USA, a national organization that has pushed for reforms to the mandatory checkoff.

Scott Nielsen of the Cattle Producers said in an interview that the organization supports the Beef Commission. The group, however, remains concerned fees are not being collected on imported cattle, he said.

Washington ranchers are disproportionately funding the commission’s promotions that benefit foreign-bred beef, too, said Nielsen, a former member of the commission board.

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Washington commodity commissions get mixed review in audit

By DON JENKINS Capital Press

Most Washington producers say commodity commissions are at least moderately beneficial, but more than one-third see little or no benefit, according to a report by the state auditor.

Commissions could do a better job of informing producers about how their assessments are being spent, senior performance auditor Deborah Stephens said Jan. 17.

Almost all commodity commissions have websites, but budgets and other information that would help producers evaluate commissions are often lacking, she said.

“It would be nice if that were more consistently reported,” Stephens said. “We think that should be made available.”

The auditor’s office regularly reviews the performance of state agencies.

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Most Washington producers see some bene t to their commodity commissions, but more than one-third see little or no bene t, according to a performance audit released Jan. 17. The Apple Commission, established in 1937, is the oldest of the state’s 21 commodity commissions.

Voters mandated the audits in 2005 by passing an initiative sponsored by taxpayer advocate Tim Eyman. The audit did not identify any cost savings or recommend eliminating any programs.

Commodity commissioners are primarily funded by assessments on producers. The assessments raise $40 million annually, according to the auditor’s office. Auditors found 72% of commission spending was on developing markets, promotion or research.

State Auditor Pat McCarthy said the office audited commodity commissions because of agricultural’s importance. “I don’t think there was a particular problem we were looking for,” she said.

The office contracted with the Washington State University School of Economic Sciences to survey members of the 21 commissions.

Surveyors contacted 14,189 producers and received 1,328 responses, a return rate of 9.4%. WSU concluded the responses were sufficient to represent producer positions.

The auditor’s office customized reports for each commission, but compiled all responses into one package for the report released Tuesday.

Producers were asked whether they or their operations benefited from commission activities.

Some 31% marked “a lot” and another 31% checked “moderate benefit.” Some 24% chose “little benefit” and 14% agreed with “no benefit.”

A followup question found that most producers who see little or no benefit to their commissioner either didn’t think the benefits helped them or weren’t aware of the benefits.

Some 63% said their commission had not asked for their comments on activities in the past three years. Even more, 69%, said they didn’t know who represents them on the board.

Producers were asked whether commissions address the “most important issues and challenges.”

Most respondents, 62%, said they were “reasonably addressed,” while 18% said “definitely” and 20% said “not at all.”

The auditor’s report recommends that commission websites more consistently report bud-

gets, revenues, programs, results and other facts about the commission. Contact information for board and staff members, and a forum for making comments also would be helpful, Stephens said.

The state Department of Agriculture helps administer commissions. Commission board members said they most need help with rules related to being a state agency, the audit found.

The department could

spend more on commissions by diverting funds from other programs, collecting more from commissions or getting money from lawmakers, according to the audit.

The audit backed a proposal by the agriculture department to create a state program to promote Washington products as a brand.

Gov. Jay Inslee included $358,000 to start the program in the twoyear spending proposal

he sent to lawmakers in December.

Commissions vary greatly in size. The smallest, the Puget Sound Salmon commission, collected $6,500 in assessments in 2021. The largest, the Grain Commission, received $8 million.

While most commissions are supported by assessments, the Beer Commission is an exception. Most of its revenues are from festivals.

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Dairy farmer uses social media to fight for industry

By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press

SALEM — Though he’s amassed nearly 1 million followers on social media, Derrick Josi insists he is not special.

Josi, a fourth- generation dairy farmer in Tillamook, Ore., began posting blogs and videos online in 2016 to fight back against what he says is misinformation about his industry being spread by radical environmentalists and animal rights groups.

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Otherwise, Josi said he’s just like any other dairy farmer. He wakes up at 3 a.m. to milk cows, and also grows his own corn and grass silage to keep the animals fed.

to farm, we need to be able to talk about the hard topics,” he said. “That’s what I do on my page.”

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But farmers like him can no longer afford to be reclusive, Josi said. They need to be proactive, sharing their stories and explaining why they do what they do. Sometimes that means delving into difficult topics, like artificial insemination or weaning calves from their mothers.

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The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) recently connected company representatives from the three largest Mexican breweries with the three largest U.S. barley-producing states—North Dakota, Montana and Idaho—to receive a crop report directly from U.S. farmers and updates on the latest in research and development for barley and malt.

Josi named his page “TDF Honest Farming” — shortened from “Tillamook Dairy Farmer” — uploading short videos directly from his cellphone. One day, he might be sitting at his kitchen table with a cup of coffee. Another day, he might be in the driver’s seat of his tractor, or wrangling a cow that’s managed to escape from the barn.

the internet comes with its critics and detractors. For Josi, he often finds himself drawing the ire of activists who feel the dairy industry, and animal agriculture more broadly, are both cruel and harmful to the environment.

That has led to threats and online bullying, which Josi acknowledged can be hard for some people to handle.

“I’ve had people threaten to put a bullet in my head.

That was a unique experience,” he said. “You have to have a unique personality to be able to deal with that.”

On the other hand, Josi said consumers need to hear directly from farmers and ranchers to avoid having a skewed or lopsided understanding of the issues.

“We have to be in the public sphere talking about things, or else we are going to go extinct,” Josi said.

Social media is not for

everyone, but Josi said there are many ways that producers can conduct outreach with the public, whether it be hosting farm tours, participating in local Farm Bureau chapters or testifying on the record before lawmakers.

“It takes thousands of us combatting (misinformation),” Josi said. “A lie will travel faster around the world than the truth gets out of bed.”

“If we want to keep the social license that we have

“All I do is talk about what I do on the farm,” he said. “If my cows get out, that’s what’s going to be shown.”

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“Just as we have been doing with feed producers, we are taking our buyers to hear directly from U.S. farmers and suppliers about the current year’s crop, quality and other information,” said Javier Chavez, USGC marketing specialist for Mexico. “In turn, customers can ask questions about market factors, supply and demand issues related to COVID-19 while providing their own outlook on Mexican beer production.

“By providing market information and education, we are able to better reach out to our end-users. We now have brewers asking for updated information on U.S. barley varieties and U.S. malt suppliers, as well as for help on specific trade projects.”

Mexico is the world’s largest beer exporter in terms of both value and volume—good news for U.S. barley farmers and malt producers who supply the main ingredient. Mexico dominates imports of U.S. barley and barley products, purchasing 350,000 metric tons (12.9 million bushels) in 2019/2020.

The outbreak of COVID-19 essentially shut down the brewing industry in Mexico in spring 2020 as beer production was deemed a non-essential industry. Some brewers near the border and in rural areas could operate, but malt imports quickly dropped to a third of normal demand.

As these large companies have resumed production, the Council has stayed in close contact with key customers to stay tuned-in to their concerns. The shift to a virtual setting for this program meant the Council could not only answer questions, but also expand participation to include more staff from each of the companies as well as more presence from members of the U.S. barley and malt supply chain.

“This business-to-business approach takes advantage of the virtual nature of meetings to make it easy to include more participants from both sides of the border,” Chavez said. “We can go beyond procurement staff to include other individuals from these Mexican companies working in research and development, quality control and management. At the same time, we can include a larger number of U.S. farmers, maltsters, researchers and suppliers.”

The Council has follow-up programs scheduled with each individual brewing company to address specific needs identified through this virtual meeting.

“Through these programs, we reaffirm the Council as a source of education, market information and an active partner in enabling trade,” Chavez said. “As a result, we have more inquiries than ever from brewers, feed producers and grain importers.”

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Beef Commission executive director Patti Brumbach said she’s confident fees are being collected.

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Ranchers in her district are feeling beleaguered, including by wolves, Short said.

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Cattle Feeders executive director Jack Field, who also raises cattle, said the investment would be worth it for the industry. “There will never be an assessment that comes before you with 100% support,” he told senators.

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The organic industry is celebrating USDA’s final rule to strengthen oversight and enforcement of the production, handling and sale of organic products.

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The final rule supports strong organic control systems, improves farm-to-market traceability, increases import oversight authority and provides robust enforcement of the organic regulations.

The National Organic Coalition applauded USDA for its work to bring the rule to completion. “Organic producers’ livelihoods depend on strong and consistent enforcement of organic regulations,” said Abby Youngblood, the coalition’s executive director.

“For more than a decade, operations have been undercut by fraudulent products that have no business carrying the organic seal. NOC strongly supports provisions in this rule that will give USDA and certification agencies more authority to crack down on bad actors,” she said.

The Organic Trade Association said in a statement the regulation will have significant and far-reaching impacts on the organic sector and do much to deter and detect organic fraud and protect organic integrity throughout the supply chain.

“The rule closes gaps in current organic regulations and builds consistent certification practices to prevent fraud and improve the transparency and traceability of organic products. Fraud in the organic system — wherever it occurs — harms the entire organic sector and shakes the trust of consumers in organic,” the association said in the statement.

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Key updates include:

• Requiring certification of more of the businesses, such as brokers and traders, at critical links in organic supply chains.

• Requiring NOP import certificates for all organic imports.

• Requiring organic identification on nonretail containers.

• Increasing authority for more rigorous on-site inspections of certified operations.

• Requiring uniform qualification and training standards for organic inspectors and certifying agent personnel.

• Requiring standardized certificates of organic operation.

• Requiring additional and more frequent reporting of data on certified operations.

• Creating authority for more robust recordkeeping, traceability practices and fraud prevention procedures.

• Specifying certification requirements for producer groups.

More about the final rule: www.ams.usda.gov/organic/ SOE

gram enforcement and stopping import fraud has been a top priority for organic farmers, said Kate Mendenhall, executive director of Organic Farmers Association.

“U.S. organic farmers and consumers will both benefit from a quick and strong implementation of the SOE Rule. … This is a huge win for organic farmers,” she said.

USDA’s National Organic Program has struggled to oversee the rapidly growing $63 billion U.S. organic industry. Increasing volumes of imported organic grains and schemes to sell fraudulent organic products nomic harm to U.S. organic farmers, according to the

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Washington mulls jobless benefits for undocumented workers

By DON JENKINS Capital Press

A Washington House committee took testimony Jan. 13 on a bill that proposes setting up a new state program to pay undocumented workers unemployment benefits.

The bill’s prime sponsor, Rep. Amy Walen, D-Kirkland, broke down crying, saying denying jobless payments based on immigration status was “fundamentally unfair.”

Business lobbyists sympathized with Walen’s intentions, but warned that to collect payments workers might have to reveal they weren’t eligible to work in the U.S. in the first place.

Once identified as undocumented, the worker couldn’t be rehired under federal law, Washington State Tree Fruit Association President Jon DeVaney said.

“Many seasonal employees in agriculture return year after year. This scenario would be crippling both for agricultural workers and their employers,” he told the Labor and Workplace Standards Committee.

Under House Bill 1095, workers denied unemployment benefits because of their immigration status could reapply for benefits under the new program.

The Employment Security Department or a contractor could contact ex-employers to verify applicants lost jobs through no fault of their own, according to the bill.

The inquiry would end the possibility of the worker being rehired, said Albert Zepeda, human resources director for Kyle Mathison Orchards in Wenatchee.

“Before moving forward with this bill, I ask the committee to please consider the impact on this vulnerable group of workers and their livelihood,” he said.

The Migrant Policy Institute estimated in 2019 that there were 166,000 undocumented workers in Washington’s workforce, though it’s illegal to hire people without permission to work in the U.S.

“Every one of our employees has had to show documents that they are work eli-

gible,” DeVaney said. “We do know there are a variety of employees whose documentation (can’t survive) a more extensive review.”

Before awarding unemployment benefits, the Employment Security Department checks through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services whether the worker was eligible to be employed.

If the department can’t verify the worker’s legal status, benefits are denied, as required by federal law. Walen’s bill proposes setting up a separate state account to pay undocumented workers benefits.

Workers would still have to show they left their jobs involuntarily and weren’t fired for misconduct. The bill proposes contracting with a “third-party, community-based organization” to help workers collect information from former employers.

Without immigrants, the restaurant and lodging industry would come to a “crashing halt,” Washington Hospitality Association director of government relations Julia Gorton said.

Still, she warned the bill could put employers in a bad spot. As a condition to getting unemployment benefits, undocumented workers would have to look for work.

Employers who hire inel-

igible workers can be fined or imprisoned under federal law.

“If the department has knowledge someone is not authorized (to work), but then requires them to seek employment, it puts employers in a difficult position, possibly putting them at risk

of those federal penalties,” Gorton said.

Columbia Legal Services policy director Antonio Ginatta said business groups brought up legitimate concerns, but suggested looking at Colorado.

Colorado last year set up a fund to pay unemploy-

ment benefits to undocumented workers. Workers are eligible to collect 55% of their lost wages for up to 13 weeks.

“We can follow that path as well,” Ginatta said. Sen. Rebecca Saldana, D-Seattle, has introduced the measure in that chamber.

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Washington needs outside help to meet green-energy law

By DON JENKINS Capital Press

OLYMPIA — Washington’s climate ambitions rely heavily on undeveloped technology and other states, a Senate committee heard Jan. 13 during a hearing on the state’s energy production.

Washington eventually will have to import green energy to offset a coming ban on electricity from fossil fuels, Commerce Department energy policy manager Glenn Blackmon said.

“The main reason for that is the wind blows harder in the Rocky Mountains than in the Columbia Gorge, and the sun shines brighter in the Southwest than it does in Sunnyside, Wash.,” he said.

Environment and Energy Committee Chairman Joe Nguyen, D-Seattle, said he scheduled the work session to prepare committee members for energy-related legislation.

Lawmakers will consider bills to streamline permitting power projects and planning transmission lines, and will allocate $1.7 billion expected to come from cap-and-trade auctions.

Interstate transmission lines and out-of-state power projects are vital to Washington’s green-energy ambitions, but largely are beyond the control of bills the Legislature can pass.

Electric utilities will be barred from supplying electricity generated by natural gas or coal beginning in 2045. By then, demand for electricity will have nearly doubled, Commerce projects.

Eastern Washington solar and wind farms will provide some power. But wind speeds and sunshine there are middling compared to elsewhere, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Washington, which now exports hydropower to other states, will import 43% of its electricity by 2050, Commerce predicts. Almost all is expected to

Don Jenkins/Capital Press Transmission towers carry electricity through southwest Washington. The state expects to import large amounts of electricity from Montana and Wyoming in the future.

be from Montana and Wyoming wind farms.

Besides being wind-rich, both states are coal rich and have been at odds with the Inslee administration over its opposition to fossil fuels.

Montana and Wyoming accused Gov. Jay Inslee in 2020 of blocking a proposal to export coal from a Columbia River terminal in Longview as a means of advancing his political ambitions.

The Inslee administration discriminated against two landlocked states seeking to ship a commodity important to them overseas, the suit claimed.

Washington denied the allegations, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case.

Bonneville Power Administration state liaison Liz Klumpp told the Senate committee that major transmission projects likely will be needed in the next decade to meet Washington’s green-energy laws.

“These are big efforts. And, you know, not usually popular,” she said.

“Frankly, the farther out you get, you’re really hoping technology continues to develop, and we find fiveday (battery) storage technology. That’s the magic button,” she said.

States traditionally can block interstate transmission lines, though the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can permit lines through “national interest” corridors.

Farm groups sue over new WOTUS rule

By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press

The American Farm Bureau Federation and 17 other organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Environment Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers challenging the agencies’ new rule defining Waters of the United States, known as WOTUS.

The rule makes clear the agencies “are determined to exert (Clean Water Act) jurisdiction over a staggering range of dry land and water features — whether large or small; permanent, intermittent, or ephemeral; flowing or stagnant; natural or manmade; interstate or intrastate; and no matter how remote from or lacking in a physical connection to actual navigable waters,” the lawsuit states.

“Under the rule, plaintiffs’ members will constantly be at risk that any sometimes-wet feature on their property will be deemed WOTUS by the agencies using vague and unpredictable standards — making normal business activities in that area subject to criminal and civil penalties,” it states.

The plaintiffs allege the rule violates the Administrative Procedure Act, contravenes the plain text of the Clean Water Act and violates the U.S. Constitution.

They are asking the court to declare the rule unlawful, to vacate it and enjoin the agencies from implementing, applying or enforcing the rule.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division.

Farmers and ranchers share the goal of protecting the resources entrusted to them, said Zippy Duvall, Farm Bureau president.

“Clean water is important to all of us. Unfortunately, the new WOTUS rule once again gives the federal gov-

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part in a lawsuit against the Waters of the U.S. rule rewritten by the Biden administration.

ernment sweeping authority over private lands. This isn’t what clean water regulations were intended to do,” he said.

“Farmers and ranchers should not have to hire a team of lawyers and consultants to determine how we can farm our land,” he said.

The new rule is vague and creates uncertainty for America’s farmers, even if they’re miles from the nearest navigable water, he said.

“We believe a judge will recognize these regulations exceed the scope of the Clean Water Act and direct EPA to develop rules that enable farmers to protect natural resources while ensuring they can continue stocking America’s pantries,” he said.

Farm Bureau is joined in the lawsuit by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Public Lands Council, National Pork Producers Council, National Corn Growers Association, U.S. Poultry Association, state and county Farm Bureaus and organizations representing infrastructure and housing.

The Biden administration’s WOTUS definition is an attack against farmers and ranchers, and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association will be fighting back in court, said Mary-Thomas Hart, the association’s chief counsel.

Agricultural organizations are taking