Country Life February 2015

Country Life Special Section • Wednesday, February 11, 2015

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Ag Business

Poultry

Keizer Meats has new owner, but remains open for all meat business

Avian flu warning continues

Halal-certified ‘just another service available if wanted’

3 strains found

By Calvin Bratt editor@lyndentribune.com

LYNDEN — Keizer AA Meats, begun 28 years at 8168 Bob Hall Rd. by George and Sherry Keizer, now has a new owner, Cascade Food Corp, a Washington state corporation.

The Keizers, who had wanted to sell their business for some time, welcomed the new ownership, effective last October, and George continues as a meat cutter in the business located next to their home.

Sherry Keizer said she wants to get the word out that Keizer Meats is fully open to the public as before and is taking customers’ orders.

She said that a Sausage Kitchen of ready-to-eat meat products, such as snack sticks and lunch meats, is being developed and should be fully operational with U.S. Department of Agriculture approval very soon.

The small shop of under 10 employees west of Lynden has been able to boast, since 2008, that it is the only facility with USDA inspection services — the next nearest place is in Stanwood — and that is still true.

The main change is that Keizer Meats is now halal-certified, which means adhering to the dietary requirements of Muslim law. Each animal is

Keizers Meats, based on Bob Hall Road west of Lynden for many years, is now owned by Cascade Food Corp. It continues to offer a truck that goes out to any location for slaughter. (Courtesy photo) blessed before its slaughter.

“Not everyone needs to have their meat products certified halal. However, it is here and available if wanted, just another service offered for you,” Sherry Keizer said.

Althaf Khan, head of Cascade Food Corp, said most of his meat business, including seafood, is in British Columbia. He travels across the border several times per week to Lynden as needed.

Bull riding back at fairgrounds Saturday, May 9 ‘Most exciting 8 seconds in sports’ LYNDEN — Rodeo fans can see “the most exciting 8 seconds in sports” for a couple of hours on Saturday, May 9, when the Professional Bull Riders Touring Pro Division event returns for a third year to town.

Approximately 35 of the top bull riders in the world are expected when the competition starts at 7:30 p.m. that day inside the Washington Tractor Arena of the Northwest Washington Fair & Event Center. Music will be offered in the beer garden after the bull riding.

Reserved tickets from $29 to $39 go on sale April 2. They will be available at the fairgrounds office, 1775 Front St.; online at www.nwwafair.com; or by phone at 354-4111.

“Bull riding is the most popular event of any rodeo,

and this features a whole night of it,” said Jim Baron, general manager of the Northwest Washington Fair & Event Center. “The action is great, as some of the most athletic and courageous competitors in sport try to ride these huge and rank bulls for eight seconds.”

Laurel Farm and Western Supply is the event title sponsor.

The bulls will be provided by longtime rodeo stock contractor Mike Corey of Moses Lake.

The riders will be competing for $10,000 in prize money as well as points in the Touring Pro Division standings. The Touring Pro Division is the Professional Bull Riders’ developmental tour in which established veterans and newcomers compete against some of the most famous bucking bulls.

For sponsorship opportunities and VIP seating details, also call 354-4111.

This shop functions as a new source of meat for him, Khan said during a stop in mid-January, and he appreciates that the Keizers operated it for many years serving the local community, and he wants to increase business and bring in any useful new ideas.

“I don’t think we need anything bigger. For the clientele we have, this is fine. I want to keep the employees

working here,” Khan said.

One change was to stop processing hogs, since Muslims abstain from pork. Cattle, goats and sheep are accepted.

Halal means no difference in the slaughter of animals except a blessing is pronounced on them first, Khan said. “You proclaim the name of God. That is the main difference,” he said.

Khan said he is willing to make changes to satisfy the

needs and requests of Whatcom County in meat processing in order to provide the best service possible.

“The main idea is to get more support for the company. We want to keep the plant going,” Khan said. “Come and support us and keep the plant working.”

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Experts on a variety of subjects will give two-hour presentations and answer questions to help inform on horticultural topics of local interest and importance. The sessions are by donation.

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OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Agriculture continues to advise commercial poultry growers and backyard flock owners to be vigilant with biosecurity measures. This should include limiting contact between domestic birds and wild birds, especially waterfowl.

Three strains of avian influenza have now been detected in Washington state: • H5N8 – found in a falcon-fed wild duck.

• H5N2 – detected in a wild duck in Whatcom County, in two backyard flocks in Benton County and in a backyard flock in Clallam County.

• H5N1 – detected in a wild duck in Whatcom County. However, this sub-type of the H5N1 virus detected in Whatcom County is genetically different from the virus with the same designation that has circulated in Europe and Asia in recent years. The Eurasian H5N1 has infected people.

To date, there have been no cases in the United States of humans becoming ill from any of these viruses.

Deaths or illness among domestic birds should be reported to the WSDA Avian Health Program at 1-800-6063056.

While the risk to the public is low, it is not zero. People with known close contact with infected birds, including owners of infected flocks, will be contacted by public health officials as a precautionary measure.

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MiElkE Market

Back to reality! Milk price falls, getting to ‘12 levels

By Lee Mielke lkmielke@juno.com

The first Federal Order benchmark milk price of 2015 continues 2014’s end — on a down note.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the Class III price for January milk at $16.18 per hundredweight (cwt.), down $1.64 from December 2014 and $4.97 below January 2014. The December mark was already a $4.12 plummet from record 2014 highs.

The price equates to about $1.39 per gallon and is the lowest Class III price since June 2012.

And Class III futures trading tells us this is not the bottom. The February contract settled Friday, Feb. 6, at $15.88, March at $16 and April at $15.91, with a peak in 2015 of just $17.28 in October.

The January Class IV price is $13.23, down $3.47 from December and a whopping $9.06 below a year ago. It is the lowest Class IV price since March 2010, although it fell to $13.24 in June 2012.

The four-week National Dairy Products Sales Report-surveyed cheese price averaged $1.5807 per pound, down 15.6 cents from December. Butter averaged $1.5633 per pound, down 34.2 cents. Nonfat dry milk, at $1.0202, was down 23.5 cents, and dry whey averaged 58.75 cents per pound, virtually unchanged.

California’s January 2015 Class 4b cheese milk price (comparable to the federal Class III) is $13.75 per cwt., down $1.03 from December 2014 and $6.56 below January 2014, and the lowest 4b price since May 2012. The January 4a butter-powder milk price is $13.09, down $3.48 from December, $9.04 below a year ago and the lowest since March 2010.

On a brighter note, the Feb. 3 Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction, event number 133, saw the weighted average for all products jump 9.4 percent, following a 1 percent jump on Jan. 20. It is the fourth consecutive gain and is likely driven by New Zealand-based dairy cooperative Fonterra’s announcement that it was lowering its milk production estimate by 3.3 percent.

Dairy product prices here at home were mixed the first week of February. Cash block cheddar closed Friday at $1.5350 per pound, up a quarter-cent on the week but 69 3/4 cents below a year ago. The cheddar barrels finished the week at $1.4825, down 2 1/4 cents, 72 1/4 cents below a year ago. Ten train cars of barrel traded hands on the week.

Larger Midwest cheese manufacturers are feeling better about the all-around price picture since midJanuary, when cheese prices declined rapidly, says Dairy Market News.

Barring sharp declines in February, many manufacturers are more at ease

with their margins looking forward than they were several weeks ago.

Cash butter, after jumping 20 cents in late January, receded to just $1.7950 by last Friday. Eighteen cars sold this week.

The market is buoyed partly by an early Easter, according to DMN. Some buyers are purchasing only what is needed as they wait to see if prices will come down. Domestic demand is steady to higher while export demand has weakened. Cream is readily available.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry ended Friday at $1.10 per pound, up 3 cents.

A headline-grabbing record 54 carloads traded hands in the spot market this week, up from 34 the previous week.

It’s finally official. A proposal has been submitted to the USDA’s Agri-

Women’s event can help with farm marketing\ SKAGIT ­— Farm women have an opportunity on Saturday, Feb. 21, to gather, experience great speakers, learn new skills and network with each other. The multi-site conference will be received at the Skagit County WSU Extension office, 16602 State Route 536 (Memorial Highway), Mount Vernon.

Walla Walla farmer Emily Asmus will share how Welcome Table Farms keeps its “brand” fresh to build interest and loyalty. Learn what tools and techniques are critical to a marketing plan.

Marketing expert Erica Mills from Claxon Marketing believes every woman can and should have a consistently compelling way to describe her farm business. She knows this isn’t easy and will help farms of all shapes and sizes tackle this tough challenge.

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cultural Market Service to form a Federal Order in the state of California.

It was filed by the law office of Marvin Beshore on behalf of members of California Dairies, Dairy Farmers of America and Land O’Lakes. The Secretary of Agriculture has been asked to call a hearing and begin the process.

After conducting an internal analysis of the proposal, USDA will decide whether a hearing will be held.

The agency is requesting more proposals regarding a potential federal milk order for California. Any proposals must be received by April 10.

USDA will then conduct a series of public outreach meetings throughout California in early May 2015. Information regarding these will be released soon.

If California’s milk producers vote to go ahead, it would be the largest Federal Order pool with a monthly average volume of well over 3.4 billion pounds, eclipsing Federal Order 30’s Upper Midwest average 2014 monthly pool volume of 2.7 billion pounds.

The state of California has administered its own market order that some say has not adapted well to market conditions.

Rob VandenHeuvel of the Milk Producers Council said this to DairyBusiness Update: “Our dairy farmers have been harmed to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in recent

years due to a state order that unfairly discounts our California farmgate milk price. We are very excited that we are about to engage in a serious discussion and process that will open the door to a real alternative for California producers that can provide the fair and competitive prices for milk that our dairy families need and deserve.”

Tom Barcellos, board chairman for Western United Dairymen, stated, “This has been a long time coming. It is a welcome opportunity for USDA to get a hearing process underway and work toward the marketing order. We have been waiting two years already.”

Dan McBride of the Northwest Dairy Association made these price projections for the Class III price and Pacific Northwest blend price: Month Class PNW III Blend $16.18 $15.50 Jan. (current) Feb. $15.80 $15.60 March $16.00 $15.75 April $15.90 $15.80 May $15.90 $15.90 June $16.25 $16.20 July $16.75 $16.60 Aug. $17.10 $16.90 Sept. $17.15 $17.10 Lee Mielke, of Lynden, is editor of the Mielke Market Weekly and associate editor of DairyBusiness Update.

Whatcom County has about 100 dairy farms.

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Keizer: USDA-inspected spot Continued from CL1 ty is relatively small, some cultures here do not have easy access to foods that they need for their families and some ethnic families must travel outside of the community to get groceries each week.

She said Khan wants to continue to give superior service to the community while venturing into some new markets, she said.

“Mr. Khan is working closely with (us) to understand and learn this industry, and to satisfy the wants and needs of the community. He looks forward to creating and continuing strong relationships,” she said.

August through January tends to be the busiest time of year in the meat business, and so there is capacity available at Keizer Meats right now.

Slaughter may be either custom on-farm or with USDA inspection at the Bob Hall Road shop.

In 2014 the Whatcom County Council — after much political push and pull for two years — adopted rules allowing slaughterhouses on agricultural land, but with strict guidelines for review and approval. Some farmers said the need for more locally based slaughter facilities was great, yet so far no one has jumped at the opportunity to start something new.

Just a month ago, I offered a word of caution against getting too excited about spring’s arrival. Barely a month into winter, it hardly seemed right to offer tips for spring work around the yard.

As February is now well underway, however, with nary a sign of real winter weather in the forecast, you’re likely starting to look around the yard for things to do. Here’s my list of four must-do tasks in the garden this month.

First, it’s time to prune.

As I’ve written about in previous months and years, now is not the time to prune some of your spring- and summerblooming shrubs such as rhododendrons, azaleas, heather and certain hydrangeas. They bloom on the previous year’s growth and thus should be pruned only after they bloom.

For many other plants in your yard, though, now is the time for a haircut.

While the best time to prune back rose bushes is usually later in February, if your plants look like mine, they’re well underway in waking up from winter dormancy and are starting to leaf out.

Encourage vigorous, healthy growth this spring with a hard pruning and cut each branch as low as six to eight inches above the base of the plant.

Second, tackle moss growth in your lawn. Once again this year, our mild win-

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Fourth, spray for bugs and diseases. Unless we get a hard dose of winter later this month — which would do damage to a lot more than just insects — many of the plants around your yard may have overwintered insect eggs or fungus spores. Save yourself the headache of trying to undo the damage of an infestation later this spring by spraying now.

For insect control for all your plants (including edibles), spray with liquid Sevin insecticide. To control diseases, use a copper dust or spray on your plants. Or, if you’re worried about both insects and diseases, use Bon-Neem, an all-inone product safe for application on edibles and ornamental plants around your yard.

Barring a nasty late winter storm, we’re setting up for an early spring in the Pacific Northwest. So enjoy the onset of a new season and have fun getting started with the work around your yard.

David Vos is the general manager of VanderGiessen Nursery in Lynden.

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4-H Reports BARNYARD KIDS Reporter: Luke Wolfisberg On Thursday, Feb. 5, Barnyard Kids 4-H Club held its monthly meeting. The meeting was called to order at the Baremans’ home at 7:08 p.m. Our secretary, Katelyn Oostra, did the roll call, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Meagan Engelsma and the 4-H Pledge by Lane Oostra. As there were no minutes, we moved onto the treasurer’s report.

Following the $560 check from Fairway Center for decorating, our balance was $1,981.30.

Project reports were then given by Craig Vreugdenhil, Rafe Wolfisberg and Gracie Dickinson.

For activity reports, Luke Wolfisberg talked about Dairy Quiz Bowl and how much knowledge you can gain about dairy. Our next practice will be at 7:15 p.m. at the Odens’ home. Next on our agenda was that applications for $500 grants for the Springtime Youth Calf Sale are due Feb. 23. The sale will be on March 21 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe.

Public presentations are coming up Feb. 10 at Laurel Baptist Church, Feb. 14 at the Lynden Community Center and Feb. 19 at Bakerview Church. The Whatcom County Youth Fair will be April 10-11 this year, with sign-ups due March 18. For our club basket for the silent auction, we decided the theme will be “John Deere.” All families are asked to bring at least

one item, and have them brought to our next club meeting.

Heather Oostra led a judging and oral reasons practice on stuffed cows to help everyone with their dairy judging skills. The meeting was adjourned at 7:58 p.m.

COUNTRY PARTNERS Reporter: Kelly Klem By now I’m sure that everyone has somewhat calmed down after the winter holidays and the celebration of the new year. The coming of the new year brought changes, new resolutions we don’t intend to keep, and the beginning of the frantic race to get ready for the fair in August.

The last time I was with my 4-H club we were at our live nativity scene at the Elenbaas store in Everson. That was a great night; it wasn’t too cold and the generous people at Elenbaas warmed us up with hot chocolate, cookies and the delicious Dutch treat olie bollen. Myself, I was thrown in charge of the popcorn machine the moment I walked in the door.

I can’t complain much, though.

Inside it was warm, and I was by the large window where watching the 4-Hers was quite the spectacle and very entertaining.

Outside, kittens were climbing and clawed onto the wise men, chickens were perched on the angels, and over and over I watched as a little shepherd ran in

and out of the store with his face smudged with chocolate carrying an armful of olie bollen. To top off the night, there were horse wagon rides around the block, which both the kids and the adults enjoyed.

So far in the new year, we have had a teen event night for some of the older club members.

It was a very entertaining and unique event, where we dashed from one fast-food joint to the next in Lynden. We got gawked at by the Canadian drivers and other members of the community as we hopped from white line to white line across the crosswalks at the intersections proudly showing off our matching Burger King crowns.

Not only did we chow down on junk food, but we also gave some register employees a scare as we paraded in the restaurant in our massive group of about 20 4-Hers.

In the upcoming month, our club will begin to discuss plans and projects for the upcoming fair and other 4-H activities. We begin to train our show animals and slowly relearn all the fair knowledge that we’ve forgotten after the months of relaxation and the club parties. Our club members, though, are very outgoing and hardworking kids. We know that they were very accomplished last year in their projects, so with a little work we can make 2015 our most impressive year as a club ever.

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sity; or entering college, technical school or university as a full-time student in 2014-15.

• Be a Whatcom County Farm Bureau member or the son, daughter, legal dependent or spouse of a Whatcom County Farm Bureau member, with membership dues paid prior to Oct. 1, 2014 and kept current through May 15, 2015.

• Not have been awarded the scholarship in previous years.

A copy of the application process can be found at www.

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Applications must be completed and returned by April 3, 2015 to: Whatcom Farm Bureau Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 703, Lynden, WA 98264.

The Whatcom County Farm Bureau Scholarship Committee will review the applications and make final decisions by May 15, 2015.

For more details, contact Leslie Honcoop, scholarships chairperson, at 354-1155 or wcfb.treas@gmail.com.

ideas and days and times that might work best. The response clearly indicated a strong interest in a range of topics.

For more information, visit www.cloudmountainfarmcenter.org/ and click on “festivals and events”.

The sessions are open to anyone who is interested — farmers, homesteaders and gardeners alike. If this first effort is successful and participants find the sessions valuable, Cloud Mountain plans to continue to host similar sessions during the off-peak farm season. Ideas for future topics are welcome; send to sean@cloudmountainfarmcenter.org.

The scope of topics can include anything that might affect local farmers and their ability to continue as successful farmers, for example: new developments in research, techniques or practices; conservation or policy, and business planning.

Cloud Mountain is a nonprofit community farm and education center dedicated to providing hands-on learning opportunities to new and experienced farmers, as well as home gardeners. These unique educational experiences are integrated with the management and operation of a 45-acre farm and retail nursery.

LYNDEN ­— The Whatcom County Farm Bureau is offering $3,000 in scholarships to qualified Whatcom County students. At least $500 will be awarded to each winner.

Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible: • Be a high school senior; or currently full-time undergraduate in college or univer-

Speakers Continued from CL1 interests of local farmers. The goal is to strengthen and promote conversation between farmers, who depend economically on the reliability of their production, and people who work in specialized fields,” said Sean D’Agnolo, education manager at Cloud Mountain Farm Center. The goal is “to foster ecologically and economically sustainable agriculture,” he said.

These are the confirmed Thursday sessions: • Feb. 19, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m., “Farmland Designation, Conservation and Access,” with Chris Elder, Whatcom County’s Purchase of Development Rights outreach coordinator.

• March 19, 3 – 5 p.m., “An Overview of Vegetable Pathology in Cucurbit, Solanum, and Brassica Crops: Prevention and Identification,” with Jeff Dodson, vegetable pathologist at J Dodson Pathology.

• April 9, 1 – 3 p.m., “Organic Reduced Tillage,” with Doug Collins of the Washington State University Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and WSU Small Farms Program.

• June 18, 2 – 4 p.m., “Pollinators and Beneficial Attractants,” with Eric Mader of the Xerces Society and Jim Myer of Cascadian Home Farm.

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