July 2016 • Volume 20, Issue 5 ® Idaho Farm Bureau

Soda Fire: Update on IDL Rural Depopulation Rehabilitation Efforts Grazing Restructure Trends Alarming for Continuing3 6 some7 Counties Tide Beginning to Beyond the Turn on EPA Fencerows

By Zippy Duvall ter an agency determines it can port of the Hawkes family and AFBF President regulate part of their property. the Pacific Legal Foundation.

The Environmental Protection This ruling—United States Before this ruling, the Army Agency and the Army Corps of Army Corps of Engineers v. Corps would tell farmers they Engineers are finally getting a Hawkes—is among the most had no right to challenge its de- much needed check on their run- important court opinions we cision that it had legal authority away overreach. A unanimous have seen. Along with other over what it had determined to ruling by the Supreme Court in groups, including the National be “navigable waters” on their May means farmers and ranch- Cattlemen’s Beef Association, land. Landowners would have to ers can take the federal govern- AFBF was proud to contribute a apply for a permit to work their ment to court immediately af- friend-of-the-court brief in sup- See DUVALL, page 10

portance of telling our story. holding facility for wild horses and Understanding Farm Bureau - burros in Utah. He expected to see Consumers are bombarded daily a rolling grassy pasture filled with with images, articles, blog posts, The Importance of Telling healthy horses happily munching Facebook posts, videos and pod- on clover. After laying eyes on a casts. Many of them are not sym- our Side of the Story few hundred mustangs swishing pathetic to the challenges we face. flies and stomping around the hot, Our industry is misunderstood and dusty corrals, his mind changed By Bryan Searle activists are using that to their ad- and he became much more inclined vantage. President Idaho Farm Bureau to learn more about the plight of the Federation As an example, last month I had the wild horse in the western states. His In my last column the discussion privilege to spend time with Amer- pre-conceived notions didn’t match centered on the Idaho Farm Bu- ican Farm Bureau President Zippy up with the unfortunate reality. reau’s policy development process. Duvall. He is a Georgia native and a This time, I’d like to stress the im- lifelong farmer. We visited a BLM See SEARLE, page 16

meetings, government hearings, Besides being a farmer in Maui, The Slow and Painful court rooms or halls of state and Mae works for Hawaiian Commer- national Capitols. We have known cial and Sugar Company (HCSC). and watched this couple, but par- Recently, HCSC announced it is Death of an Institution ticularly Mae for many years. At closing at the end of the year, the our first meeting with Mae she was last sugar cane plantation and mill vice president of the Hawaii Farm in Hawaii. Sugar cane was the eco- By Rick Keller Bureau. It took place in crowded nomic driver for this most isolated CEO Idaho Farm Bureau Federation hotel meeting room in Washington, archipelago island group in the D.C. We’ve been guests eating in world. Sugar brought the immi- I sat across the table of a dear friend their home on the beautiful island grants, jobs, infrastructure, econo- this week, Mae Nakahata. Mae of Maui. Mae has always been en- my and lifestyle to Hawaii. Maui is iconic in Hawaiian agriculture. ergetic with a quick smile, but this Gold sugar will be no longer, after She and her husband Warren, fight week, the quickness has slowed and 145 years. tirelessly for agriculture, whether the smile has weakened. at county planning and zoning See KELLER, page 16 2 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 Volume 20, Issue 5 IFBF OFFICERS President ...... Bryan Searle, Shelley Vice President ...... Mark Trupp, Driggs Executive Vice President ...... Rick Keller BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mark Harris ...... Soda Springs Chris Dalley ...... Blackfoot Stephanie Mickelsen...... Idaho Falls Danny Ferguson ...... Rigby Scott Steele ...... Idaho Falls Gerald Marchant ...... Oakley Rick Pearson ...... Hagerman Rick Brune...... Hazelton Luke Pearce ...... New Plymouth Cody Chandler...... Weiser Tracy Walton ...... Emmett Marjorie French ...... Princeton Alton Howell ...... Careywood Tom Daniel ...... Bonners Ferry Judy Woody ...... Filer The BLM recently hosted a tour in Owyhee County to look at rehabilitation efforts after the Cole Smith ...... Montpelier Soda Fire. Photo by Steve Ritter STAFF Dir. of Organization...... Dennis Brower Director of Admin. Services ...... Cara Dyer Commodities & Marketing Assistant ...... Peg Pratt Secretary of the Interior Member Services Assistant ...... Peggy Moore Public Relations Assistant ...... Dixie Ashton Dist. I Regional Manager ...... Justin Patten Dist. II Regional Manager ...... Zak Miller Tours Soda Fire Scene Dist. III Regional Manager ...... Charles Garner Dist. IV Regional Manager ...... Brody Miller Dist. V Regional Manager ...... Bob Smathers By Jake Putnam Dir. of Governmental Affairs ...... Russ Hendricks Asst. Dir. of Governmental Affairs .... Dennis Tanikuni Grandview—Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell saw the transformation for her- Director of Public Relations ...... John Thompson self, a quarter of a million acres of range reduced to ash last summer now lush and Video Services Manager ...... Steve Ritter green. Broadcast Services Manager ...... Jake Putnam Office Manager, Boise ...... Julie Araquistain Last August great waves of fire swallowed up the Owyhee range destroying sage, Member Services Manager ...... Joel Benson Assistant Treasurer...... Tyler Zollinger rangeland and cattle operations. Energy/Natural Resources...... Braden Jensen When the smoke cleared great walls of dust and blowing ash swept the plain and Printed by: Owyhee Publishing, Homedale, ID the next environmental disaster was just a flash flood away. The BLM sent teams of GEM STATE PRODUCER scientists to work out a plan. The massive fire started last August 10 and scorched USPS #015-024, is published monthly except February, May, August and November by the more than 280,000 acres of rangeland stretching from Grandview to eastern Or- IDAHO FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, 275 Tierra Vista Drive, Pocatello, ID 83201. egon. POSTMASTER send changes of address to: “The amount of science that’s being learned here is nothing short of incredible,” GEM STATE PRODUCER P.O. Box 4848, Pocatello, ID 83205-4848. Jewell said at a news conference at the Interagency Fire Center, “and I think all that Periodicals postage paid at Pocatello, Idaho, knowledge will advise us for many years to come.” and additional mailing offices. Subscription rate: BLM Natural Resource Specialist Cindy Fritz was one of hundreds of experts that $6.00 per year included in Farm Bureau dues. MAGAZINE CONTACTS: hit the ground running last summer to aid the parched land. She says the BLM was Idaho Farm Bureau Federation committed to the rehab effort from the start spending some $14 million dollars to EDITOR (208) 239-4292 • ADS (208) 239-4279 E-MAIL: [email protected] date and says things are off to a good start. www.idahofb.org “We’ve been doing the reseeding efforts since last fall. This was the first step to Cover: BLM officials recently held a tour in Owyhee County where the Soda Fire burned last year. They restore the range and have sage grouse habitat out here again,” said Fritz. “First and discussed fire rehabilitation and changes planned for foremost is soil stabilization and includes attacking the spread of invasive species. future land management. Photo by Steve Ritter See SODA FIRE page 4

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Reseeding efforts have gone well and the extra spring rain has helped the desirable grasses to take hold. Photo by Steve Ritter After a fire it’s an open palette said Owyhee County rancher Cheatgrass’s big advantage is prime habitat for the threat- out here because after a fire we Ed Wilsey. “They took the the roots; they can grow more ened sage-grouse - in the mid- have the power to put in peren- sheep off the range and all this than 30 inches deep and grow dle of 50,000 acres designated nial grass and not only stabi- organic overburden built up, later into the fall and earlier in by BLM as a Priority Habitat lize the soil but be competitive that duff was a foot deep under the spring than native plants, Management Area. against invasive species in the the sagebrush and that’s noth- robbing the soil’s water and Jewell says the Soda Fire com- long run.” According to Fritz, ing but fuel out there.” Ranch- nutrients. plex has served as the nation’s the BLM used 14 different seed ers like Wilsey that fought the “Nothing eliminates cheat active rehabilitation laboratory mixes during the emergency blaze say it didn’t just burn, it grass,” said Fritz, “all this re- for the past 10 months and will recovery. blew up. hab is a chance to release na- serve as a template for years to Ranchers on the tour were free Not many will argue with tive grasses already here, to put come. to speak and many blamed de- Wilsey’s assessment about fuel back onto the ground what’s “So if we do something that cades of government misman- load on the range. The Soda missing. If we can get native grows more cheatgrass, we’ll agement. Fire as disastrous as it was, grasses back, we can help re- understand that because we’ve provided a clean slate and the store habitat. The Soda fire “The reason this country done the science,” said Secre- BLM was able to seed several provided that opportunity.” burned so hot is because the tary Jewell. While in Boise af- thousand acres before the inva- last 40 years, they took more The fire tore into the sage- ter the tour, Jewell pledged an- sive species could take hold. and more cattle off the range,” brush-steppe landscape - other $10 million for the Wild-

#4 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 Rancher Ed Wilsey, right, wearing hat, is one of many cattleman in the area whom are critical of federal land and fire management policies. Photo by Steve Ritter land Fire Resilient Landscapes devastating invasive species in tractor reseeding the Owyhee two more years. That’s when Program, a targeted fund that the history of West. range. He says that seeding the BLM will consider putting restores landscapes threatened needs lots of rain. “We had cattle back on the range. For the State of Idaho and the by wildfire. good moisture this past spring BLM, sage grouse are a prior- “We’ve got cattle scattered all so our seeding operation went On the Bruneau and Owyhee ity. They don’t want to see the over the country this year. We well and it’s been a huge suc- Rivers crews are cutting and species listed on the Endan- have steers in Oregon, some cess.” grinding up the juniper trees gered Species Act. more up in Cascade then some that invaded sage grouse habi- Bunker used different grass more steers in Crane Creek “The two biggest threats for tat. The $500,000 program is seed designed to work in dif- and Hammett and we had sage grouse are fire and in- being done as a cooperative ferent locations. “We used them there all winter,” said vasive annual grasses which effort with ranchers, the BLM, crested wheatgrass, some rye- Ed Wilsey. “It’s devastating to plays into the fire return inter- the Idaho Department of Lands grass and few smaller varieties, us because we went through val,” said BLM range techni- and Office of Species Conser- like squirreltail and seven other $200,000 in a heartbeat last cian Robert Bennett. “So put- vation and Owyhee County. grasses. We plant stuff that’ll summer. We had to find them, ting desirable plants out here to compete against cheatgrass and round them up and truck them “We’ve known all along that compete with invasive annuals right now because of a great and that’s a lot of work. And there’s habitat degradation due will help this range and im- winter and spring it all looks here on my range I’ve worked to wildfire and these invasive prove sage grouse habitat, or at fantastic.” three months to get this land re- species are the primary threat least in recovering hundreds of seeded and we got a long ways to sage-grouse in Idaho,” said thousands of habitat acres.” For ranchers burned off the to go.” Idaho Governor Butch Otter. range they continue to struggle Dave Bunker is a private con- “In fact cheatgrass is the most and will struggle for at least

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 5 The Idaho Department of Lands is evaluating how best to update grazing rates. The timeline for that plan has changed slightly since May when we published our last article on the topic. Farm Bureau file photo IDL Grazing Rate Restructure Timeline Changes

By John Thompson Alternative 1 is the current IDL formula were suggested by have not confirmed if they are available to participate, she said. The Idaho Department of Lands is in the Alternative 2 is the Wyoming formula process of restructuring its grazing leases which looks at beef parity ratios on nearly two million acres of endowment “We would like a few more experts to re- Alternative 3 takes data from the Calf Crop trust land located primarily across the view the alternatives, develop an economic Index and creates a percentage similar to southern two-thirds of the state. analysis and narrow the list of alternatives crop share arrangements down to two or three,” French said. “We After our last edition of Gem State Pro- Alternative 4 establishes a base cost of pro- would also like them to provide a recom- ducer Magazine went to press, the IDL gram administration and then is fully mar- mendation to the subcommittee and at that Grazing Subcommittee met and changed ket driven after that point we will go out for public comment.” the timeline for public comment on several proposals under consideration. Alternative 5 is a model based on private She added that the subcommittee discussed land lease rates in Idaho several experts to participate but most were IDL Deputy Director of Lands and Water- not yet confirmed. She described them as ways Diane French, said the subcommittee, French said the subcommittee elected to “university types,” who had published rel- made up of Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and designate another committee of five or six evant work. Secretary of State Lawerence Denney met different experts to review the alternatives May 25. They discussed four alternatives and narrow them down to a shorter list. This “When we get reports back from an ade- to restructure the state’s grazing fee formu- new twist will delay the process by a couple quate number of experts we will reconvene la and added one proposal to the list: of months. Members of the new committee See GRAZING RATES page 9

6 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 Rural depopulation is an alarming trend in many Idaho counties. Farm Bureau file photo Idaho’s Rural Depopulation Trend Remains Prevalent By John Thompson Idaho Department of Labor said county many of the luxuries associated with city population data is collected every ten years life. Job training centers and business incu- Over the last ten years some of Idaho’s ru- by the U.S. Census Bureau. That sets a bators have helped reverse rural depopula- ral counties have grown while others con- benchmark and then within that time pe- tion trends in some states. He cited Colo- tinue to show an alarming rate of depopu- riod estimates are made based on historical rado’s Western Slope as a rural area where lation, according to a new report from the trends that come from birth and death rates the business model has changed from ag- Idaho Department of Labor. and migration. riculture and natural resource based to a Idaho’s eastern region shows the most high-tech service industry driven by light Mansfield created a population data visual- counties with a sustained population de- manufacturing. That change has helped ization workbook that contains a wide range cline, but every region in the state has at reverse rural depopulation in some cases, of information on trends in Idaho. It can be least one county on the downswing and he said. viewed at the following link: https://pub- some others remained mostly flat. The Ida- lic.tableau.com/views/IdahoPopula- When asked about the preponderance of ho Department of Labor classifies seven tion_0/PopulationEstimates?:embed= federal land in some counties and wheth- counties as urban, including Kootenai, Nez y&:display_count=yes&:showTabs=y er it’s contributing to rural depopulation, Perce, Ada, Canyon, Twin Falls, Bannock Mansfield said he understands the resent- and Bonneville. Of the remaining, 15 rural Mansfield said rural Idaho’s long-term ment of many rural Idaho residents. How- counties grew in population since 2010, 20 trends are troubling. Some counties are ever, as an economist, fighting the federal dropped and two were stagnant. worse off than others. “Broadband connec- government is not a productive use of his tivity is the only thing that connects rural Counties showing the most severe depopu- time, he said. areas to the markets and it makes it really lation statistics since 2000, include Clark at difficult to attract people without it,” he “One of the biggest economic development -14.1 percent, Butte at -13.6 percent, Sho- said. “Agriculture is huge but is no longer goals needs to be making these beautiful shone at -9.7 percent, Elmore at -9.6 per- the employment driver it once was because rural areas places where the youth want to cent Bear Lake at -7.8 percent, Caribou -7 of technical innovation.” come back to and put down roots,” he said. percent, Custer -5.7 percent, and Clearwa- “But it’s difficult to rely on natural resource ter -4.9 percent, while Lemhi and Wash- He said people who want to live in areas jobs to bring prosperity in today’s political ington remained flat. with incredible beauty and open spaces must be willing to live on less and forego See DEPOPULATION page 8 Ethan Mansfield, an economist with the

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 7 DEPOPULATION Continued from page 7 economy. In fact, it’s nearly impossible.” lasted from 2007 to 2009. about rural Idaho because of “all the dif- ferent pockets where demographic trends Federally-managed land increases sales re- However, it’s important to note that the and economic opportunities are vastly dif- ceipts in many Idaho counties, but it also growth in those south-central counties is ferent.” inhibits development. A county’s proxim- largely Hispanic farm workers, who now ity to a metro area has a lot to do with its make up 14 percent of Idaho’s rural popu- The UI Study shows jobs have been slower potential for economic development. “In lation. to recover in rural Idaho than in the urban Custer County for instance, if the entire counties. Rural counties showing signifi- The UI study shows an urban growth rate area was private land would you even have cant job losses since 2010 when Idaho hit since the recession of 6 percent and the development?” he asked. “There are a lot its low point include Lemhi (7 percent rural rate as flat. Salant said five Idaho of factors at play in addition to the number loss), and Bonner, Elmore and Clearwater, counties show a net outmigration trend of acres of federal land. I don’t think fed- each with a 4 percent loss. with more deaths than births. They include eral land is the right thing to blame until Clearwater, Shoshone, Lemhi, Washington The wage gap between urban and rural you experience development pressures that and Idaho. Idaho has decreased since the recession. At are limited by federal land.” the beginning of the recession the average “That reflects decades of young people Mansfield added that he believes people wage in rural Idaho was $6,939 less than in leaving and older folks aging in place,” she who live in cities and want to capture the urban Idaho. By 2013 the gap narrowed to said. “That, in my mind is alarming.” natural amenity values of rural Idaho are $5,431. Unlike urban wages, wages in rural applying pressure on the natural resource With regard to counties with high percent- Idaho increased during the recession and industries. “The American value system is ages of federal land, Salant said there are have surpassed pre-recession levels, ac- changing,” he said. “It’s not that the BLM economists who believe the existence of cording to the UI study. wants to erase mining and grazing from federal land is an asset for rural America. Poverty rates in both rural and urban areas the landscape. There are larger forces at However, the trend isn’t apparent in Idaho. peaked in 2011. Poverty rates continue to play that impact the closure of mills and “I don’t see those benefits in the numbers of be higher in rural areas than pre-recession mines.” our public land counties,” she said. “Custer rates. In 2013, Madison County showed the Priscilla Salant, director of the McClure and Lemhi numbers show more people highest poverty rate at 29 percent, followed Center for Public Policy Research, in leaving. Shoshone County is in trouble for by Shoshone County at 19 percent. Eight Boise, said rural counties in south-central other reasons including being heavily reli- other rural counties had a poverty rate of Idaho have grown in recent years. A study ant on declining industries and related job 18 percent, including Boundary, Clark, released by the University of Idaho in Au- losses.” Clearwater, Latah, Lemhi, Payette, Power gust 2015, tracked statewide population and Washington. She added that it’s difficult to generalize data since the nationwide recession that

Idaho Rural Population Idaho Rural Population Declines Since 2000 Gains Since 2000 Clark County -14.1 percent Teton County 73.2 percent Butte County -13.6 percent Jefferson County 41.5 percent Shoshone County -9.7 percent Madison County 39.1 percent Elmore County -9.6 percent Valley County 31.9 percent Bear Lake County -7.8 percent Lincoln County 30.8 percent Caribou County -7 percent Jerome County 23.4 percent Custer County -5.7 percent Franklin County 15.2 percent Clearwater County -4.9 percent Boundary County 14.2 percent Benewah County -1.5 percent Bonner County 12.4 percent Idaho and Washington counties – flat Adams County 10.5 percent Source: Idaho Department of Labor Source: Idaho Department of Labor

8 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 GRAZING RATES Continued from page 2 the subcommittee for reconsid- long-term sustainability pected to go into effect in 2018. on the restructuring plan: http:// eration later this summer,” she www.idl.idaho.gov/leasing/ 4 – It has to be a transparent Following is a link to the IDL said. “At some point after that grazing/rate/index.html formula that is practical and ef- website with more information there will be a 60-day public ficient to administer comment period.” 5 – It has to be fair, predictable IDL manages over 1,200 grazing leases on The process began last fall when and certain for both parties nearly two million acres the Idaho State Land Board named an advisory committee A nine-member advisory group, These leases contribute 258,000 AUM’s of forage for and tasked its members with made up of representatives from livestock each year restructuring how IDL charges the livestock industry, the state, Total AUM’s for cattle are 226,599 cattle and sheep ranchers for and wildlife and environmen- Total AUM’s for sheep are 29,351 animal unit months (AUM’s) tal groups, helped generate and Total income from IDL Lands in 2015 are as follows: and generating a list of options evaluate the list of alternatives. that comply with the following The advisory group was assisted Forest Land $48,043,811 criteria: by seven expert consultants and Agriculture Land - $422,435 a professional facilitator. 1 – It must be consistent with the Grazing Land - $811,075 state’s fiduciary responsibility to After the public comment pe- Residential Real Estate - $2,432,645 maximize financial returns to riod ends the subcommittee Commercial Real Estate - $3,443,724 the state’s public schools. will evaluate the comments and Non Commercial Recreation - $84,535 make any needed adjustments 2 - It must be a defensible pro- before presenting a preferred al- Conservation - $118,346 cess driven by market data ternative or a list of alternatives Oil & Gas - $307,535 3 – It has to optimize manage- to the State Land Board in Octo- Minerals – ($469,441) ment of the resource and support ber. The new fee structure is ex-

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 9 DU VA LL Continued from page 2 land, or they could farm on any livestock farm with Lois Alt, together with the determine if there’s “navi- without a permit and wait for the “potential” to discharge Farm Bureau, also beat gable water” on our land. the government to sue them. pollution, even if the farm back the EPA. Regula- Opaque, confusing and never had a discharge and tors insisted she apply for shockingly expensive regu- Either of the government’s even though the law only a Clean Water Act permit lation by the Army Corps approaches could bankrupt regulates “discharges” to wa- for nothing more than the of Engineers and EPA has many farmers. Just applying ters. Farm Bureau filed suit stormwater that ran off her hamstrung farmers’ and for a permit takes months or together with the pork indus- well-tended farmyard. And ranchers’ ability to work even years, piles of technical try. The court ruled against again, the Army Corps of with and care for the land. studies and many thousands the EPA: livestock farms Engineers threatened fines of dollars in consultant and don’t need a federal permit of $37,500 a day if she didn’t Hawkes, SWANCC, John- legal fees. Many permit ap- to operate. But both EPA comply. It defied common son and Alt: These legal plications die on the vine— and the Corps keep trying sense. The courts agreed battles have won real victo- neither rejected nor denied to push the boundaries—to and sent the EPA packing. ries for private landowners by the Corps, but abandoned regulate by any means possi- across the country and for by frustrated landown- ble, no matter how they have Farmers shouldn’t be left in agriculture. We will con- ers after years of delay and to stretch logic and the law. limbo wondering if regu- tinue to work through the requests for more data. It lators can shut down our courts and with Congress wasn’t hard for the Justices to Again, Hawkes isn’t the first farms over an everyday to control unlawful over- see the injustice and abuse in time EPA has been caught farming activity. It shouldn’t reach by agencies that seem the government’s approach. overstepping its bounds. take a Ph.D. in hydrology to incapable of self-control. Justices Kennedy, Thomas Take, for example, the case of and Alito did not mince Andy Johnson, a Wyoming words about the Clean Wa- farmer who recently won a ter Act, either. They warned long battle with EPA over it “continues to raise trou- an environmentally friendly bling questions regarding stock pond for cattle on his the Government’s power to property. Besides watering cast doubt on the full use and Johnson’s cattle, the pond enjoyment of private prop- fostered wetland grasses and erty throughout the Nation.” provided habitat for herons and a stopping place for the This isn’t news to Farm Bu- local population of eagles. reau: For more than a de- cade, we have been battling Johnson had a state permit overreach by both the Corps to construct the pond on his and the Environmental Pro- property. But the EPA later tection Agency, which share claimed that pond violated limited jurisdiction under federal law. They threat- the Clean Water Act. We ened him with a daily fine weighed in several years ago of $37,500 for failure to fol- in the so-called SWANCC low their order to remove case when the Corps claimed the pond. Johnson wasn’t jurisdiction over any water having any of it. He and at- body (no matter how small torneys eventually wore and isolated) where migra- down the EPA. The agency tory birds might land. The settled out of court and let Supreme Court said no to the pond stay as it was, rath- that scheme. EPA also tried er than face certain defeat. to impose federal permitting

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Growers in Idaho’s Treasure Valley Consider Almonds Franciscan friars brought almond By Ed Maixner trees, long What might one day be called the Idaho grown in Growers Almond Coup may be taking root the Mid- in the Treasure Valley of southwest Idaho, dle East where farmers successfully grow table and a n d wine grapes, peaches, apples, nectarines Mediter- and more. ranean, to locations who There, about 16 varieties of almond trees there more n o w are blooming, flourishing in a small exper- than 400 h a u l imental tract at the University of Idaho’s years ago. California their bee- Parma Research and Extension Center, farmers began growing them hives each winter to Cali- located in the low, flat region where the seriously more than a cen- tury ago, fornia to assist almond orchard pollination, Snake, Boise and other rivers and creeks quadrupling their yields per acre by 2000. but may prefer to perform those services in converge. In recent decades, output has soared: Acre- Idaho groves. Because winters get colder there than in age has doubled in the past 20 years, and So far, California producers seem to be the southern and central California groves production has nearly doubled in just the paying scant attention to the Treasure Val- of almonds (pronounced a′-mens, with the last decade to an expected 2 billion pounds ley research. “As far as I know, we are not a as in apple, by California farmers), re- this year. The success is driven largely by aware of any research (on almond trees) searchers at Parma are, of course, looking exports: Californians now grow almost 80 in Idaho,” Alicia Rockwell, spokesperson especially at strains with cold hardiness. percent of world almonds and ship more for Blue Diamond Growers, a cooperative “The ones that have worked really well for than 80 percent of world almond exports. and leading California producer, said in an us are Sonora, Nonpareil and Monterey,” What’s more, Californians have been email to Agri-Pulse. says research assistant Tom Elias. “The steadily adding more bearing acres, while three have grown here for a long, long time Meanwhile, Gabriele Ludwig, representa- enhancing their yields to boot, right on and they are doing really well.” Now, the tive of the California Almond Board, a pro- through recent years of drought. Yield per center has stepped up its research at the ducer promotion and research entity, said acre is projected up again this year - by 5 urging of Treasure Valley farmers who she was surprised at the notion of Idaho percent - with total production of shelled want to consider commercial almond pro- almond production. Folks in her offices, almonds up 6 percent. duction. she said, “are not aware that Idaho has the Back in Parma, Elias says that one strain appropriate growing conditions for the cur- Growing almonds “piques my inter- tested there, called Fritz, showed cold dam- rent varieties of almonds. Almonds have a est,” says Kevin Schultz of Eagle, Idaho, age. But quite narrow temperature range they like to president of the Snake River Table Grape grow in and produce well.” Growers. “I got into grapes because of a Nonpareil and Monterey, which happen buddy who grows almonds in California. to be California’s top producing varieties, The preceding article was provided by Ag- It’s how I got into agriculture in the first seem to flourish, he said. They mature later ri-Pulse Communications. Anyone inter- place.” Schultz observes that Californians in Idaho, he said, but it may be an advan- ested in receiving daily news updates from “get pretty good returns on almonds.” So, tage for Idaho growers to have a bit differ- Agri-Pulse can sign up for a free four-week he says, “On my place, I would plant some ent harvest season. trial membership at this link: almond trees in a heartbeat.” Note that while drought has zapped Califor- http://www.agri-pulse.com/Free-Trial.asp In California, the only state growing al- nia in recent years, the Treasure Valley has monds commercially, production has had a plentiful water from area rivers and aqui- storied history. fers. Also, it hosts hundreds of beekeepers

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Boundary County FB Hosts Farm Tour By Mary Fioravanti habitat of the river. The Tribe’s Twin Rivers Sturgeon and Bur- The annual Farm Tour orga- bot Hatchery, located at the nized by the Idaho Farm Bu- confluence of the Moyie and reau and the Boundary County the Kootenai Rivers, is meant Soil Conservation District took to help restore viable fish pop- place on May 20 with about 60 ulations in the river. They are people attending. concerned that the White Stur- Featured on this year’s tour geon population may soon go were visits to the Kootenai extinct if they can’t raise the Tribe’s sturgeon release into numbers again fairly quickly. the Kootenai River, the dikes Burbot, another Kootenai along the river up north, and River fish, are also becom- A young, hatchery-raised sturgeon about to be released into the the Houck Farm north of Bon- ing increasingly threatened. Kootenai River. ners Ferry where the group observed multiple projects. The Farm Tour Bus traveled river. When it is time for them Slowly but steadily, the Koote- down to the Search and Rescue to be released, all of them are nai Tribe has been adding nutri- Starting off with sturgeon dock at the Boundary County tagged or marked with identi- ents to the river that are essential Waterways Building, where fication which alerts the Tribe for the fish. The Tribe managed there were thousands of juve- that they were once in the In the morning, participants several construction projects nile White Sturgeon in tank hatchery, if the same fish are met at the Boundary County on the river last summer and trucks waiting to be released caught in the future. The group Fairgrounds for a presenta- fall to increase the depths and into the Kootenai River. As was informed that Sturgeon tion from the Kootenai Tribe supply rocks to enhance and part of the experience, every released in the spring have about their restoration plan for improve fish spawning areas. person was permitted and en- a much higher survival rate Boundary County’s Kootenai couraged to personally release than those released in the fall. River. They have been putting Many people have asked why a baby sturgeon themselves. an aquaculture system into the new islands constructed as Many people on Friday’s White Sturgeon in particular place and constantly trying to part of those river projects now Farm Tour, found this to be live from 50-100 years, and improve the fish and wildlife look so cluttered. On the Farm their favorite part of the day. physically cannot mate until Tour, we learned that, in order they are 30 years old. They said to protect trees and plants on that if the current sturgeon sur- the river islands from beaver vival rate holds up, there may and geese damage, the workers be less than 50 by the year 2030. strategically placed shrubs and Each year the Tribe releases brush around the newly-plant- thousands of juvenile Stur- ed vegetation on the island. It geon into the river at spring- is those protective shrubs and time, but there is a survival brush that give the islands their rate of only about 7-10 percent. cluttered look. Eventually the

new vegetation will appear. Dikes and flooding on the Kootenai River Part of the restoration plan in- cludes capturing male and fe- male Sturgeon to collect eggs After the sturgeon release, the and semen. They complete the group piled back onto the Farm fertilization process and regu- Tour bus and drove north of late the growth of the sturgeon Bonners Ferry for a short time until they are of age Participants in Friday’s Farm Tour had the opportunity to release See FARM TOUR page 24 hatchery-raised juvenile sturgeon into the Kootenai River to be released into the

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 13 Barbara Petty Named UI Extension Director

University of Idaho Extension Director pursue higher education. Barbara Petty will formally fill that role Petty also focused on hiring talented and after 18 months on the job as interim di- innovative UI Extension professionals to rector. fill position vacancies and refocused many An 18-year member of the University of to address Idahoans’ current needs. She Idaho faculty, Petty began serving as in- also helped lead a shift toward using tech- terim UI Extension director in late 2014. nology to improve communication with She began her UI career as a UI Extension residents and within Extension. family and consumer sciences educator in A Nebraska native, she moved to Idaho 1998 on a part-time basis. Falls in 1998 when her husband, Terry, was “Barbara Petty showed that she is the right chosen to pastor a congregation there. person to lead one of the University of Ida- After earning her bachelor’s degree in ho’s most citizen-focused endeavors,” said vocational home economics education in Michael Parrella, dean of the College of 1977, she taught home economics in Mis- Agricultural and Life Sciences. “UI Exten- souri before focusing on raising her chil- sion made significant gains during her time dren. She earned a master’s degree in hu- as interim director in large part due to her man development and the family from the expertise and understanding of the univer- University of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1984 sity’s mission to help the public.” and returned to teaching there in 1995. UI Extension was established under the After beginning work in UI Extension’s federal Smith-Lever Act in 1914. It es- Bonneville County office, Petty worked tablished partnerships between counties, on other collaborative projects with fellow states and land-grant universities to pro- Barbara Petty Extension family and consumer sciences vide the state’s people with practical, trust- faculty focused on nutrition and financial worthy information based on scientific harmony. training. research. Nearly 200 UI Extension faculty Research showed the class helped couples. and staff now serve throughout Idaho, in- As her interest in an Extension career “We knew two-thirds were already satis- cluding in 42 county offices. grew, Petty sought additional education. In fied with their marriage and one-third 2007, she earned a doctorate in education “I am honored to be selected to serve as UI would say that their level of satisfaction in with an emphasis in adult education and Extension director,” said Petty, who will be their marriage was low when they attended organizational learning from the Univer- based in Moscow and also serve as College the first class. Immediately after participat- sity of Idaho. of Agricultural and Life Sciences associate ing in the five-week program, their marital dean. “Extension is well poised to provide Petty became director of the southern Ida- satisfaction level went up: 92 percent said trustworthy, innovative education to ad- ho Horizons Project in 2008 and guided they were satisfied,” she said. dress Idahoans’ needs so they can make in- UI Extension’s efforts to build leadership “The interesting part for us was when we formed decisions on issues they are facing. capacity in 15 communities through the did a follow-up survey and expected the I look forward to continuing to build upon program funded by the Northwest Area percent to go down but 93 percent of those the foundation of excellence already es- Foundation. In 2010, she became Exten- same participants said their marital satis- tablished and will work together with new sion’s Eastern District Director. faction level was higher,” she added. The partners to expand our reach in serving the One of her early projects at Idaho Falls was main reason, she said, was learning about residents of Idaho and beyond.” developing the Married and Loving It! cur- themselves and learning about their spous- Petty’s time as interim director included a riculum with her husband, who now works es. pioneering role for UI Extension: county as a certified professional mediator. The In addition to her Extension work, Petty offices helped advance the Enroll Idaho program remains popular with its focus on serves as chair of the Board of Directors for campaign to encourage more residents to communication as the main path to marital Northwest University in Kirkland, Wash.

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Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 15 KELLER Continued from page 2 What was the demise of this benefits. Many celebrate the ever before. They would rather riety of uses including energy institution in paradise? Mae, advances in technology for watch nations starve because crops, food crops, and support with sadness in her eyes said, the latest in the cell phones of malnutrition, than to allow for the local cattle industry and legal fees. For decades HCSC and praise those advances by the life-saving fruits, grains, or developing an agriculture park. has been in the courts, defend- standing in lines for hours vegetables that have been test- Sadly, the expectation of litiga- ing its rights to grow and pro- waiting for the latest version ed, proven, and developed for tion will continue to loom over duce sugar cane. The latest bat- to be placed upon their wrists, such. They would rather watch this institution as it tries to sur- tle was Maui’s banning most but will not allow a morsel of a thousand families’ liveli- vive and evolve from an ever GMO’s on the island. HCSC food on their forks that comes hoods and careers devastated changing litigious society that won in court, and the judge’s from technology to grow their by the closing of an institution, doesn’t know what it wants. decision is now on appeal with food. They celebrate and invest such as HCSC rather than ac- And what of Mae? She’s tired the 9th Circuit, but HCSC can- millions in developing drones cepting the safety of sugar. and weary. Her graying hair is not see the end to the cost of and software to deliver pack- What is to become of HCSC? a testimony of her battles and litigation, so it is closing its ages to their doorsteps from They are trying to figure out fights for agriculture and Ha- 36,000 acre plantation. online sales from unseen and what to do. By state law, 28,000 waiian sugar. She will continue unknown warehouses and are I find it ironic that the anti- acres of HCSC land must re- seeking to resolve conflict, giddy about putting their chil- GMO community blame most main in agriculture. The new seeking to benefit her fellow dren in driverless cars to deliv- of the ailments of life upon diversified model, which farmers, seeking to bless Ha- er this precious cargo to school, GMO’s. They often clamor to HCSC says will take years waii and its culture. For that is but will not accept a granule of the science of global warming to fully implement, involves Mae. God bless you Mae. sugar from a sugar beet that and yet scoff at the scientific dividing the Maui plantation requires less herbicides than scrutiny of GMO’s safety and into smaller farms with a va-

SEARLE Continued from page 2 He is a man who has been in- willing to come to terms with lot of time each year educating ries more weight. volved in agriculture his entire an international shipping com- lawmakers on both the state Our industry faces a constant life, yet he didn’t know that pany last summer. The result and federal levels. But it’s not barrage of new challenges. If wild horse populations double has been the loss of container good enough. They need to you’re not in contact with your every four years, or that we handling at the Port of Portland. hear from you, the farmers and lawmakers, I challenge you to now have more wild horses That loss of container handling ranchers that form the back- make it a habit. We as farmers in captivity than roam free in ability has forced shippers of bone of Idaho’s economy. They and ranchers are an important western states. In addition, that peas, lentils, garbanzos and need to read your blogs and and significant constituency. In herd of over 44,000 horses held other commodities produced Facebook posts, they need to May, during the primary elec- in captivity is costing U.S. tax- in the region to find new, more hear your podcasts and receive tion our members did a fantas- payers more than $49 million expensive transportation op- your e-mail messages. The Ida- tic job of supporting candidates per year. tions to reach Pacific Rim ex- ho Farm Bureau is a grassroots that support and recognize the port markets. Those costs are organization. All of its power, As another example, we recent- significance of Idaho agricul- being passed on to the farms heart and soul comes from you, ly toured the Port of Lewiston ture. Let’s keep that momen- that produce the commodities, the volunteer members. Our and learned about a problem tum going. Let’s not sit back, reducing profit margins. staff does an excellent job of that has limited transportation wait and watch our numbers telling our story and convey- and caused economic hardship Both of these examples are dwindle until we are no longer ing agriculture’s message, but for many north Idaho counties. complicated issues, as are doz- an important voting block. we’ve learned that when that Union longshoremen at the Port ens of others related to agricul- message comes from the farm, of Portland were unable and un- ture in this nation. We spend a the voters in the districts, it car-

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By Randy Brooks As a forester with two sons and two cous- ins who are wildland fire fighters, the first day of summer and the summer season al- ways make me ask myself, “what kind of Prescribed fire can be an important management tool for forestry and range. fire season will we have this year”? Last Photo by Heather Heward summer was an epic fire season with the loss of lives and loss of many acres of na- left in its path. Fire-dependent ecosystems and homes are cleared away. Curtailing fu- tive ecosystems. The Soda Fire in south- are an interesting study in the way plants els also reduces the intensity of wildfires, west Idaho and the Clearwater Complex and animals have evolved to profit from which leads to easier management of them fire in northcentral Idaho also raised many such a destructive natural phenomenon. because they become more predictable and less powerful. questions as to what effect fire has on the Fire is an important management tool for ecosystem. production agriculture. Excess wheat and Fire serves many positive purposes in Historically, humans have thought that all barley stubble is often burned to ease till- plant and animal life in ecosystems, but fires were detrimental because they black- age practices. This practice saves time and it can also damage communities just as ened landscapes and burned trees. In fact, fuel costs, (especially with the current high well. Perhaps the most damaging effect plants and animals evolved together with fuel prices). Kentucky bluegrass growers of fire is erosion. Intense fires, especially fire, making it a necessary element in the burn grass to stimulate seed production. in small tree and shrub communities, can survival of many ecosystems. Through- Woodland owners burn vegetative cover burn the vegetation down to the roots. On out time, natural selection and adaptations to decrease tree seedling competition. Fire hillsides and mountainsides, the vegeta- have acted on plant and animal life to result also reduces bugs, and unwanted vegeta- tion holds excess rainfall runoff. When a in fire-dependent ecosystems. Many plants tion. Removal of brush by fire improves fire destroys the intricate matrix of roots depend on fire to heat and scar their seeds range conditions and in turn grass produc- and grasses, devastating landslides can oc- as a process for germination. Burned out tion. cur. Sediments can cloud streams, which can affect fish. Humus, the decaying - or trees provide useful shelter for birds, rep- Prescribed burns prevent forest fires by ganic material on the ground within the tiles, and small mammals. Decaying trees clearing out vegetation, such as small vegetation, can hold five times its weight in release nutrients into the soil and serve as a trees, shrubs, and brush, which can even- water. Therefore, the increased runoff re- base for new plants to sprout. Much of the tually fuel a much larger fire. Fire fighters sulting from erosion can seriously damage plant life in the United States has evolved can allow lightning fires to burn with less the watershed. Water and mud are not the to use fire directly as a catalyst for repro- danger if fuel materials within the imme- only debris that can slide down a charred duction or benefited by the nourishment diate vicinity of buildings, campgrounds,

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Fire may be catastrophic but it leads to new life and can create browse for wildlife. mountainside. Landslides, rock slides, and amount of precipitation the watershed re- sects usually do not survive fires well be- avalanches are far more devastating, and ceives in subsequent years. cause their escape range is too small. This occur frequently when heavy rains follow can affect birds if the specific insects are Fires can affect animals in a variety of ways a fiery summer or fall. a food source. Trees can benefit from the depending on the animals and the region in- death of insects that reside in their trunks. Soil and water temperatures are also greatly volved. Seldom are animals left unscathed Many insects, in this case the mountain affected by fires. When the overhead can- after a devastating fire sweeps through pine beetle in lodgepole forests, kill the opy is destroyed, sunlight reaches regions their habitat. After a fire has ravaged an trees in which they inhabit. A lot of these that are not used to the added heat. Foliage ecosystem, animals with specialized diets forest pests, like the beetle, or the spruce that normally survived under the previous- seldom survive as well as animals that can bud worm, which resides in Douglas and ly shady regions cannot survive because feed on a variety of food sources. If a fire subalpine fir forests, are burned out by of the increases in sunlight and tempera- destroys their habitat, their populations can fires. ture. Stream water temperatures are also be affected for many years. After a fire, affected by the increase in sunlight. Spring elk, deer, and other large herbivores thrive Fires are natural occurrences, similar to runoffs can lead to floods because snow on the newly sprouted grasses and shrubs hurricanes, floods, and heavy rains. Al- reserves melt much sooner, especially on that occupy recently burned forests. Dur- though they can be devastating, they are steeper, sunlight facing slopes. Fire erosion ing long periods without fire, trees in dense also important to the survival of ecosys- affects both landscapes and plant and ani- forests often out-compete (shade out) the tems. Fire acts as a necessary evil, de- mal habitats; and often the effects are felt grasses and shrubs that large animals feed stroying, cleansing, and diversifying wild- many years following a heavy fire because on, resulting in a decline in big game. life communities. The impact of fire on the regrowth can take years to occur. the ecosystem can vary dramatically with Many birds also thrive after a fire when the severity or intensity of the fire. Water quality can be affected by fire. In- seeds of many trees are dispersed. Birds, creased concentrations of dissolved nutri- like the woodpecker, take advantage of Randy Brooks is a University of Idaho ents generally occur in stream water after a burned out trees to make nests or forage for Extension Forestry Specialist based on fire. These concentrations tend to get dilut- dead insects. On the contrary, other birds, campus in Moscow. He can be reached at: ed as streams become larger. Nutrient con- for instance the grey owl, flourish in old- [email protected] centrations vary with fire intensity, length growth forests and therefore decrease after of time for the watershed to revegetate, and a fire has destroyed their community. In-

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 19 20 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 SPOTLIGHT ON IDAHO FFA—2016 State Career Development Event Winners State FFA Career Development Event Winners Named—Headed To Nationals

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Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 21 Focus on Agriculture Labeling Helps Consumers Make Healthy Choices … or Does It?

By Robert Giblin Food labeling can give helpful informa- tion to consumers looking to make healthy choices. But as more foods labels pop up, consumers can too easily associate a spe- cific label with certain health outcomes, overestimating the value and risk a label implies. Many of today’s food labels create either a “halo effect,” implying the food is more healthy or nutritious than it actually is, or a “reverse halo effect,” making it synony- mous with being bad. Many consumers misinterpret the meanings of various la- bels, leading to unhealthy outcomes. For example, celiac disease, a debilitating free foods are often higher in fat and sugar ing for regular snacks. and sometimes fatal autoimmune disorder, than products that contain gluten, and many is caused by a reaction to eating gluten. The claims also extend to other food-re- are not fortified with vitamins and miner- Only about 1 percent of Americans suffer lated behaviors. In one study, people who als, so the gluten-free diet can actually lead from celiac disease, and approximately 6 bought reusable shopping bags were shown to nutritional deficiencies. According to percent suffer from non-celiac gluten sensi- to be more supportive of organic farming, the Journal, some people become obese or tivity. Celiac and gluten-sensitivity suffer- but at the same time bought more candy overweight after starting a gluten-free diet. ers must follow a life-long gluten-free diet, and chips, feeling more deserving and less and labeling helps them identify the many A recent market study showed that nearly guilty about indulging because of their so- products that contain gluten such as: sauc- half of Americans feel a gluten-free diet is cietal contribution. es, soups, salad dressings and marinades, a fad, yet 25 percent deliberately consume While the organic label merely designates vitamins and supplements, medications, gluten-free foods. According to a 2015 sur- a production process, studies have shown cosmetics and more. vey of more than 1,500 American adults, 35 that consumers misinterpret the label, percent said there was “no reason” for their Riding the tide of a reverse halo, the gluten- thinking products are healthier, safer, and selecting gluten-free foods, followed by 26 free industry reached sales of $11.6 billion more nutritious than non-organic counter- percent who called it a “healthier option.” in 2015, and grew by 136 percent from 2013 parts. Studies have also shown that when Gluten sensitivity was the least common to 2015, but many consumers seem to fol- presented with identical products, consum- reason, cited by only 8 percent. low a gluten-free diet unnecessarily. ers will claim the organic labeled product Similar halos and reverse halos impact per- tastes better. Some parents have started placing their ceptions and consumption of other prod- children on gluten-free diets to relieve di- The language of labels is having a big influ- ucts. While “low fat” foots are often good gestive problems or prevent celiac, but of- ence on consumer food choices, but it also choices, people will often overlook other ten without prior testing for the disease or shows the power of language to substitute nutritional information showing the snacks consultation with a dietitian. A recent com- for real knowledge about food and basic nu- and other foods they’re eating are high in mentary in the Journal of Pediatrics warns trition and the implications of the choices calories or sodium. Because of the “low that putting children on gluten-free diets consumers make. fat” claim, consumers feel they are allowed carries more risks than benefits, if they to eat more. Some studies have shown that Robert Giblin writes, speaks and consults have not been diagnosed with gluten sen- people opting for “low fat” snacks ultimate- about agricultural and food industry is- sitivity or celiac disease. Packaged gluten- ly consumed more calories than those opt- sues, policies and trends.

22 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 Grain Marketing with Clark Johnston

Grain Market Makes Wide Swings in June

By Clark Johnston I wouldn’t want you to think the RSI is an exact science because it is far from that What a ride the month of June gave us. For but, it is a good indicator for producers to those of you that were studying the market use when looking for opportunities to con- you saw that the wheat futures moved $1.10 tract wheat. For instance, the RSI doesn’t per bushel during the first three weeks of always reach the level of 70 or higher but Clark Johnston the month. When I say that the market when it does you need to take it serious. moved you need to know that it wasn’t all Remember, you may not like the price but, to the upside but rather we traded 55 cents that may be all the market is going to give higher and then back 55 cents lower. you this year. with your plan. This will help to eliminate During this time frame the carry charge in any hesitation which allows the market to We are seeing some reports of reduced the market remained steady with the Chi- move back lower (which happens more wheat production in other areas in the cago December futures trading at a 30 plus times than not). world which could open the door for the cent carry to the July contract. As the fu- US to increase export sales this marketing The heating oil market followed the his- tures moved higher we did see producers year. On the other side of the coin the US torical trend higher from the end of Janu- contract their wheat for delivery into the corn crop is once again looking to be a very ary through the first of June. The historical deferred months thus capturing not only good crop which could limit the amount of trend from now into the month of Septem- the higher market but also the carry. With wheat that will move into the feed market. ber is higher before moving back lower the carry as large as it is we even had pro- Every marketing year presents us with new into the end of the year. If you need addi- ducers contract for delivery after the first opportunities as well as challenges and tional fuel for the July through September of the year. your marketing plan should include look- time frame you should talk to you diesel This move in the futures was in line with ing for the opportunities. distributor about booking a few gallons to the historical charts. If we continue to fol- make it into the fall. If we see the market I realize that every day you have unex- low these charts we could see the board start to trail off as we move into early fall pected challenges that take place within strengthen as we move into our local har- then you could work off of the bottom of your operation. Some of these need to be vest. The other indicators to watch would your tank into December. corrected immediately taking you away the technical studies. For instance, on the from your marketing time but, as we ex- For more information on how to use the 20th of April the Relative strength index perienced in June the market isn’t going to futures markets and the local basis in your reached 71(which is an indication that the give you a week to decide whether or not to marketing plans contact your Farm Bureau market is overbought and we could see contract your commodities. Federation Representative of call the Fed- some resistance or a correction in the mar- eration office in Pocatello. ket). This is why you should have your plan written down and at least carry some notes Clark Johnston is a grain marketing spe- At that point the market did correct moving with you to remind you of what your plan cialist who is on contract with the Idaho 50 cents lower before finding some sup- is. This will help to take the emotion out Farm Bureau. He is the owner of JC Man- port. The same contract month did hit an of your marketing so that when you have agement Company in Northern Utah. He RSI of 71 again on the 8th of June and then a half a dozen other things on your mind can be reached at clark@jcmanagement. once again the futures moved lower to the you just need to look at your notes as well net tune of 60 cents. as the market and you can follow through

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 23 Farm Tour Continued from page 13 example caught everything on fire in less than 20 seconds, and the cleaner one took a couple of minutes. Mr. Colson made his point clear about the importance of forest management, and after elaborating more on the subject, he gave a Q & A session.

The presentation on the causes of Bound- ary County’s forest fires of last summer was intriguing. One cause mentioned was all of the peat found underground in the Copeland Valley and around the mountains in that area. It was hypothesized that all of the peat Lee Colson, with the U.S. Forest Service, gave a had come from the debris of the last ice age demonstration showing how forest management Bob Olson, who operates a large farm in the can lower the risk for wildfire. when the glaciers carved through the area. Porthill area, gave a presentation about the dike system of the Kootenai River 1960’s. When Libby Dam was built upriver Interestingly, the group was informed in Montana, it helped to control flood- that peat has attributes similar to those and got off at the river bank there. While ing of the river. Formerly when flooding of charcoal. The peat is actually a com- there, they listened to a presentation given was prominent, kids used to go on dike pressed layer of organic matter under by Bob Olson, a third generation farmer patrol for flood watch, Mr. Olson said. the ground, extending anywhere from who operates a 3,000 acre farm near the the surface to 10 feet below. It acts as an Canadian border. Mr. Olson has lived Learning about the role of forest man- unrelinquishing chamber to hold fire. through and witnessed years of Kootenai agement in fire prevention River flooding. His presentation was about When the peat gets hot it burns under- the dike inserts around the river banks. Mr. ground, even if the surface with existing Olson said there had to be miles of dikes Next, the Farm Tour went to the Houck vegetation is cool. The peat can burn for for both sides of the river banks, partly be- Farm located north of Boundary County. miles underground, which is scary be- cause the river twists so much. The dikes The people first watched a forestry dem- cause the peat is always hot and ready were built onto the banks to help protect onstration up close to show the impact of to ignite the surface. Sparks would then the farms on surrounding lands from keeping forests managed effectively. The seem to come from nowhere when a fire high water charges. It was interesting to demonstration, presented by Lee Colson of starts, but the cause is the peat. Farm- hear his observation that the land around the U.S. Forest Service, was a diorama of ers in the area knew of the peat, but the river is highest at the river edge. He two miniature forests. Keeping everything were unaware of its damaging effects. said that the biggest flood was in 1892, safe and contained, Mr. Colson lit the two and the most recent and likely last floods forest comparisons on fire and watched While waiting for lunch to arrive, peo- from the Kootenai River were in the late them go up in flames. The wild-looking ple were also able to get a good look at the noxious weeds invasive to North Idaho. There was a display board show- ing noxious weeds in the area, and why they shouldn’t get out of hand.

Visiting the Houck Farm After lunch was finished and the rain had passed, the group listened to Tim Dil- lin talk about the Houck Farm, started by his grandfather, and all of the renovations it has gone through. In addition to being a long-time farmer in Boundary County, The Farm Bureau’s annual Farm Tour stopped at several interesting places around Boundary Mr. Dillin serves on the Board of the Soil County.

24 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 Conservation District, one of themselves when you punch the groups who annually or- your desired route into the sys- ganizes the Farm Tour. The tem. Participants got to test this Houck Farm is about 1,600 when they let individuals ride acres. The crops grown on the in the auto-driven tractor to farm include wheat, barley, see for themselves that it does canola, garbanzo beans, and indeed work! One large trac- new experiments with quinoa. tor had multiple attachments with two commodity tanks The farm has a lot of local sup- and a 36 foot long harvester. port in the Bonner and Bound- ary County areas. Woods Meat Originally published on News- of the Bonner County area is BF (www.newsbf.com) one client, feeding barley from Mary Fioravanti is 16, soon to the Houck Farm to their cattle. be a senior at Bonners Ferry The far m’s flour also reaches the High School, and a resident of shelves of local grocery stores, Boundary County. Mary was health food stores, a restaurant, recently elected Vice Presi- and other merchants in both the dent of the Bonners Ferry FFA Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry Chapter as well as North Idaho areas. The newly constructed FFA District Reporter. She flour mill on the farm started holds the position of 1st Runner out just as a hobby, but as you Up in the local can see in the photograph, their mill developed so much 2016 Distinguished Young business that sales took off. Women, and is currently par- ticipating in a summer theatre Products from the flour mill at the Houck Farm near Copeland. Mark Awbrey, an employee of youth group presenting “Back Houck Farm, along with Jeff to the 80’s.” She has been an Hood, explained that the trac- avid member of the Bonners tors are all linked to about 13 Ferry High School Honor different satellites that map out Choir for the last 3 years with where the tractor needs to go. her hobby and passion being This maps out the routes for the music. Mary’s future goals tractors so that the crops are har- include studying Business, In- vested perfectly, and they aren’t ternet Marketing, and Food/ being damaged by being driven Plant Science at the University over twice. In fact, the tractors of Idaho. have a built-in mode to drive

Participants on the Farm Tour learned about noxious weeds in Idaho.

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 25 Top Farm Bureau Agents May 2016

Rookie of the Month: Zak Popejoy Schmitt Agency Agent of the Month: Darin Pfost Biggs Agency Agency of the Month: Reilly Agency

26 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 County Happenings

Robert Bloomsburg, right, was awarded a scholarship by the Kootenai/ Shoshone Farm Bureau to attend UI next fall. He will be a freshman Smoky the Bear learns how to milk a cow at the Bonner County majoring in Animal Vet Science. County President Joe Dobson presented Elementary Pre-Fair. the check. Photo by Bob Smathers

American Farm Bureau Federation Staff members Lyndsey Murphy, right, and Kari Barbic, second from right, discuss direct marketing with Bingham County farmers Sterling Hatch, and his wife Manu, in early June. AFBF is Bonneville County Farm Bureau saw a large turnout for their summer gathering farm profile information from Farm Bureau members in several barbecue this year. states. Photo by John Thompson

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 27 All-American July 4th Cookout Ticks Up, Still Under $6

A cookout of Americans’ favorite foods ventory and commercial beef production, tard and watermelon for dessert. for the Fourth of July, including hot dogs, which continue to rebound from dramati- Commenting on factors driving the slight cheeseburgers, pork spare ribs, potato sal- cally low levels in 2014 and 2015. increase in retail watermelon prices, Nigh ad, baked beans, lemonade and chocolate In addition, “On the pork side, commercial said, “While watermelons are grown milk, will cost slightly more this year but production also continues to grow and is across the U.S., most come from four still comes in at less than $6 per person, at the highest level in 25 years,” Nigh said. states – Texas, Florida, Georgia and Cali- says the American Farm Bureau Federa- Spare rib prices are about the same as a fornia – which together produce approxi- tion. year ago, while the amount of product in mately 44 percent of the U.S. crop. Ship- Farm Bureau’s informal survey reveals the cold storage is up 121 percent, Nigh point- ments of watermelons are down nearly 8 average cost of a summer cookout for 10 ed out. “This is helping mediate the nor- percent compared to the same time period people is $56.06, or $5.61 per person. mal seasonal upswing in spare rib prices last year,” she said. we typically see around the July 4th fes- Although the cost for the cookout is up U.S. milk production is up 1 percent com- tivities,” she said. slightly (less than 1 percent), “Prices in the pared to the same period last year. During meat case are starting to look better from AFBF’s summer cookout menu for 10 the first quarter of 2016 (January-March), the consumers’ perspective,” said Ve- people consists of hot dogs and buns, U.S. milk production reached historic lev- ronica Nigh, an AFBF economist. “Retail cheeseburgers and buns, pork spare ribs, els, putting significant downward pressure ground round prices are trending lower,” deli potato salad, baked beans, corn chips, on the price farmers receive for their milk. she noted, pointing to the nation’s cattle in- lemonade, chocolate milk, ketchup, mus- Nigh said the increase in the price of

28 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 levels, putting significant downward pressure on the price farmers receive for their milk. cheese slices highlights the spread in prices that often occursNigh be said- the increase in the price of cheese slices highlights the spread in prices that often occurs tween values at the farm, wholesale, and retail stages of thebetween pro- values at the farm, wholesale, and retail stages of the production and marketing chain. duction and marketing chain. A total of 79 Farm Bureau members (volunteer shoppers) in 26 states checked retail prices for summer cookout foods at their local grocery stores for this informal survey. A total of 79 Farm Bureau members (volunteer shoppers) in 26 states checked retail prices for summer cookout foods at their Thelocal summer cookout survey is part of the Farm Bureau marketbasket series, which also includes the popular annual Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Survey and two additional surveys of common food grocery stores for this informal survey. staples Americans use to prepare meals at home.

The summer cookout survey is part of the Farm Bureau marketThe year- -to-year direction of the marketbasket survey tracks closely with the federal basket series, which also includes the popular annual Thanksgivgovernment’s- Consumer Price Index report for food at home. As retail grocery prices have increased ing Dinner Cost Survey and two additional surveys of commongradually over time, the share of the average food dollar that America’s farm and ranch families food staples Americans use to prepare meals at home. receive has dropped. “Through the mid-1970s, farmers received about one-third of consumer retail food expenditures for The year-to-year direction of the marketbasket survey tracks closefood eaten- at home and away from home, on average. Since then, that figure has decreased steadily ly with the federal government’sConsumer Price Index reportand for is now about 17 percent, according to the Agriculture Department’s revised Food Dollar Series,” food at home. As retail grocery prices have increased graduallyNigh said. over time, the share of the average food dollar that America’s Usingfarm the “food at home and away from home” percentage across-the-board, the farmer’s share of and ranch families receive has dropped. this $56.06July marketbasket 4th Cookoutwould be $9.53. for 10 Costs Slightly More “Through the mid-1970s, farmers received about one-third of con- July 4th Cookout for 10 Costs Slightly More sumer retail food expenditures for food eaten at home and away Items Amount 2014 2015 2016 % Price Price Price chan from home, on average. Since then, that figure has decreased ge steadily and is now about 17 percent, according to the Agriculture Ground 2 $ 8.91 $ 9.10 - Department’s revised Food Dollar Series,” Nigh said. Round pounds $ 8.80 3.3%

Using the “food at home and away from home” percentage across- Pork Spare 4 $13.91 $13.44 - the-board, the farmer’s share of this $56.06 marketbasket would Ribs pounds $13.36 0.6% be $9.53. Hot Dogs 1 pound $ 2.23 $ 2.19 - $ 2.09 4.6%

Deli Potato 3 $ 8.80 $ 8.58 Salad pounds $ 8.76 2.1%

Baked 28 $ 1.96 $ 1.83 Beans ounces $ 1.90 3.8%

Corn Chips 15 $ 3.37 $ 3.26 - ounces $ 3.17 2.8%

Lemonade 0.5 $ 2.00 $ 2.05 - gallon $ 2.04 0.5%

Chocolate 0.5 $ 2.82 $ 2.65 - Milk gallon $ 2.50 5.7% Watermelon 4 $ 4.53 $ 4.21 pounds $ 4.49 6.7%

Hot Dog 1 $ 1.63 $ 1.57 Buns packag e $ 1.61 2.5%

Hamburger 1 $ 1.68 $ 1.50 Buns packag e $ 1.59 6.0%

Ketchup 20 $ 1.36 $ 1.46 - ounces $ 1.44 1.4%

Mustard 16 $ 1.25 $ 1.14 ounces $ 1.24 8.8%

American 1 pound $ 3.12 $ 2.86 Cheese $ 3.07 7.3%

Total $ 57.57 $ 55.84 $ 56.06 0.4%

Per Person 10 $ 5.76 $ 5.58 $ 5.61 0.4%

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 29 For further questions, contact the Dental Bene t Program at: 888-397-6453

30 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 Farm Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15

The U.S. Department of Ag- nomination forms must be paychecks at the grocery store to land and capital; building riculture (USDA) recently postmarked or received in the than most people in other coun- new markets and market op- announced the opening of a local USDA Service Center tries, and supports markets for portunities; and extending new nomination period for farmers by close of business on Aug. 1, homegrown renewable energy conservation opportunities. and ranchers to serve on local 2016. and materials. USDA has also USDA has developed new mar- Farm Service Agency (FSA) provided $5.6 billion in disaster kets for rural-made products, FSA will mail election ballots county committees beginning relief to farmers and ranchers; including more than 2,500 to eligible voters beginning Wednesday, June 15, 2016. expanded risk management biobased products through Nov. 7, 2016. Ballots must be tools with products like Whole USDA’s BioPreferred program; “Through the county commit- returned to the local county Farm Revenue Protection; and and invested $64 billion in in- tees, farmers and ranchers have office via mail or in person by helped farm businesses grow frastructure and community a voice. Their opinions and Dec. 5, 2016. Newly-elected with $36 billion in farm credit. facilities to help improve the ideas get to be heard on federal committee members and alter- The Department has engaged quality of life in rural Ameri- farm programs,” said FSA Ad- nates will take office on Jan. 1, its resources to support a strong ca. For more information, visit ministrator Val Dolcini. “I en- 2017. next generation of farmers and www.usda.gov/results. courage all eligible farmers and Nationwide, there are ap- ranchers by improving access ranchers across the spectrum of proximately 7,800 farmers American agriculture, to get in- and ranchers serving on FSA volved in this year’s elections. Celebrating 75 Years Conserving the Idaho Way county committees. These in- We have seen an increase in dividuals make decisions on the number of qualified nomi- disaster and conservation pro- LOW INTEREST LOANS nees, especially among women grams, emergency programs, and minorities, and I hope that commodity price support loan FOR IDAHO SOIL & WATER trend continues.” programs, and other agricultur- To be eligible to serve on a FSA al issues. Committees consist CONSERVATION county committee, a person of three to 11 members that are Sprinkler Irrigation, No-Till Drills, Fences must participate or cooperate in elected by eligible producers, Livestock Feeding Operations an FSA administered program, and members serve three-year Solar Stock Water Pump Systems be eligible to vote in a county terms. committee election and reside To learn more about county in the local administrative area committees, contact your lo- where they are nominated. cal FSA county office or visit 2.5%-3.5% Farmers and ranchers may http://offices.usda.gov to Terms 7-15 Years nominate themselves or oth- find a county office near you. Up to $200,000 ers. Organizations represent- CONSERVATION Since 2009, USDA has worked ing minorities and women also to strengthen and support LOAN may nominate candidates. To PROGRAM American agriculture, an in- become a candidate, an eligible dustry that supports one in individual must sign an FSA- 11 American jobs, provides 669A nomination form. The American consumers with form and other information more than 80 percent of the about FSA county committee food we consume, ensures that elections are available at www. Americans spend less of their fsa.usda.gov/elections. 2016 swc.idaho.gov | 208-332-1790

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 31 Life on the Range 1 – Life on the Range 2 –

32 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 American farm bureau federation news Farm Bureau Asks Congress to Save Rangelands

Congress must act quickly to keep fast- of unique natural resource challenges, not them – if and when the grazing lands re- growing herds of feral horses and burros least of which is the burden it carries of an cover from severe overgrazing by feral from further damaging the environment overpopulation of wild horses and burros,” horses and burros. of the western United States, the Ameri- Hendrickson said. “This overabundance is “Populations of wild horses and burros can Farm Bureau Federation said today. critically damaging the ecology of western have been allowed to grow at a rate that At current rates, AFBF said, their already rangelands with severe, long-term conse- in many places exceeds six times their excessive numbers will double in a mere quences for the native plant and animal life authorized management level,” Hendrick- four years. Callie Hendrickson, chair of that call it home.” son told the subcommittee. “This situation AFBF’s Federal Lands Issue Advisory Even though law requires it, the Bureau of has not only led to widespread degrada- Committee, testified before the House Land Management has neither the money tion of western rangelands, but has also Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fed- nor the ability to fairly balance wild horse had devastating effects on the health of the eral Lands. Hendrickson also serves as and burro populations so that other wild- animals themselves who often face dehy- executive director of the White River and life, livestock and vegetation can thrive. dration, starvation and death … The need Douglas Creek Conservation Districts in Ranchers face rapidly shrinking grazing for congressional intervention cannot be Rio Blanco County, Colorado. allotments while continuing to pay for the overstated.” “The rangeland of the West has its share allotments they once had lest they lose

Game Promotes Math, Social Science Skills The American Farm Bureau Foundation science skills, students will also have the portance of agriculture and reconnect for Agriculture and the National Peanut opportunity to enhance their English Lan- them with the people who grow their food Board, along with state peanut producer guage Arts skills by reading about peanuts through educational outreach and learning and industry organizations, have launched while playing the game. resources. a new My American Farm game geared for “We are proud to debut this educational The National Peanut Board was founded students in grades 3-5. Playing the Opera- online resource as an enjoyable way for in 2001 and is funded by America’s 7,000 tion Peanut Butter game online allows children to learn where their food comes peanut farming families. The board funds students to follow peanuts from the field to from. Discovering how peanuts are grown, production research, stimulates new uses the peanut butter on their sandwiches. harvested and processed connects us all for U.S.-grown peanuts and drives demand “While playing Operation Peanut Butter, to the nutritious and delicious qualities for the commodity. students will have the chance to not only of peanuts and peanut butter,” said Cathy The My American Farm educational re- learn about the production of peanut butter, Johnson, marketing and communications source is a special project of the American but also the value that peanut butter has as associate at the National Peanut Board. Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. an ideal food to feed the hungry because The Operation Peanut Butter game, les- The site and resources are made possible of its protein content and long shelf life,” son plan and activity sheet, along with through the generous support of title spon- said Julie Tesch, executive director of the other agricultural-based learning resourc- sor, DuPont Pioneer. To take advantage Foundation. “Along with the game, we’ve es, are available at www.myamerican- of the free My American Farm resources, also created a lesson plan that will allow farm.org. games and activities, visit http://myamer- students to dive deeper into the role pea- icanfarm.org. nuts play in the nitrogen cycle,” she added. The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture was founded in 1967 and In addition to science, math and social works to educate the public about the im-

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 33 American farm bureau federation news AFBF Statement on GMO Labeling Legislation “There are no - and never have been any- the next few days will determine how it seeks to prevent a 50-state mismatched documented health risks from genetically fits with our policy. We will also assess its quilt of differing labeling standards. But engineered food in the marketplace. The impact on farmers’ abilities to use modern the mandatory feature holds significant American Farm Bureau Federation con- agricultural technology to produce more, potential to contribute to confusion and tinues to oppose mandatory food labels high-quality food. unnecessary alarm. Regardless of the out- that are not necessary for health or safety come, we continue to believe a national, “We appreciate Chairman Roberts’ dili- reasons. We also oppose a patchwork of voluntary standard remains the best ap- gence in taking action prior to the Vermont state-by-state labeling rules. We are re- proach. Our board will deliver a decision law’s going into effect. This deal clearly viewing this legislative proposal, and over soon.” MN Farm Bureau Testifies, Supports Trade Deals Kevin Paap, president of the Minnesota downturn. five years. Canada will also allow imports Farm Bureau and board member of the of duty-free U.S. eggs up to 2.3 percent of “Expanding our trade opportunities hap- American Farm Bureau Federation, re- domestic production. pens through tariff reduction and removal, cently described a litany of trade barriers and by the adoption of science-based stan- Paap also backed progress towards a simi- faced by farmers and ranchers in a hearing dards for international agricultural and lar pact with the EU, the Transatlantic of the House Ways and Means Trade Sub- food trade,” said Paap, who also chairs Trade and Investment Partnership. He cit- committee. AFBF’s Trade Advisory Committee. ed rising anti-science sentiment as a major In response, Paap asked Congress to ap- obstacle to American goods abroad. American producers will see significant re- prove the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade ductions in trade barriers if the TPP is ap- “The EU was once the largest destination agreement while supporting ongoing nego- proved. Japan, for instance, has agreed to for U.S. agricultural exports,” Paap said. tiations toward a successful Transatlantic slash tariffs on U.S. beef from 38.5 percent “Today, it has fallen to our fifth-largest ex- Trade and Investment Partnership with the to nine percent over 16 years. port market. Tariff and regulatory barriers European Union. have become a significant impediment to Canada will also open its market to more AFBF estimates U.S. farmers and ranch- increased exports. These negotiations must U.S. agricultural products by reducing re- ers will gain $4.4 billion in yearly profits result in a modern, science- and risk-based strictions on dairy, poultry and eggs from from passage of the Trans-Pacific Partner- approach to food safety, based on inter- the U.S. Under the agreement, American ship alone - profits that have taken on spe- national standards, which can truly settle dairy producers will gain access to 3.25 cial importance during the ongoing farm disputes.” percent of the Canadian dairy market over Reducing RFS, Bad for Environment and Economy The Environmental Protection Agency ventional ethanol production and dampens viding well-paying jobs in rural America. must protect the Renewable Fuel Standard the prospects for the further development EPA’s proposal to reduce the RFS would as Congress originally defined it nearly a of advanced biofuels.” hurt agriculture and rural economies at a decade ago, Iowa farmer Randy Caviness time when farmers are already struggling Caviness is a firm believer in clean energy, told the EPA at a public hearing recently. with a down-turned economy. and his farm is proof of it. He has farmed He testified on behalf of Iowa Farm Bureau for 28 years without energy-intensive till- “Our nation’s farmers can grow more and the American Farm Bureau Federa- ing and leads initiatives to install wind bushels of corn and soybeans on fewer tion. turbines in his home county of Adair and acres to feed and fuel the world,” Caviness “EPA’s decision not to follow the intent neighboring Cass County. said. “But if these reduced volumes are fi- of Congress in the 2007 RFS is highly nalized, this decision will stall growth and Caviness told EPA that renewable fuels are disappointing to all of agriculture,” said progress in renewable fuels as well as the an American success story and critical to Caviness, who also serves as a member of broader agricultural economy.” keeping our nation moving forward in re- AFBF Issue’s Advisory Committee on En- ducing dependence on foreign oil and pro- ergy. “This decision strikes a blow to con-

34 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 from June 1, 2015. Dehydrated usage accounted for 35.1 mil- Steve Curwood, Host and lion cwt of the total potatoes Producer of National Public processed. Radio’s Living on Earth pro- gram will keynote day two. Intermountain Energy Opening day keynote speaker NW Region Potato production, down slightly from Summit will be Michael Shellenberger, Stocks previous year. Potato disap- Two Department of Energy co-founder of the energy think Potato stocks in Idaho on June pearance, at 346 million cwt, assistant secretaries will be tank Breakthrough Institute. 1, 2016 totaled 21.5 million cwt. was up 2 percent from June 1, among the headliners of the 3rd Other speakers are a who’s who Disappearance of the Idaho 2015. Season-to-date shrink Annual Intermountain Energy of energy, including U.S. Sen. crop to date was 109 million and loss, at 24.0 million cwt, Summit Aug. 9–10 in Idaho Mike Crapo; Jonathan Weis- cwt. June 1 potato stocks in was 6 percent lower than 2015. Falls. John Kotek, Assistant gall, vice president of Berk- Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Oregon totaled 3.0 million cwt. Processors in Idaho and Mal- shire Hathaway Energy; Mark and David Friedman, who will Disappearance to date was 18.8 heur County, Oregon used 68.4 Peters, director of the Idaho soon become the acting Assis- million cwt. In Washington, million cwt of potatoes for the National Laboratory; and Su- tant Secretary for the Office of June 1 potato stocks totaled season, down 3 percent from san Petty, president of the geo- Energy Efficiency and Renew- 11.5 million cwt. Disappear- June l, 2015. In Washington thermal company AltaRock. able Energy, will bookend what ance to date totaled 88.8 mil- and other Oregon counties, has come to be known as “Fed- lion cwt. Nationally, the 13 ma- 74.3 million cwt of potatoes eral Morning” on the summit’s For details and to register, visit: jor potato States held 52.2 mil- had been used by processors second day. Rep. Mike Simp- www.intermountainenergy- lion cwt of potatoes in storage for the season, up 3 percent son, chairman of the House summit.com June 1, 2016, down 7 percent from the previous year. Proces- Appropriations Subcommittee from last year. Potatoes in stor- sors in the 9 major States used on Water and Energy also will age accounted for 13 percent 181.7 million cwt of potatoes speak of the 2015 fall storage States’ for the season, down slightly

Families are the core New Pizza Ag Mag of Corporate Farming Debuts Corporate is not a term folks Mamma Mia! That’s one tasty naturally tie to the farm, but the resource! Engage students with benefits of corporate farming the American Farm Bureau Hop Acreage Record level, dating back to 1915. can be significant, wrote Ka- Foundation for Agriculture’s tie Hegernomic times Ameri- (standards aligned) nonfic- High at U.S. Level The 2016 crop in the Pacific ca’s farmland is now facing, it tion text reader for students Area strung for harvest in Northwest looks good. Pest makes good business sense to in grades 3-5. The Pizza Ag 2016 for Washington, Oregon, pressure is normal, however open the door for investors or Mag helps students learn about and Idaho is forecast at 51,115 erratic weather has resulted in partnerships that would assist the agricultural origins of their acres, 17 percent more than higher disease pressure from farmers in their ability to per- favorite food. A Spanish ver- the 2015 crop of 43,633 acres. downy and powdery mildew. severe and possibly boost their sion also is available. http:// Washington, with 37,475 acres Water supplies are currently businesses and rural econo- www.agfoundation.org/ for harvest, accounts for 73 projected to be adequate across mies.” news/new-pizza-ag-mag-is- percent of the U.S. total acre- the region. Warm spring weath- a-delicious-way-to-engage- age. Oregon hop growers plan er resulted in early runoff of Heger also notes that creating students to string 7,669 acres, or 15 per- Cascade Mountain snowpack, farm corporations can open cent of the U.S. total for 2016, but current irrigation water up more opportunities for di- with Idaho hop growers ac- projections for the Yakima Val- rect family involvement on the counting for the remaining 12 ley are at 86 percent. With ef- farm. “The ability to use the percent, or 5,971 acres strung ficient drip irrigation systems, corporate structure is one way for harvest. All three states hop growers are expected to have to bring upcoming generations acreage increased from 2015. If minimal impact unless future back into production agricul- realized this would be record weather conditions result in ture and ranching instead of high acreage for Idaho and further reductions. pushing them away.” Washington, and at the U.S.

Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 35 FARM BUREAU COMMODITY REPORT

GRAIN PRICES 5/20/2016 6/24/2016 Trend NEW CROP Portland: White Wheat 5.22-5.32 No Bid N/A 11% Winter 5.21-5.29 4.92 - .29 to - .37 14% Spring 6.17-6.32 6.07-6.27 - .10 to - 5 Oats 270.00 270.00 Steady Ogden: White Wheat 4.32 4.25 - .07 11% Winter 4.09 3.91 - .18 14% Spring 5.32 5.26 - .06 Barley 6.90 6.15 - .75 Blackfoot/

Idaho Falls White Wheat 4.10 3.70 - .40 11.5% Winter 4.15 3.90 - .25 14% Spring 5.05 4.90 - .15 Hard White 4.50 4.10 - .40 Burley: White Wheat 3.95 3.90 - .05 11% Winter 3.53 3.41 - .12 14% Spring 5.08 4.81 - .27 Barley 6.00 5.50 - .50 Nampa: White Wheat (cwt) 6.90 7.10 + .20 (Bushel) 4.14 4.26 + .12 Lewiston: White Wheat 4.95 5.23 + .28 H. Red Winter 4.99 4.81 - .18 Dark N. Spring 5.97 5.81 - .16 Barley 126.50 126.50 Steady LIVESTOCK PRICES

5/20/2016 6/24/2016 Trend Feeder Steers Under 500 lbs 137-194 125-175 -12 to - 19 500-700 lbs 135-180 120-167 - 15 to -13 700-900 lbs 120-149 110-145 - 10 to - 4 Over 900 lbs 108-132 103-127 - 5 Feeder Heifers Under 500 lbs 137-179 125-170 - 12 to - 9 500-700 lbs 131-160 100-156 - 31 to - 4 700-900 lbs 115-143 110-134 - 5 to - 9 Over 900 lbs No Test No Test NA

Holstein Steers Under 700 lbs 91-109 No Test NA Over 700 lbs 92-126 No Test NA Cows Utility/Commercial 65-83 65-88 Steady to + 5 Canner & Cutter 55-73 58-78 + 3 to + 5

Stock Cows 950-1500 950-1500 Steady Bulls Slaughter 73-105 78-108 + 5 to + 3 BEAN PRICES: Pinto 25.00-28.00 25.00-30.00 Steady to + 2.00 Pink Not established Not established Not established Small Red Not established Not established Not established Garbanzo 32.00-35.00 32.00-35.00 Steady Compiled by the Idaho Farm Bureau Commodity Division

36 Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 Alfalfa hay test guidelines, (for domestic livestock use and not more than 10% IDaho Hay Report grass), used with visual appearance and intent of sale Quantitative factors are ap- USDA Market News, Moses Lake, WA proximate and many factors can affect feeding value. June 24, 2016 GRAIN PRICES 5/20/2016 6/24/2016 Trend Tons: 6000 Last Week: 800 Last Year: 7000 NEW CROP ADF NDF RFV TDN-100% TDN-90% CP-100% Compared to last Friday: All grades of Alfalfa weak. Trade slow to moderate with Portland: Supreme <27 <34 >185 >62 >55.9 >22 White Wheat 5.22-5.32 No Bid N/A light to moderate demand. Retail/feed store/horse not tested this week. All prices Premium 27-29 34-36 170-185 60.5-62 54.5-55.9 20-22 11% Winter 5.21-5.29 4.92 - .29 to - .37 are dollars per ton and FOB the farm or ranch unless otherwise stated. 14% Spring 6.17-6.32 6.07-6.27 - .10 to - 5 Good 29-32 36-40 150-170 58-60 52.5-54.5 18-20 Tons price Wtd Avg Oats 270.00 270.00 Steady Fair 32-35 40-44 130-150 56-58 50.5-52.5 16-18 Alfalfa Utility >35 >44 <130 <56 <50.5 <16 Ogden: Mid Square

White Wheat 4.32 4.25 - .07 Supreme 2000 125.00-137.00 131.00 11% Winter 4.09 3.91 - .18 RFV calculated using the Wis/Minn formula. TDN calculated using the western Premium/Supreme 400 115.00-115.00 115.00 14% Spring 5.32 5.26 - .06 formula. Values based on 100% dry matter, TDN both 90% and 100%. Premium 400 130.00-130.00 130.00 Barley 6.90 6.15 - .75 Quantitative factors are approximate, and many factors can affect feeding Value. Good/Premium 3000 130.00-130.00 130.00 Blackfoot/ Values based on 100 pct. dry matter. End usage may influence hay price or value Good 200 105.00-105.00 105.00 Idaho Falls more than testing results. White Wheat 4.10 3.70 - .40 11.5% Winter 4.15 3.90 - .25 14% Spring 5.05 4.90 - .15 Hard White 4.50 4.10 - .40 Potatoes for Processing Potatoes & Onions IDAHO--- Movement expected to remain about the same. No prices reported. Burley: June 21, 2016 White Wheat 3.95 3.90 - .05 Onions 11% Winter 3.53 3.41 - .12 Potatoes 14% Spring 5.08 4.81 - .27 Movement expected to remain about the same. No prices reported.RT. Barley 6.00 5.50 - .50 UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT, IDAHO--- Shipments 542-649- 670 (includes exports of 6-4-7)---Movement expected to remain about the same. Nampa: Trading bales slow, others moderate. Prices lower. Russet Burbank U.S. One baled White Wheat (cwt) 6.90 7.10 + .20 10-5 pound film bags non size A mostly 4.50-5.00; 50-pound carton 40-70s mostly (Bushel) 4.14 4.26 + .12 11.00, 80s 10.00-10.50, 90-100s mostly 8.50. *revised. Lewiston: White Wheat 4.95 5.23 + .28 H. Red Winter 4.99 4.81 - .18 Dark N. Spring 5.97 5.81 - .16 Burley: Barley 126.50 126.50 Steady 5 Year Grain Comparison White Wheat...... 6.36...... 6.35...... 5.40...... 5.17...... 3.90 LIVESTOCK PRICES 11% Winter...... 6.11 ...... 6.34 ...... 6.30...... 4.90...... 3.41 Grain Prices...... 6/25/2012...... 6/25/2013...... 6/25/2014...... 6/23/2015...... 6/24/2016 14% Spring...... 7.51 ...... 7.28...... 6.50...... 5.71...... 4.81 5/20/2016 6/24/2016 Trend Portland: Barley...... 9.50 ...... 9.75...... 7.50...... 4.75...... 5.50 White Wheat...... 7.33 ...... N.Q...... 6.95 ...... N.Q...... N.Q. Feeder Steers 11% Winter...... 7.63-7.93...... 8.20-8.58...... 7.99...... 6.11-6.20...... 4.92 Nampa: Under 500 lbs 137-194 125-175 -12 to - 19 14% Spring...... 9.38 ...... 9.12...... 8.35...... 7.57...... 6.07-6.27 White Wheat (cwt)...... 10.60...... 7.00...... 10.25...... 9.28...... 7.10 500-700 lbs 135-180 120-167 - 15 to -13 Corn...... 282-284.25...... 275.00...... 280.00...... 265.00...... 270.00 (bushel)...... 6.36...... 6.40...... 6.15...... 5.57...... 4.26 700-900 lbs 120-149 110-145 - 10 to - 4 Over 900 lbs 108-132 103-127 - 5 Ogden: Lewiston: White Wheat...... 6.60...... 6.55...... 5.85...... 5.67...... 4.25 White Wheat...... 7.10...... 7.15...... 6.80...... 5.85...... 5.23 Feeder Heifers 11% Winter...... 6.51 ...... 6.65...... 6.77...... 5.09...... 3.91 Barley...... 204.50...... 216.50 ...... 171.50...... 131.50...... 126.50 Under 500 lbs 137-179 125-170 - 12 to - 9 14 % Spring...... 7.84 ...... 7.79...... 6.50...... 6.46...... 5.26 500-700 lbs 131-160 100-156 - 31 to - 4 Barley...... 10.20...... 9.31...... 7.50...... 5.70...... 6.15 Bean Prices: 700-900 lbs 115-143 110-134 - 5 to - 9 Pintos...... 50.00...... 34.00-35.00...... 34.00-35.00...... 24.00...... 25.00-30.00 Over 900 lbs No Test No Test NA Pocatello/Blackfoot: Pinks...... 45.00-48.00...... 38.00-40.00...... No Quote...... No Quote...... No Quote White Wheat...... 6.25...... 6.10...... 5.60...... 5.30...... 3.70 Small Reds...... N/A...... 38.00-40.00...... No Quote...... 40.00...... No Quote 11% Winter...... 6.06 ...... 6.63...... 6.63...... 5.20...... 3.90 *** Holstein Steers 14% Spring...... 7.95 ...... 7.47...... 6.34...... 6.06...... 4.90 Under 700 lbs 91-109 No Test NA Barley...... 10.10...... 9.16...... No Bid...... 5.40...... 4.10 Over 700 lbs 92-126 No Test NA Cows Utility/Commercial 65-83 65-88 Steady to + 5 Canner & Cutter 55-73 58-78 + 3 to + 5 MILK PRODUCTION Stock Cows 950-1500 950-1500 Steady June 21, 2016 The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.64 million head, 11,000 head more than May 2015, but unchanged from April 2016. Bulls May Milk Production up 1.2 Percent May Milk Production in the United States up 1.2 Percent Slaughter 73-105 78-108 + 5 to + 3 Milk production in the 23 major States during May totaled 17.5 billion pounds, Milk production in the United States during May totaled 18.6 billion pounds, up BEAN PRICES: up 1.2 percent from May 2015. April revised production, at 16.8 billion pounds, was 1.2 percent from May 2015. Pinto 25.00-28.00 25.00-30.00 Steady to + 2.00 up 1.1 percent from April 2015. The April revision represented a decrease of 13 Production per cow in the United States averaged 1,999 pounds for May, 23 Pink Not established Not established Not established million pounds or 0.1 percent from last month’s preliminary production estimate. pounds above May 2015. Small Red Not established Not established Not established Garbanzo 32.00-35.00 32.00-35.00 Steady Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 2,019 pounds for May, 21 The number of milk cows on farms in the United States was 9.33 million head, pounds above May 2015. This is the highest production per cow for the month of 3,000 head more than May 2015, but unchanged from April 2016. May since the 23 State series began in 2003. Idaho Farm Bureau producer / JUly 2016 37 5 Year livestock comparison Cattle on Feed

...... 6/18/2012...... 6/21/2013...... 6/24/2014...... 6/22/2015...... 6/24/2016 June 24, 2016 Under 500 lbs...... 140-189 ...... 128-162...... 200-265...... 260-342...... 125-175 500-700 lbs...... 131-169...... 120-151...... 195-248...... 210-283...... 120-167 United States Cattle on Feed Up 2 Percent 700-900 lbs...... 119-155...... 111-136...... 145-217...... 182-240...... 110-145 Over 900 lbs...... 110-134...... 91-123...... 130-192...... 170-191...... 103-127 Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feed- lots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.8 million head on June 1, 2016. Feeder Heifers The inventory was 2 percent above June 1, 2015. Under 500 lbs...... 135-165...... 116-143...... 185-251...... 238-285...... 125-170 500-700 lbs...... 129-161...... 110-137...... 170-239...... 195-270...... 100-156 Placements in feedlots during May totaled 1.88 million head, 10 percent above 700-900 lbs...... 114-141...... 98-127...... 135-201...... 163-205 ...... 110-134 2015. Net placements were 1.81 million head. During May, placements of cattle and Over 900 lbs...... 89-125 ...... 85-114...... 114-162...... 140-183...... No Test calves weighing less than 600 pounds were 305,000 head, 600-699 pounds were Holstein Steers 250,000 head, 700-799 pounds were 479,000 head, and 800 pounds and greater Under 700 lbs...... 75-129...... 84-95...... 115-179...... 140-197...... No Test were 850,000 head. Over 700 lbs...... 75-112...... 69-100...... 125-170...... 130-190...... No Test Marketings of fed cattle during May totaled 1.79 million head, 5 percent above Cows 2015. Utility/Commercial...... 65-86...... 60-82...... 88-114...... 85-115...... 65-88 Other disappearance totaled 74,000 head during May, 4 percent below 2015. Canner & Cutter...... 55-79...... 60-73...... 78-102...... 78-105...... 58-78 Stock Cows...... 1000-1300...... 850-1275...... 1200-1800...... 1500-2350...... 950-1500 Bulls – Slaughter...... 75-104...... 65-105...... 97-140...... 115-149...... 115-149

Cattle Outlook

June 24, 2016 but is down from record levels earlier this month. USDA released their June Cattle on Feed report this afternoon. It said there were This week’s cattle slaughter totaled 608,000 head, up 0.2% (1,000 head) from last 2.2% more cattle on feed than on June 1, 2015. May placements were up 9.6% and week and up 8.8% from a year ago. The average steer dressed weight for the week May marketings were up 4.9% compared to a year ago. The number of cattle on feed ending on June 11 was 864 pounds, unchanged from the week before and down 5 was the highest for any June since 2012. Both placements and marketings in May pounds from a year ago. were above the year ago level for the fourth consecutive month. There were few Feeder cattle prices at Oklahoma City this week were $2 to $6 lower than last week. surprises as the report came in very close to expectations. Stocker calf prices were $10 to $15 lower. Prices for medium and large frame #1 There were 447 million pounds of beef in cold storage at the end of May. That is 1.4% steers by weight group were: 400-450# $149, 450-500# $153, 500-550# $144.50- less than the month before and 5.9% less than on May 31, 2015. $156.50, 550-600# $144-$154, 600-650# $138.50, 650-700# $141.50-$143, 700- Yesterday’s vote by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union has strength- 750# $132.50-$144.50, 750-800# $125-$143.75, 800-900# $130.50-$138.75 and ened the U.S. dollar. That is likely to have a negative impact on U.S. exports. 900-1000# $120-$128.75/cwt. USDA weekly crop progress report said that 9% of U.S. pastures were in poor or The June live cattle futures contract settled at $114.70/cwt today, down $2.57 for very poor condition as of June 19. That is up 1 point from the week before and the the week. August fed cattle settled at $110.87/cwt, down $2.48 from the previous same as a year ago. Friday. October ended the week at $110.87/cwt. Fed cattle prices were lower this week in moderate volume. Through Thursday, the Corn futures were sharply lower this week, which helped boost feeder cattle futures. 5-area average price for slaughter steers sold on a live weight basis was $116.09/cwt, August feeder cattle futures ended the week at $139.45/cwt, up $2.03 from a week down $4.94 from last week’s average and down $32.59 from a year ago. The 5-area earlier. October feeder cattle closed the week up $1.35 at $136.80/cwt. dressed steer price averaged $187.82/cwt, down $7.21 from the week before and University of Missouri down $50.19 from a year ago. This morning the choice boxed beef cutout value was $214.00/cwt, down $8.98 from the previous Friday and down $40.53 from a year ago. The select carcass cutout this morning was $198.38/cwt, down $2.12 from last week and down $51.30 com- pared to last year. The choice-select spread, $15.62/cwt this morning, remains high

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