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W WAWG MEMBERSHIP (509) 659-0610 • 800-598-6890 $125 per year EDITOR Kara Rowe • kararowe@wawg.org (509) 456-2481 ART DIRECTOR Trista Crossley AD SALES MANAGER Kevin Gaffney • KevinGaffney@mac.com (509) 235-2715 GRAPHIC DESIGN Devin Taylor • Trista Crossley AD BILLING Michelle Hennings • michelle@wawg.org (509) 659-0610 • 800-598-6890 CIRCULATION Address changes, extra copies, subscriptions Chauna Carlson • frontdesk@wawg.org (509) 659-0610 • 800-598-6890 Subscriptions are $50 per year WAWG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Eric Maier • Ritzville VICE-PRESIDENT Ryan Kregger • Touchet PRESIDENT EMERITUS Ben Barstow • Palouse APPOINTED MEMBERS Brad Isaak • Coulee City JP Kent • Walla Walla Dan McKinley • Dayton L HEAT IFE Volume 55 • Number 1 www.wheatlife.org The official publication of WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS 109 East First Avenue Ritzville, WA 99169-2394 (509) 659-0610 • 800-598-6890 In association with: www.washingtongrainalliance.com Wheat Life (ISSN 0043-4701) is published by the Washington Association of Wheat Growers (WAWG): 109 E. First Avenue • Ritzville, WA 99169-2394 Eleven issues per year with a combined August/ September issue. Standard (A) postage paid at Ritzville, Wash., and additional entry offices. Contents of this publication may not be reprinted without permission. Advertising in Wheat Life does not indicate endorsement of an organization, product or political candidate by WAWG. President’s Perspective Concerning the budget crisis By Eric Maier Having been over in Olympia numerous times in the past, it was interesting to be on campus and experience the intensity of the recent protests employed by Occupy Olympia and the different labor groups. Through their protests and passion for a cause, they have been able to disrupt the fluidity of our state’s capital. With the state’s current budget situation, it is truly going to become very interesting to see how the current budget debate evolves and just how agriculture and wheat as economic drivers in Washington State will be affected. Before they reconvene regular session this month, lawmakers in Olympia worked throughout December toward managing an anticipatory reduction in the state’s $1.4 billion shortfall, with $400 million in preliminary budget cuts. The expected outcome by lawmakers is a $2 billion cut in budget to remedy the loss of $1.4 billion dollars, while allowing for a $600 million dollar buffer. Along with the assistance of Governor Christine Gregoire, the state has proposed a bevy of cuts, fund transfers and delayed state program payments. The implications of these cuts will be felt throughout Washington with, perhaps, a shortening of the school year by four days, the elimination of some social programs and early release of prisoners. To offset the effect of the cuts, Gregoire has proposed that voters approve a temporary bill that will increase sales tax statewide to allow for relief from the deficits. The increase will be a half of a cent added to the current tax rate and would sunset in three to four years. Agricultural groups have ultimately agreed to remain open to the idea of Gregoire’s tax increase proposal, provided the executive and legislative branches still uphold and require an honest and focused budget. They would like it to be based upon the core functions of state government—which would include finding every savings and efficiency that can be found—before any new revenue options would be entertained. Agricultural research at Washington State University, the B&O tax proposal and agriculture’s current tax exemptions are still on the table for discussion as well. The Washington Association of Wheat Growers’ leadership will continue to monitor these issues of concern. WAWG and other agricultural commodity groups are advocating and working towards maintaining your current tax exemptions, maintaining research programs implemented by WSU and holistically minimizing the anticipated effects of the budget crisis to ensure the success of our industry. In order for these enacted efforts to come to fruition, all WAWG members, family farmers and those affiliated with Washington wheat should to be prepared to become advocates for the industry. Cover photo: While on a tugboat ride on the Willamette River, the 2011 Wheat Export and Quality Workshop tour group got a bird’s eye view of their wheat coming and going through the CLD terminal. In the foreground, a barge unloads its cargo of wheat. In the background, the ocean-going vessel, Wadi Alkarnak out of Alexandria, is in the process of loading wheat. For more pictures of the tour, see pages 32-33. 2 WHEAT LIFE JANUARY 2012
WAWG President’s Perspective 2 WAWG at Work 4 Policy Matters 12 2012 Legislative Playbook Playing with a smart hand in both Washingtons 20 Fluctuations in fertilizer prices If a butterfly flaps its wings in China . . . 28 Wheat, coming and going The 2011 Wheat Export Tour/Quality Workshop 32 Profile Scott Barr, farmer, statesman, philanthropist 34 WGC Chairman’s Column 41 WGC Review 42 Whither the weather Art Douglas’ forecast through August 2012 46 Don’t leave home without it Smart phones are quickly becoming a standard piece of farming equipment 50 FSA services hit by budget woes Planning for cutbacks in staff, shortened hours 54 Nitrogen requirements for protein Worksheet will help with calculations 55 Messing with our numbers Major changes may be coming to NASS 58 WGC Wide World of Wheat 60 Old-time advertising Colorful cards document early advances in agricultural equipment 62 A roof-raising good time A “how to” on using heritage barn grants 68 Your Wheat Life 72 Advertiser’s Index 74 Contributors Eric Maier, president, Washington Association of Wheat Growers Tom Zwainz, chairman, Washington Grain Commission Scott A. Yates, communications director, Washington Grain Commission Kevin Gaffney, ad sales manager, Wheat Life Inside This Issue Rich Koenig, chairman, WSU Department of Crop and Soil Science Hope Bellie Tinney, Washington State University Norman Reed, historian Heidi Scott, writer, Spokane, Wash. WHEAT LIFE JANUARY 2012 3
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