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sures that interfere with the international
shipment of grain. WAWG
also opposes the withholding of
food as leverage to achieve political
objectives.
“Trade is vital not only to wheat,
as we export about 80 percent of our
crop, but to the rest of agriculture in
the state as well,” said Maier. Nearly
$13 billion in food and agricultural
products were exported through
Washington ports in 2010, the third
largest total in the U.S.
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WAWG presses
for fairness in
state budget fix
In December, Governor
Gregoire sat down with
Washington agriculture sectors
to hear ideas and to discuss
a compromise to fix the financial
stability of the state.
The Governor acknowledged
that agriculture is vital to the
state’s economy. The $40-billion
food and agriculture industry
employs approximately 160,000
people and contributes 12 percent
to the state’s economy. In
fact, Yakima, Grant and Benton
counties are traditionally the
largest ag producing areas in
the state. The wheat industry
alone generated nearly $1 billion
in production value in 2010.
While each group represented
their own interests, they
were united on opposing the
removal of ag’s tax exemptions.
They agreed that any solution
to the state budget crisis must
be fair across all industries and
citizens.
6 WHEAT LIFE JANUARY 2012