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DC agenda set
Washington’s wheat leader team is primed and ready to hit the Hill in
Washington, D.C., later this month. The officer team and staff plan to advocate
for farmers with Washington’s 11 Congressional delegates and their
staff (see page 20 for more information). The highest priority is to preserve
a baseline for a safety net for our family farmers in the new 2012 Farm
Bill. Transportation issues, foreign market access, pesticide regulation and
agricultural research funding also top the priority list.
The team also plans to join forces with leaders from Idaho and Oregon
to meet with various federal agency staff including Chief Dave White
of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, NOAA Administrator
Jane Lubchenco and administrators from the Environmental Protection
Agency, Farm Service Agency, Agricultural Research Service and Risk
Management Agency.
“By joining forces with our friends in Idaho and Oregon, we are truly
utilizing the tri-state effort to its fullest capacity,” said WAWG National
Legislative Chair Brett Blankenship. “Our goal is to unite on topics and
concerns we have in common. Together, we can make more of an impact
than by ourselves.”
Leaders will also attend the joint winter conference for both the National
Association of Wheat Growers and U.S. Wheat Associates while in the
capitol.
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The Washington Wheat Foundation building was again full with more than 50 farmers from Adams,
Franklin and Walla Walla counties interested in learning more about the new deep furrow drill.
Research on the drill is being conducted by the WSU Dryland Research Station at Lind, led by WSU
Research Agronomist Bill Schillinger. The new drill is seen as phase two of the original undercutter
project, which allows low-rainfall area farmers to use minimal tillage practices and reduce dust. The
new drill will allow farmers to plant seeds deep, even through the high residue left by the undercutter.
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