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WLWAWG AT WORKkeeping Ecology’s burn team and officeavailable seven days per week.WAWG staff and officer team traveledto Scottsdale, Ariz., to meet withthe NationalAssociation ofWheat Growers’board of directors.Frombiotechnology tothe hurried 2012 Farm Bill status, talkswere long and strenuous.The Rail Authority and shippersthroughout the system have beenworking to gain federal funding for infrastructurerepairs to the shortline railsystem. Efforts to seek state funding forthe state-owned asset are also underway.WAWG has been communicatingwith all parties to make sure wheatfarmers’ interests are considered in theplanning process.✤ November 2011WAWG membership sets resolutionsat the annual meeting.WAWG helps host a successful annualconvention with fellow grower organizationsin Idaho and Oregon.✤ December 2011Representing thousands of wheatfarmers in the state, the WashingtonGrain Alliance took a firm stand againstthe Occupy protesting that shut downthe West Coast ports.WAWG leadership undergoes mediatraining and begins outreach to statemedia outlets to spread proactive familyfarm messagesGov. Gregoire sat down with WAWGand all Washington agriculture sectorsto hear ideas and to discuss a compromiseto fix the financial stability of thestate.✤ January 2012WAWG staff and officer team traveledto Washington, D.C., to educate statecongressional delegates and variousagency staff including the USDAand EPA. The crew also attended theNAWG/U.S. Wheat winter meeting.✤ February 2012About 20 WAWG members traveledto Olympia to meet with more than 50legislators, legislative staff and agencypersonnel. WAWG members focusedon opposing the pesticide applicationbuffer and notice bill, protectingagricultural tax exemptions, protectingagricultural research at WashingtonState University (WSU) and advocatingfor PCC Railway rehabilitation funding.WAWG and its fellow ag friends werea b l e to derail a proposed approachto labeling food productscontaining geneticallymodified organisms,or GMOs.WAWG and itsnational affiliateshelped to block theplanned developmentof a nationwide wirelessnetwork by communications companyLightSquared because of concerns thatit cannot be fixed to coexist with globalpositioning systems (GPS).✤ March 2012WAWG officers and staff traveledto Nashville, Tenn., for the NationalAssociation of Wheat Growers’ annualmeeting at the Commodity Classic.Brett Blankenship of Washtucna waselected as NAWG’s secretary/treasurer.Farmers from Washington, Idaho andOregon worked to engage fellow wheatstates on the importance of monitoringthe NOAA BiOp and EndangeredSpecies Act situation in relation topesticide use in farm country.Farmers enjoy free trade with SouthKorea because of efforts from WAWG,its national and state agricultural partnersand Congress.WAWG leadership helps set goals forNAWG future policy and strategic plan.✤ April 2012WAWG works with National AgStatistics Service to better understandgrower fatigue and potential solutionsfor future surveys.WAWG helps host an airquality tour for agencypersonnel in FranklinCounty to showcase theproactive steps for areafarmers.Volunteers from WAWGparticipate in the 2012CROP Hunger Walkin Spokane to benefitworld and localfood banks.The state Legislature was able tobreak the gridlock and pass a bipartisanbudget. For the most part, Washington’sagricultural interests fared well due tocontinued work by WAWG and other agstakeholder groups.An effort by WAWG andmultiple grain industrystakeholders to get somestate funding for shortlinerail improvementswas successful. The groupwas able to secure $4 million for “SpeedImprovements for Short Line Rail forAgricultural Exports.”✤ May 2012In preparation for millions of acrespotentially coming out of CRP inupcoming years, members of WAWG’sexecutive officer team met with otherkey decision makers to brainstorm possibletools available for farmers.A group of WAWG volunteers connectedwith Spokane families at theFamily Fun Day at River Park Square. Theevent coincided with the Junior LilacParade in downtown Spokane. The goalwas to educate urban residents aboutwheat and Washington’s family farms.WAWG hosted a public meeting withthe EPA to review requirements of fuelcontainment.WAWG hosted a meeting betweenfarmers from Grant and Douglascounties and the state Department ofNatural Resources (DNR) to talk aboutthe handling of grain coming off statetrust lands.WAWG hosted a successfulLegislative tour in Spokane County.In a huge victory for U.S. wheatfarmers, the U.S. and Colombia officiallyimplemented a free trade agreement(FTA) first signed in 2006. WAWG andother wheat states have been advocatingits implementation for years.WAWG leadership met andtalked with multiple congressionaldelegates in both theHouse and Senate for swift passageof a 2012 Farm Bill beforethe Sept. 30 expiration of thecurrent policy.WAWG leadershipand membershipsubmitted inputto the Washington GrainCommission regarding14 WHEAT LIFE AUG/SEPT 2012
esearch priorities at WSU and otherpublic universitiesWAWG partnered withthe Washington PotatoCommission to increasethe effectiveness and efficiencyof the statewidepublic relations campaign.✤ June 2012WAWG President Eric Maier traveledto Washington, D.C., to meet withWashington’s Congressional delegationregarding the current Farm Billnegotiations. Maier also attended aWheat Industry Biotechnology Councilmeeting to better understand whereindustry partners, food companies andother stakeholders sit in the controversialGMO debate.WAWG partnered with theAgricultural Marketing andManagement Organization (AMMO).AMMO hosts a series of farm managementtraining programs specificallydesigned for farm families. The goalis to provide farmers with the toolsneeded to become more profitable intheir farming business.WAWG staff launched increased effectivenessof social media and websitecampaigns.WAWG interacted with Senate delegatesand staff to help pass a beneficialSenate version of a farm bill.WAWG partnered with the U.S.Farmers & Ranchers Alliance and theCenter for Food Integrity to increase theawareness of America’s farming familiesthroughout the state and nation.Rhino ® RC Flails Shred Crop MaterialsWhile Evenly Distributing Your ResidueNEW Rhino RC 125Units Now In Stock• Rhino ® RC Flails are designed to provide maximum shredding of crop materialwhile evenly distributing the residue.• They are available in 12’, 15’, 18’, 20’, and 25’ widths.• Drivetrain features a Cat 5 or 6 main driveline and a 207 HP gearbox.• High blade tip speeds and dual “re-cutter” bars provide excellent shredding.• The resulting mulch helps speed decomposition while providing ground cover.DIESEL & MACHINE, INC.227 20th St. North, Lewiston, ID 83501Call Today! 208-743-7171Servis & Rhino are registered trademark of Alamo Group, Inc. © 2005 Alamo Group, Inc. www.servis-rhino.comWHEAT LIFE AUG/SEPT 2012 15
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