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4 CapitalPress.com June 9, 2017 Idaho dairymen to benefit from new beef plants By JOHN O’CONNELL Capital Press Capital Press SALEM — The Oregon Water Resources Depart- ment is facing two new lawsuits related to water rights, one from Klam- ath-area irrigators and the other from environmental groups opposed to a new dairy in the eastern part of the state. Several irrigators are challenging the agency’s order shutting down irriga- tion from Wood River and its tributaries in the Upper Klamath Basin due to a wa- ter call from the Klamath Tribes in April. The tribes have “time immemorial” water rights under an OWRD determi- nation, giving them priority over the irrigators, whose oldest water rights date back to 1864. OWRD determined that flows in the Wood Riv- er have fallen below the tribes’ in-stream water right of 323 cubic feet per sec- ond, which is intended to preserve fish and riparian health. However, the irriga- tors’ lawsuit claims that OWRD’s water flow gauge is inaccurate or incapable of measuring the full amount of water in the Wood River. Other measurements of the river have gauged flows of 427 to 502 cubic feet per second, but OWRD’s local watermaster has refused to recognize these reports, ac- cording to the petition for judicial review. The irrigators have asked Marion County Cir- cuit Judge Courtland Geyer to overturn OWRD’s final order prohibiting water diversion and to issue an injunction against enforce- ment of future water calls until proper measurements are taken. Aside from the Wood River, other water calls in the Upper Klamath Ba- sin were also validated by OWRD for the Williamson and Sprague rivers. Irriga- tors in the region estimate the orders have affected roughly 300,000 acres. The other case filed against OWRD concerns the agency’s decision to allow a planned dairy near Boardman, Ore., to with- draw more than 400 gallons per minute from a ground- water aquifer. In April, the agency is- sued the Lost Valley Dairy a “limited license,” which allows water withdrawal for up to five years while owner Greg te Velde se- cures a more permanent source of drinking water for his cattle. Columbia Riverkeep- er, Center for Food Safety, Humane Oregon and Water- watch of Oregon argue the limited license is unlawful- ly detrimental to the public interest due to alleged wa- ter and air pollution from the dairy. They also claimed OWRD’s conclusion that groundwater is available and withdrawals won’t af- fect senior water rights ar- en’t supported by substan- tial evidence. The environmentalists’ petition for judicial review asks Marion County Circuit Judge Sean Armstrong to reverse or modify the agen- cy’s order. A spokeswoman for OWRD said the agency is reviewing the lawsuits with its attorneys at the state De- partment of Justice. John O’Connell/Capital Press Kerry Ward of American Falls, Idaho, wearing the red hat and holding a calf, delivers livestock to his brother Allan’s feedlot in Burley. Seven Ward brothers and two of their friends plan to open a meat packing plant in Burley. accepted by an on-site USDA inspector. The bulk of the meat will be sold for ham- burger. The Burley plant has 40,000 square feet and rep- resents a $13 million invest- ment by seven brothers from Idaho’s Ward ranching fam- ily, plus two friends. They first broke ground on the plant three years ago. Rick Naerebout, direc- tor of operations with Idaho Dairymen’s Association, said the Ward family’s plant will give dairymen the opportunity to turn profits from some cull cows that they’d otherwise have to pay to send to render- ing. Naerebout noted Idaho is the fourth largest dairy state, and the absence of kill plants was “noticeable.” In addition to the stress, Naerebout said cows tend to lose weight when they are shipped to out-of-state plants. “On both accounts, it’s great to have a local option for cull cows,” Naerebout said. “That will add to the bottom line of Idaho’s rural economies.” Farmers, ranchers have ‘unprecedented’ meeting with Ag, Interior secretaries By SEAN ELLIS Capital Press BOISE — Farmers and ranchers described a private meeting with two of Presi- dent Donald Trump’s cabinet members June 2 as unprece- dented and historic. Instead of addressing the group, U.S. Agriculture Sec- retary Sonny Perdue and In- terior Secretary Ryan Zinke listened and took notes, ac- cording to those who were there. “They just didn’t have an agenda. They truly wanted to listen to us,” said Aberdeen potato farmer Ritchey Toevs. “It was a pro-producer meet- ing. It was a completely dif- ferent experience than I’ve ever had.” “They didn’t really say much. They let us do the talking,” said Jerome dairy- man Mike Roth. “I feel like I witnessed a little bit of history today.” Idaho Farm Bureau Feder- ation President Bryan Searle, a farmer from Shelley, said he was floored by the nature of the meeting. “I’m still in shock that they didn’t talk. They just flat-out sat there and listened,” he said. During the hour-long meeting, the producers were given 5 minutes each to pres- ent. They covered a wide range of topics, from immi- gration and the importance of labor to aquifer recharge, Food Safety Modernization Sean Ellis/Capital Press Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, left, and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speak about farm and natural resource issues June 2 at Boise State University. Earlier that day, the secretaries met privately with farmers and ranchers. Act requirements, NAFTA, the U.S. Sheep Experiment station in Dubois, invasive water species, farm bill fund- ing, the Endangered Species Act, Equal Access to Justice Act and grazing and other federal land-management issues. A lot more could have been covered “but those that spoke hit on many of the is- sues important to most of the commodities in our state...,” said meeting participant Rick Waitley, executive director of Food Producers of Idaho. He said “Perdue was writing like crazy as people talked about their various LEGAL LEGAL PURSUANT TO ORS CHAPTER 87 Notice is hereby given that the following vehicle will be sold, for cash to the highest bidder, on 6/13/2017. The sale will be held at 10:00am by STAYTON TIRE & AUTOMOTIVE 1794 W. IDA, STAYTON, OR 2008 Malibu 21 ft. boat VIN=MB2K8737A808 Amount due on lien $55,900.00 Reputed owner(s) GAVIN CHAMBERS KEY BANK USA NA CORY & SUSIE DENT HEALTH & POSTAL EMP C.U. 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Searle told the secretaries that 10 years after the Idaho Supreme Court agreed with Idaho ranchers that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management can’t own stock watering rights on federally adminis- tered land, “they’re still try- ing to take those rights.” “When that was said, Sec- retary Zinke said, ‘Give me names,’” Searle said. “That was a bright spot.” “The fact that they actual- ly sat there and listened to 10 of us producers talk about the issues that are affecting us is completely unprecedented,” Jerome rancher Laurie Lick- ley said. “I think that we will have the opportunity with this administration to continue to address and actually solve the problems that we talked about today.” The meeting was set up by Idaho State Department of Agriculture Director Celia Gould and kept on track by Gov. Butch Otter, a Republi- can rancher. “They sat there for a solid hour and listened to 10 differ- ent producers,” Otter told the Capital Press. “In every case, both the secretaries ended up with one question — ‘What can we do to help you?’ That’s refreshing.” Gould’s intent was to have producers from Idaho’s ma- jor farm industries “talk di- rectly to the secretaries rather than being represented by somebody else or having that information filtered,” said ISDA spokeswoman Chanel Tewalt. 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The plant will harvest cull cows and bulls from dairy farms and ranches through- out the Intermountain West, according to a company press release. The other plant, Ida Beef, is scheduled to open July 20 in Burley and will specialize in cull dairy cows that might be too near the end of life to ship to an out-of-state kill plant. The cows will still be required to have the strength to walk into the plant on their own and must meet the same beef quality standards to be Allan Ward, who operates a 5,500-head Burley feedlot, has been leasing an older lo- cal kill plant for the past year to train a staff of 52 work- ers, who have been handling more than 60 cull cows per day. Ward said the new plant will open with the capacity to kill 200 cows per day. He intends to start by processing about 85 cows per day and to quickly ramp up to about 150 cows. The plant has space to accommodate up to 500 cows per day, and Ward intends to gradually add new equipment to boost capacity. 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