June 5, 2015
CapitalPress.com
Industry takes its case to the Capitol
By GEOFF PARKS
For the Capital Press
SALEM — Dairy industry
representatives were hopeful
that servings of Oregon dairy
products at the April Dairy Day
at the Capitol event would help
sway lawmakers to vote ag’s
way on bills working their way
through the legislative process.
Dairy Day at the Capitol was
created in 2011 by the Oregon
Dairy Farmers Association. It
is held each April at the begin-
ning of the legislative session
in the State Capitol Galleria for
the benefit of legislators, Capitol
workers and any of the public
who happen by during the day.
ODFA organizers had the
help of the Oregon Dairy Wom-
en and its current State Dairy
Princess Ambassador, Emma
Miller, and First Alternate Me-
gan Shrute. Members of the
Oregon State University Dairy
Club and the Cascade and St.
Paul chapters of the FFA also
participated in serving up Or-
egon cheese samples, yogurt,
chocolate milk and other prod-
ucts.
Staci Sherer, Mitchell Evers
and Rebekah Golurley of the
OSU Dairy Club passed around
information about the event to
all areas of the Capitol during
the morning set-up for the event,
and the two Dairy Princess Am-
bassadors pitched in to arrange
other public relations items such
as buttons and other wearables
for the crowd.
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Geoff Parks/For the Capital Press
From left to right, Staci Sherer of the Oregon State University Dairy Club;
Tammy Dennee, assistant director of the Oregon Dairy Farmers esso-
ciation; Tami Kerr, executive director of the ODFe; and Mitchell Evers of
the OSU Dairy Club proudly wear their “milk mustaches” at the recent
ODFe-sponsored Dairy Day at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
An afternoon “ice cream
social” featuring Umpqua ice
cream, chocolate topping and
Darigold whipped cream served
as the event’s finale.
Tami Kerr, executive direc-
tor of the ODFA, said the idea
of the event “is to bring in our
producers so that they can tell
their story.”
“There are a lot of issues
being voted on that will im-
pact our dairy producers,” she
said, “so it’s a way for them
to have a voice to share their
stories and let their elected of-
ficials know how those mea-
sures will impact them as busi-
ness owners across the state of
Oregon.”
Kerr said the dairy industry
was targeting what she called
“job killer” bills — “minimum
wage, paid sick leave and man-
datory 401(k) on Day One” —
under consideration in the Leg-
islature.
“Our margins (on milk pric-
es) are extremely thin, and we
simply can’t afford it,” she said.
“We’re meeting with all the rep-
resentatives on some of the nat-
ural resources committees, and
producers are meeting with their
own representatives.”
But of course, the way to
someone’s heart is often through
the stomach, the saying goes,
and the treats — cheese, yogurt,
milk and ice cream — laid out
for the Capitol crowd disap-
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