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Newspaper Page Text16 CapitalPress.com October 2, 2015 Spud leaders hope to continue collaborative breeding effort By JOHN O’CONNELL Capital Press ABERDEEN, Idaho — Rich Novy, a potato breeder with the local USDA Agri- cultural Research Service, and his colleagues spent Sept. 16 evaluating an as- sortment of their own lines and material from all of the major U.S. breeding pro- grams. The spuds were entries in the National Fry Processing Trials, a collaborative breed- ing effort started five years ago in response to industry concerns about acrylamide — a chemical found in cer- tain fried foods linked to cancer in testing of laborato- ry animals. Industry sources say it’s unlikely that the trials will continue next season in their present form, as there’s still no conclusive evidence link- ing acrylamide to human can- cer and the issue has largely fallen off the public’s radar. Some in the industry, however, say the trials have demonstrated what can be accomplished when breeding programs work together, and they hope to retain the part- nership to address a broader range of processing needs. “The funding partners are still in the midst of making a decision on that,” said Ryan Kraybill, U.S. Potato Board’s director of research and anal- ysis. The trial has helped cut the roughly 15-year timeline for releasing certain variet- ies in half, Kraybill said. The major processors and U.S. Potato Board have collec- tively contributed $250,000 to $300,000 annually toward the trials. “I think it’s unanimous that there was value in it,” Kraybill said. “We’ll just have to devote some thought to it and weigh the bene- fits against the cost to see Courtesy of Edelman Public Relations Framework, a 12-story Portland project, shared a $3 million USDA tall wooden building design prize. It will be built using cross-laminated timbers. John O’Connell/Capital Press University of Idaho Extension and USDA research staff evaluate potatoes for the National Fry Processing Trials. The trials involve raising potatoes in five different states to evaluate lines that are low in acryl- amide, a chemical found in certain fried foods that may be linked to cancer. Wooden high-rise in Portland shares $3 million USDA design prize By ERIC MORTENSON ‘We don’t want to stop doing the type of work we’re doing, but we want to build on it.’ Asunta Thompson, North Dakota State University breeder if it makes sense for it to be something to be continued.” Jeannie Debons, execu- tive director with the Pacific Northwest’s Potato Variety Management Institute, be- lieves the acrylamide issue that spurred the industry to take quick action with a nov- el approach has proven to be a tempest in a teacup. None- theless, she sees a future for the trials in an altered form. “I think it was a new way of cooperating,” Debons said. “Most of the time, the pota- to programs just worked for their own geographic area.” The trials started with re- search plots in Idaho, Wash- ington and North Dakota evaluating advanced breed- ing lines from their own pro- grams, as well as Oregon, Colorado, Wisconsin and Maine. Three years ago, sites were added in Wisconsin and Maine, with funding from a USDA grant. At each site, Novy ex- plained, 52 breeding clones involved in the trials, in- cluding 11 from Aberdeen, were planted this season and graded for shape, size, starch content and other attributes to “see how these clones do across different regions of the U.S.” The top varieties in the western programs go to J.R. Simplot’s Caldwell plant for further evaluation, including for taste and texture. Eastern lines are evaluated by Mc- Cain Foods. Lines from all five sites have also been sent to East Grand Forks, Minn., where processors and scien- tists can evaluate them to- gether during a mid-October field day. This season, Novy’s pro- gram will release a promis- ing trial variety with several desirable attributes, Payette Russet. North Dakota State Uni- versity breeder Asunta Thompson released Dakota Russet on a fast track through the trials. “We don’t want to stop doing the type of work we’re doing, but we want to build on it,” Thompson said. Legal U.S. Postal Service STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. TITLE OF PUBLICATION: CAPITAL PRESS PUBLICATION NO. 07403704 DATE OF FILING: Sept. 25, 2015 FREQUENCY OF ISSUE: Weekly Every Friday NO. OF ISSUES PUBLISHED ANNUALLY: 52 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $49.99 COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS OF KNOWN OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: P.O. Box 2048, Salem OR 97308-2048 8. 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I understand that anyone who furnishes false or misleading information on this form or who omits material or information requested on the form may be subject to criminal sanctions (including fines and imprisonment) and/or civil sanctions (including civil penalties). 40-7/#13 Capital Press PORTLAND — A high-rise to be built using cross-laminated timber pan- els is co-winner of a $3 mil- lion USDA prize designed to spark the use of timber prod- ucts in tall construction. Framework, a 12-story project in Portland’s upscale Pearl District, split the Tall Wood Building Prize Com- petition with a project in New York City. The USDA sponsored the competition in conjunction with the Soft- wood Lumber Board and the Binational Softwood Lumber Council. Agricul- ture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the awards Sept. 17. The Portland project will have ground floor retail, five levels of office space, five levels of workforce hous- ing and a roof top amenity space. According to the devel- opers, the building’s design is intended to “communicate at street level the project’s innovative use of wood and engineering technology in the development of a high rise structure, along with its relationship to the rural economy.” The building will feature an engineered wood core and lateral system to withstand earthquakes, and cross-lam- inated timber floor panels up to 50 feet long. The design team is led Thomas Robinson, of LE- VER Architecture. Con- struction schedule details were not immediately avail- able. Cross-laminated timbers, or CLT, are panels made by bonding dimensional lum- ber in perpendicular layers. Boosters of the technology say the panels — which can be up to 8- to 10-feet wide, 10 to 20 inches thick and 64 feet long — are strong, lightweight and much faster to install than standard steel and concrete construction. D.R. Johnson, a mill in Riddle, Ore., south of Rose- burg, is the first U.S. manu- facturer certified to make the panels. State and industry officials believe CLT tech- nology could revitalize Ore- gon’s timber industry. Submitted by R.D. Offutt A pollinator strip planted with the help of a National Potato Council pro- gram provides a buffer near an R.D. Offutt potato field in Minnesota. It also provides habitat for bees and other wildlife. NPC is encouraging members to use their farms to help address declining pollinator habitat. Potato Council helps improve bee habitat By JOHN O’CONNELL Capital Press The National Potato Coun- cil is asking members to use their fields to address declin- ing bee and monarch butterfly habitat, hoping the Environ- mental Protection Agency will appreciate the gesture when it implements pollina- tor health-driven pesticide re- strictions. NPC recently submitted public comments on sepa- rate EPA proposals to protect pollinators and monarchs. Both comment periods have closed. The proposed pollina- tor-health restrictions would prohibit the application of pesticides deemed highly toxic to bees when crops are blooming and bees are un- der contract for pollination services. According to EPA, the restrictions would restrict “most insecticides and some herbicides during bloom.” “EPA believes these ad- ditional measures to protect bees providing pollination services will protect other pollinators, as well,” EPA stated in a press release. EPA action on threats to monarchs, including the loss of milkweed due to herbicide use, are still early in the regu- latory process. NPC has launched its own program promoting pollina- tor habitat planting on piv- ot corners and field buffers, partnering with Syngenta and Pheasants Forever. The pro- gram donates monarch and pollinator seed mixtures to growers. R.D. Offutt, which has potato fields in 11 states including Washington and Oregon, worked with NPC to plant 650 acres of polli- nator habitat this spring in Minnesota and North Dakota, said Vince Restucci, an Idaho company official who over- saw the project. “I was in one of the plots in Minnesota a couple of weeks ago and was excited to see how much honey bee activity there was,” Restucci said. NPC Executive Vice Pres- ident and CEO John Keeling argues such voluntary part- nerships, rather than pesticide restrictions, are the best way to help pollinators.