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CapitalPress.com
July 1, 2016
Oregon
Youngsters prepare their animals for Jr. Livestock Auction
By JANAE SARGENT
Capital Press
SALEM, Ore. — Young
livestock owners will get a
chance to show and auction
their animals at premium
prices at the annual Marion
County Junior Livestock
Auction.
The Marion County Ju-
nior Livestock Auction will
start at 5 p.m. July 9 in the
Forester Pavilion at the
Marion County Fair. The
county fair takes place at the
Oregon State Fairgrounds in
Salem.
The auction gives kids
in grades 4 through 12 the
opportunity to show rabbits,
chickens, turkeys, goats,
pigs and steers for awards
and auction them to busi-
ness owners and communi-
ty members at higher than
market prices.
More than 180 pigs were
weighed in for the show,
making them the most pop-
ular animal at the auction.
Bill Luthi, director on
the auction planning com-
mittee, said the auction
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Nathan Kuenzi stands with his pig, Tank, which he will show and
auction at the Marion County Jr. Livestock Auction on July 9.
Nathan Kuenzi and his brothers and sister will all show their pigs
at the Marion County Jr. Livestock Auction July 9. Four of the ive
siblings showed in 2015 and all won their classes.
committee became a non-
profit organization to let the
kids keep most of the pro-
ceeds from their animals.
Kids are able to keep up
to 94 percent of the money
earned from their animals,
with the rest going to fund
the program.
“We’ve got the commit-
tee really turned around
where we’re helping the
kids more than we had
been,” Luthi said.
days, saying that while he
was still in school he and
his siblings would get up at
5:45 every morning to take
care of their more than 50
pigs.
Luthi said the kids are
encouraged to go into the
community and advertise
their animals to business
people, friends and rela-
tives. The auction invites
community members every
year — giving interested at-
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One of those kids is
14-year-old Nathan Kuen-
zi, who will be showing
his fifth pig at the auction.
Kuenzi and his three broth-
ers and sister will all show
pigs.
All of the Kuenzi chil-
dren who showed in 2015
won their classes and his
sister, Ashley, showed a pig
that was the Grand Champi-
on Market Hog in 2015.
Kuenzi described his
tendees the option of donat-
ing money to the animals’
selling price that would go
directly to the kids.
The auction also hosts a
hospitality dinner for buy-
ers to encourage people to
support the kids.
Luthi said around 275
buyers attended the auction
in 2015.
“Over the years people
have seen that this is a good
wholesome and clean activ-
ity for kids to be involved
in,” Luthi said. “A lot of
people are proud of the kids
that are willing to put in the
time and effort and like to
support them.”
In addition to the auc-
tion, the committee awards
scholarships of up to $1,000
to kids who apply and prove
to be responsible.
Michelle Kuenzi, Na-
than’s mother, lauded her
kids’ dedication in raising
pigs and the passion Nathan
has for it.
Kuenzi said her kids pay
for feeding their pigs with
the money they earn show-
ing them.
“(My kids) aren’t inside
playing video games all
day,” Kuenzi said. “They
really care about this and
work hard at it.”
Nathan Kuenzi said he
expects good things from
his current pig, which he
thinks he is going to name
Tank. It is heavier than the
pig that won Grand Cham-
pion last year but Kuenzi
predicted that there will be
good competition this year.
Feast your eyes on ‘naked’ barley Nematodes a nemesis
Yield, resistance,
quality keys to
research
By GEORGE PLAVEN
EO Media Group
Golden wheat swayed in
the breeze as researchers with
Oregon State University updat-
ed farmers on the latest state-
wide variety trials in Morrow
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comment is July 15, 2016.
County.
Bob Zemetra, a wheat
breeder with OSU’s Depart-
ment of Crop and Soil Science,
said the keys to successful
breeding are yield, resistance
and quality. A solid wheat vari-
ety should be able to make the
most of Eastern Oregon’s limit-
ed rainfall, while withstanding
potentially cold winters and
avoiding damage from diseases
such as stripe rust.
“It’s hard to make a vari-
ety have everything,” Zemetra
said.
To test new varieties against
the local elements, OSU Ex-
tension Service conducts ield
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trials along Highway 207 be-
tween Hermiston and Lexing-
ton.
Some wheat types might
mature early or be more suscep-
tible to certain diseases, which
are things that farmers need to
know ahead of time before they
plant or spray fertilizer.
At the end of the day, Zeme-
tra said growers should hang
their hat on quality, which gives
the Northwest a distinct edge in
the marketplace.
“We produce some of the
best wheat in the world,” Zeme-
tra said. “You have to push for
quality.”
Wheat wasn’t the only
grain that caught the farmers’
attention on Thursday. Pat
Hayes, a barley breeder with
OSU, is also pushing for that
crop to gain more of a foothold
across the state as craft brew-
eries continue to increase in
popularity. He highlighted the
results of his research in Mor-
row County following a sec-
ond year of trials.
With names like Alba,
Verdant, Glacier and Strider,
Hayes said barley holds plenty
of promise if the price is right.
Prices are higher for malting
and food barleys than feed va-
rieties, he said. He especially
pointed to “naked” barleys —
where the grain can be removed
from its hull — as an attractive
option for their versatility in all
different markets.
“It all comes back to the
hull, which is inedible to hu-
mans and has little to no ben-
eit in feed,” Hayes said. “After
30 years of pushing the barley
envelope in every direction, I
believe it’s time to go naked.”
Larry Lutcher, with OSU
Extension in Heppner, said
ield days are an important re-
source for farmers looking
to improve or diversify their
operations and potentially im-
prove their bottom line.
“Variety selection is a huge
part of that,” Lutcher said. “I
hope they’ll go home and
think about one or two, pos-
sibly three different lines, and
see how they do on their own
farms.”
of potato farmers
Team seeks
molecular markers to
breed in resistance to
spud parasites
By GEORGE PLAVEN
EO Media Group
Potato breeders at Or-
egon State University are
hot on the trail of a micro-
scopic parasite lurking in
farms across the Columbia
Basin.
Columbia root-knot nem-
atodes might be too small to
see with the naked eye, but
they can cause noticeable
damage to spuds if left un-
checked.
The faculty at OSU’s
Hermiston Agricultural Re-
search and Extension Center
is now working to identify
the gene that makes certain
potatoes resistant to nema-
todes, which could then be
used to create new varieties.
Sapinder Bali, a post-
doctoral scholar with the
HAREC plant breeding pro-
gram, is part of a team de-
veloping molecular markers
for the nematode-resistance
gene in potatoes. She dis-
cussed their progress during
the station’s annual potato
field day June 22.
Nematodes infect both
the roots and tubers of po-
tato plants, which can stunt
their growth or kill them.
By developing a set of
molecular markers, Bali
said researchers will be able
to scan potatoes at the DNA
level to find which varieties
are resistant and which are
susceptible to nematodes.
“These markers can help
breeders to confirm the
resistant varieties before
crossing for choosing right
parents and evaluating the
segregating
populations
with higher confidence,”
according to the project
summary.
That gives breeders like
Sagar Sathuvalli a leg up
on creating new varieties
designed to save farmers
money.
Sathuvalli works with
the Tri-State Potato Breed-
ing Program with Oregon,
Washington and Idaho.
It takes a minimum of 12
years and thousands of sam-
ples before new varieties
are ready for commercial
release, he said.
The program did release
three new varieties earlier
this year, including Jester,
Cheshire and Vermilion.
Three others are also in
the works. Sathuvalli said
breeding is done primarily
for resistance to pests like
nematodes and diseases like
Verticillium wilt and potato
virus Y.
“Our goal is to identify
those genes responsible for
resistance,” he said.
Other field day presen-
tations included updates on
tiny Lygus bugs as a poten-
tial vector for disease, as
well as efforts to monitor
aphids in fields.
The goal of HAREC
field days is to provide the
latest information on grow-
ing tools and techniques to
make local farmers as effi-
cient and profitable as they
can.
Station Director Phil
Hamm said HAREC now
has 15 center-pivot irriga-
tion systems for their fields,
mostly due to the generosity
of supporters.
A new Blue Mountain
Community College Preci-
sion Irrigation Agriculture
building is also under con-
struction.
“It just keeps getting
bigger and bigger,” Hamm
said. “I don’t think you can
go anywhere where they
have more faculty doing
more with potatoes than we
have here.”
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