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January 6, 2017
People & Places
Researcher studies how fish eat
Brian Small seeks
to understand fish
digestive tracks and
what they eat
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“The laboratory facilities
have state-of-the-art molecu-
lar and genomic capabilities
and the fish culture facilities
are excellent for rainbow
trout culture and also have
warm-water facilities,” he
said.
“I saw that this facility is
probably among the top re-
search facilities in the coun-
try. And it has a collaborative
environment, with the Colum-
bia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission and the USDA
(selective breeding) program
housed in this building,” he
said.
The other thing that im-
pressed him was the universi-
ty’s commitment to its aqua-
culture program.
Calendar
Brian Small
Profession: Fish endocrinol-
ogist and physiologist
Position: Director of the
University of Idaho Hager-
man Fish Culture Experi-
ment Station
Friday, Jan. 6
Beef Herd Economics Work-
shop. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Grant County
Fairgrounds, Moses Lake, Wash.
Sponsored by Washington State
University Extension. Cost: Free.
http://bit.ly/2hIH4X3
Friday-Saturday
Jan. 6-7
Cascadia Grains Conference,
South Puget Sound Community
College, 2011 Mottman Road SW,
Olympia, Wash. www.cascadia-
grains.com
Friday-Wednesday
Jan. 6-11
2017 American Farm Bureau
Federation Annual Convention &
IDEAg Trade Show. Phoenix Con-
vention Center, 100 N Third St.,
Phoenix, Ariz. http://annualcon-
vention.fb.org
Tuesday, Jan. 10
Idaho-Eastern Oregon Alfalfa
and Clover Seed School. Caldwell
Elks Lodge, Caldwell, Idaho. Con-
tact: benjamin@amgidaho.org
Tuesday-Wednesday
Jan. 10-11
Cropping Systems Conference.
Three Rivers Convention Center,
7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kenne-
wick, Wash. Sponsored by the Pa-
cific Northwest Direct Seed Associ-
ation. www.driectseed.org/events/
annual-conference/
Thursday, Jan. 12
Irrigation Equipment Show
and Conference. 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m. Burley Inn and Conven-
tion Center, 800 Overland Ave.,
Burley, Idaho. Classes on irriga-
tion-related topics will be offered
along with a trade show. Spon-
sored by the Idaho Irrigation
Equipment Association. http://bit.
ly/2hWuOTw
Inside the Family, Outside the
Business. 7:30 to 9 a.m., Bridge-
Port BrewPub, 1313 NW Mar-
shall St., Portland. This session
will explore how family members
involved in the business can
best communicate and collabo-
rate with non-active members.
Education: Postdoctoral
work in molecular endo-
crinology, University of
Maryland, 1999; Ph.D. in
nutrition physiology/aquacul-
ture, University of Maryland,
1998; bachelor’s degree in
marine science/chemistry,
Kutztown University, 1992.
Carol Ryan Dumas/Capital Press
Brian Small, left, director of the University of Idaho Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station, talks
with Ron Hardy, director of the university’s Aquaculture Research Institute, on Dec. 19.
“I am very happy to be
here,” he said.
He’s even more impressed
after a year at the center that
the aquaculture facility and
the university’s Aquaculture
Research Institute — which
Hardy continues to direct —
can make a significant con-
tribution to both aquaculture,
specifically the U.S. trout in-
dustry, and fisheries manage-
ment in the Northwest.
The effort is growing, with
the university building a new
aquaculture research facility
focused on burbot culture and
marine species at the Moscow
campus.
Gut research
At Hagerman, the univer-
sity research revolves around
gut microbiome.
“We’re interested in try-
ing to understand how the
environment, health status
and diet affect microbes that
live in the gut of the fish and
how changes there affect the
fish itself,” he said. “It might
include changes in how well
they utilize the feed and just
general gut health.”
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We will share first-hand insights
from a panel of non-active fam-
ily members on how they have
faced the challenges of being
inside the family, but outside the
business. Presented by the Aus-
tin Family Business Program,
Oregon State University. $40
per person. 800-859-7609 http://
bit.ly/2gQX6M4
Thursday-Friday
Jan. 12-13
Oregon Mint Growers Annual
Meeting. Salishan Lodge & Golf
Resort, 7760 Hwy 101 North,
Gleneden Beach, Ore. oregon-
mint.org
Monday, Jan. 16
Oregon Blueberry Conference.
8 a.m.-6 p.m. Salem Convention
Center, 200 Commercial St. SE,
Salem. Presented by the Oregon
Blueberry Commission and the
North Willamette Research and
Extension Center. 503-589-1700
or oregonblueberry.com.
Tuesday, Jan. 17
Succession Planning Work-
shop orientation. 9 a.m.-noon.
This is the first of two workshops
on succession planning. Cost in-
cludes planning workbook and
food. Presenters from: OSU’s Ties
to the Land, Green Belt Land Trust,
Farm Credit Services and attor-
neys specializing in conservation
and farm and ranch estate plan-
ning. Western Oregon University
Werner University Center, Pacific
Room, Monmouth, Ore. Cost: $50
per family. http://www.polkswcd.
com/success.html
Tuesday-Thursday
Jan. 17-19
38th Annual
Ag Expo. Idaho
Holt Arena, 921
Pocatello, Idaho.
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The researchers want to
be able to design and develop
feed that promotes gut health
so fish are putting more ener-
gy into growth instead of into
fighting a stressful situation.
After a few months on an
all-plant diet, rainbow trout
develop enteritis, a swelling
in the intestine that causes de-
cline because they’re not able
to absorb feed efficiently, he
said.
“So we’re trying to under-
stand why that happens and
develop ways to improve per-
formance on an all-plant diet,
(and) manipulate the feeds
themselves so they’re less of
an irritant,” he said.
USDA’s research at the
center focuses on genetic se-
lection for fish that have higher
tolerance for plant ingredients.
Small attributes his pro-
fessional direction and his
love of the outdoors and fish
in particular to his father, who
worked as a game warden
for the state of Pennsylvania
when Small was growing up.
Also fascinated with Jacques
Cousteau, he wanted to be a
marine biologist.
Aquaculture calls
In his senior year of col-
lege, however, he read a “really
interesting” article on aquacul-
ture and raising fish on land to
feed the world. Already finding
a strong interest in genetics,
physiology and biochemistry,
he searched for graduate pro-
grams in aquaculture and found
one at the University of Mary-
land in fish nutrition.
There he worked on ami-
no acids and carbohydrates in
striped bass. He stayed on at
the university to do postdoctor-
al work in molecular endocri-
nology, working on striped bass
reproduction.
From there, he took a po-
sition as a research physiolo-
gist with USDA at Stoneville,
Miss., where he spent 10 years
working on channel catfish to
develop strains that grow faster
with more disease resistance.
He was also an adjunct profes-
sor at Mississippi State Univer-
sity, which made him realize
that he liked the academic side,
too.
When an associate professor
position opened at Southern Il-
Citations: Numerous profes-
sional awards and research
grants, 89 published
research manuscripts with
another four in preparation.
Family: Wife, Carrie, a
research-and-development
project manager at Chobani;
and daughters Alexa, a
freshman at the University
of Idaho pursuing molecular
biology and biotechnology,
and Emmilie, a student at
Twin Falls High School.
Hobbies: Camping, fishing,
hiking and working on
his 1977 Triumph Spitfire
convertible.
linois University’s fisheries and
aquaculture center in 2009, he
headed north. While there, he
was involved in research on
gut physiology, appetite regu-
lation and nutrition in channel
catfish, tilapia and shovel-nose
sturgeon.
He also became interested in
leadership responsibilities and
served as acting associate dean
for the university’s college of
agriculture and director of the
college’s research.
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By CAROL RYAN DUMAS
HAGERMAN, Idaho — A
lot of cutting-edge research
takes place at the Universi-
ty of Idaho’s Hagerman Fish
Culture Experiment Station,
and Brian Small is excited to
be in the middle of it.
The fish endocrinologist
and physiologist came to the
center in 2015. With 16 years
of fish research under his belt,
Small was appointed director
of the experiment station in
November.
Small was working as
the director of research for
the college of agriculture at
Southern Illinois University
when Ron Hardy — the long-
time director of the Hagerman
Station and widely respected
in aquaculture circles — in-
vited him to apply for a re-
search position.
“It was an honor,” Small
said.
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Wednesday-Thursday
Jan. 18-19
49th Annual Idaho Potato Con-
ference. Idaho State University’s
Pond Student Union Building, 921
S. Eighth Ave., Pocatello, Idaho.
Speakers include Idaho Potato
Commission President and CEO
Frank Muir, Potatoes USA Pres-
ident and CEO Blair Richardson
and National Potato Council Exec-
utive Vice President John Keeling.
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Idaho Noxious Weed Con-
ference. Riverside Hotel, 2900
Chinden Blvd., Boise, Idaho. www.
idahoweedcontrol.org
Wednesday-Friday
Jan. 18-20
Idaho Horticulture Expo. Boise
Centre on the Grove, 850 W. Front
St., Boise, Idaho. Sponsored by
the Idaho Nursery and Landscape
Association, this annual event of-
fers seminars and workshops on
topics important to the nursery
industry. inlagrow.org
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oversee the implementation of the
facility’s food safety plan and other
key tasks. http://bit.ly/2f6cogT
Wednesday-Saturday
Jan. 25-28
American Sheep industry Asso-
ciation Convention. Denver Mar-
riott City Center, 1701 California
St., Denver, Colo. www.sheepu-
sa.org/About_Events_Conven-
tion
Oregon Tall Fescue Commis-
sion meeting. 6-8 p.m. Cascade
Grill restaurant, 110 Opal St. NE,
Albany, Ore. www.oregontallfes-
cue.org/
EcoFarm Conference. Asilo-
mar Conference Grounds, 800
Asilomar Ave., Pacific Grove,
Calif. The theme of this year’s
meeting is “Cultivating Diversi-
ty.” https://eco-farm.org/confer-
ence
Friday, Jan. 20
Wednesday, Feb. 1
Thursday, Jan. 19
Family Foresters Workshop,
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Coeur d’Alene
Inn, 506 W. Appleway Ave., Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho. The program will
feature presentations on up and
coming forest products, changes
in Inland Northwest family forest-
ry, managing forests in the face of
droughts, effectiveness of prescribed
burns in preventing fire; research up-
dates on forest biofuels, managing
family forest habitats for moose and
the annual family forest economics/
policy update. Register by Jan. 13.
Cost: $85-$90, www.uidaho.edu/
FamilyForesterWorkshop
Tuesday, Jan. 24
Western Idaho Ag Expo. 9 a.m.-
4 p.m. Caldwell Events Center,
2207 Blaine St., Caldwell, Idaho.
http://www.spectraproductions.com
Tuesday-Thursday
Jan. 24-26
Northwest Agricultural Show.
Portland Expo Center, 2060 N.
Marine Drive, Portland, Ore. The
hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Tues-
day, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. on Wednesday
and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Thursday.
www.nwagshow.com
Wednesday-Friday
Jan. 25-27
FSPCA Preventive Controls for
Human Food Course. Idaho De-
partment of Labor, 600 N. Thorn-
ton St., Post Falls, Idaho. The new
Food Safety Modernization Act
regulation requires every process-
ing facility to have a trained re-
source person or “Preventive Con-
trols Qualified Individual” who has
completed a specialized training
course (such as this one) devel-
oped by the Food Safety Preven-
tive Controls Alliance that is recog-
nized by the FDA. This person will
California Prune Industry Sum-
mit. Orchard Creek Lodge, Lincoln,
Calif. www.californiadriedplums.org
Tuesday, Feb. 7
Pesticide Short Course-IPM. 8
a.m.-4:10 p.m. Lane Community
College, Center for Meeting and
Learning, Bldg. 19, 4000 E. 30th
Ave., Eugene, Ore. $85 if registered
by Jan. 23; $95 after. http://exten-
sion.oregonstae.edu/lane/farms
Alfalfa U. Learn how alfalfa
can contribute to a farm’s profit-
ability. Canyon Crest Dining and
Event Center, 330 Canyon Crest
Drive, Twin Falls, Idaho. alfalfaU.
com
Tuesday-Thursday
Feb. 7-9
Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific
Northwest Farm Forum. Spokane
Convention Center, 334 W. Spo-
kane Falls Blvd., Spokane, Wash.
Spokane Ag Expo is the largest
farm machinery show in the In-
land Northwest. https://greater-
spokane.org/ag-expo/
Washington Association of
Wine Grape Growers 2017 Con-
vention. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Three
Rivers Convention Center, 7016
Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick,
Wash. This annual event includes
the second largest industry trade
show in the nation and a welcome
breakfast. wawgg.org
Wednesday-Feb. 8
Oregon Clover Growers Annual
Meeting. Noon-1 p.m. Holiday Inn,
Wilsonville. www.oregonclover.org
Wednesday-Thursday
Feb. 8-9
The 8th Annual Organic Farm-
ing Conference. Canyon Crest
1-800-765-9055
Event Center, 330 Canyon Crest
Drive, Twin Falls, Idaho. The
event is organized by the North-
west Center for Alternatives to
Pesticides.
www.pesticide.org/
events
Friday, Feb. 10
University of Idaho Cropping
School. 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Best West-
ern Plus Caldwell Inn & Suites, 908
Specht Ave., Caldwell, Idaho. This
event will have presentations on
fertilizer and irrigation water man-
agement, crop diseases, falling
numbers, soil health, precision ag,
unmanned aerial systems and a
drone flight demonstration (weather
permitting). CEUs available. The
cost is $20 and includes breakfast
and lunch. owalsh@uidaho.edu,
208-722-6701
Friday-Sunday
Feb. 10-12
2017 Women’s Conference.
Chico Hot Springs, 163 Chico
Road, Pray, Mont. Women’s lead-
ership, communication and other
agriculture-related topics will be
discussed. Sponsored by the Mon-
tana Farmers Union. montanafarm-
ersunion.com
Tuesday-Thursday
Feb. 14-16
World Ag Expo. Internation-
al Agri-Center, 4500 Laspina St.,
Tulare, Calif. The nation’s largest
agricultural exhibition celebrates its
50th year. www.worldagexpo.com
Practical Food Safety & HAC-
CP. The Riverside Hotel, 2900
Chinden Blvd., Boise, Idaho. HAC-
CP, or Hazard Analysis Critical Con-
trol Points, is a preventive system
for the control of health-threatening
food hazards during food process-
ing. The comprehensive three-day
workshop is designed for individ-
uals responsible for implementing
and managing a HACCP system
in a food processing facility. Par-
ticipants who pass a final test will
receive a certificate of completion.
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Thursday, Feb. 16
Keeping Your Family Business
Communication on Track. 7:30 to 9
a.m. Hayden’s Lakefront Grill, 8187
SW Tualatin-Sherwood Road, Tu-
alatin, Ore. This session will provide
tools and techniques that attendees
can use right away to cultivate better
communication among family mem-
bers, employees, and shareholders.
Presented by: Mark Wickman, Family
Business Counsel. $40 per person.
800-859-7609, http://bit.ly/2fPK987.
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