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July 28, 2017 CapitalPress.com 11 Washington Committee updates wine research priorities By DAN WHEAT Capital Press Courtesy of WAWG Representatives of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers, Washington State Department of Agriculture and Washington State University met with Ray Starling, White House special assistant for agriculture, trade and food assistance, sixth from the left. Wheat growers say falling number funding request progressing By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press Washington wheat farm- ers’ request for money for research on falling number problems is progressing in Washington, D.C., the state association executive direc- tor says. Washington Association of Wheat Growers repre- sentatives traveled to Wash- ington, D.C., the week of July 17 to meet with legis- lators and representatives of USDA’s Agricultural Re- search Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Risk Management Agency and the Department of the Interior. “It was probably one of the best trips that I’ve been on for advocacy,” said Mi- chelle Hennings, executive director of WAWG. The wheat growers’ ap- propriations request for $1 million from USDA ARS to study the accuracy of the falling number test survived House and Senate agricul- ture committee markups, but still must go through other steps in the budget process. “This is a big win for wheat,” Hennings said. “We just need to keep advocating. We are being heard but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep going over there.” WAWG’s request for $2 million in National Insti- tute of Food and Agriculture and Agriculture and Food Research Initiative grants to study quality loss in soft white wheat went through House appropriations. The request is advancing, Hen- nings said. Washington State Depart- ment of Agriculture Director Derek Sandison also attend- ed WAWG’s meetings, advo- cating for funding to conduct falling number research. Hennings said she hasn’t heard any instances of fall- ing number problems this year, but it’s still early in the harvest season. “We’re crossing our fin- gers that hopefully this year farmers will not have to deal with that devastating factor,” she said. WAWG emphasized trade, crop insurance, research and conservation during meet- ings with decision makers. The organization met with Ray Starling, special assistant to President Don- ald Trump for agriculture, trade and food assistance. Sarling told WAWG members that the Trump administration understands trade for agriculture, Hen- nings said. Washington State Univer- sity President Kirk Schulz attended the meeting, Hen- nings said. “It shows (decision mak- ers) how much we use WSU for our research and how important these funds are so they can help us prevent wheat quality issues,” Hen- nings said. WAWG is inviting Ag- riculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Rep- resentative Robert Ligh- thizer to visit the Pacific Northwest in the fall. Hen- nings hopes to convey the importance of the various wheat varieties grown and of the region’s port system for shipping grain overseas and to the Midwest. WAWG will next go to Washington, D.C., in Sep- tember with National Asso- ciation of Wheat Growers representatives. Hennings said the organization intends to be in D.C. “quite often,” speaking with legislators about farm bill priorities. “This is a very important time for us to get our mes- sage out,” she said. “We’ve been there with good timing, and I think that has made a big difference.” YAKIMA, Wash. — A research project shows wine grape quality doesn’t suffer when vineyards are pruned and thinned mechanically, but another year is needed to de- termine the effects on the wine that is produced. The project is related to research priorities recently up- dated by the Washington State Wine Commission’s research advisory committee. “A lot of growers use a mechanized pre-pruner that knocks off the big stuff and use hand crews to clean things up,” said Melissa Hansen, the com- mission’s research program manager. The test is no hand touch at all, and so far there’s no differ- ence in grape or juice composi- tion from total mechanization, she said. While vineyards producing grapes for the most premium wines can afford hand labor, this shows promise for mid- Dan Wheat/Capital Press Wine grape harvest last September at Milbrandt Vineyards’ Clifton Hill Vineyard near Mattawa, Wash., where mechanized harvesters have long been used. Researchers are looking at the effects of mecha- nized pruning and thinning on grapes and the wine they produce. tier wine producers turning to greater mechanization as hand labor becomes higher-priced and harder to find, Hansen said. The updated priority list, released July 21, includes a range of issues challenging the wine industry, including improving the efficiency of vineyard water use and work- ing toward improving wine quality through fermentation management in the winery. The committee used the results of an industry-wide survey to update the priorities which are categorized: fer- mentation management, aroma and flavor compounds, winery waste, viticulture production efficiency and profitability, pest control, climate impacts on site and viticulture, mechanization options, and emerging issues. The survey was conducted in April. More than 150 respon- dents ranked research topics and provided research sugges- tions. “The priorities help re- searchers submit relevant pro- posals that address the needs of industry,” Hansen said, adding the annual exercise helps en- sure emerging issues are not overlooked. Third-party damage exempted from growers’ production history Changes begin with 2017 crop year By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Growers with crop insurance will no longer be penalized for damage to their crop caused by someone else. The USDA Risk Manage- ment Agency is now offering third-party damage and fire exemptions — under certain criteria — for events such as chemical drift caused by a neighbor or a fire caused by a cigarette tossed out the win- dow of a passing car. “They’re all to some extent unavoidable and they’re also uninsured,” said Ben Thiel, director of the USDA Risk Management Agency office in Spokane Valley, Wash. “They sustained damage, it’s not in- surable, there’s no indemnity for these types of damages.” In the past, the damage went on a farmer’s production history report, which is used to establish crop insurance coverage. Farmers can now report their production as always, but exclude the acres affected by third-party damage, said Rick Williams, senior risk management specialist. Such situations are fairly rare, Thiel said, but “for those affected, it’s a huge deal.” Pacific Northwest grow- er associations requested the change, Thiel said. “There’s a lot of things the farmer is dealing with, psychologically and emo- tionally and financially,” Thiel said. “To have just one more thing being piled onto it — ‘Here I’m getting pe- nalized for something that’s no fault of my own.’” The farmer is responsible for reporting and providing information about a loss in a timely manner to the crop insurance agent. The chang- es start with the 2017 crop 12 month waiver 3 years at 1.9% year, Thiel said. The program works for any crop under crop insurance nationwide, Thiel said. The agency is educating crop in- surance companies about the changes. 5 years at 2.9% All financing on approved credit. See dealer for list of qualifying units for financing specials. 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