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2 CapitalPress.com October 13, 2017 People & Places Preserving the world’s small grains Harold Bockelman maintains unique collection of 143,000 types of grain Western Innovator Capital Press Harold Bockelman Education: Undergraduate degree from Purdue Uni- versity and a Ph.D. in plant genetics from University of California-Davis Hometown: Aberdeen, Idaho Job: Supervisory agrono- mist with USDA and curator of its National Small Grains Collection John O’Connell/Capital Press Harold Bockelman, curator of the National Small Grains Collection in Aberdeen, Idaho, with variety plots from the collection. elman and his staff mail more than 50,000 envelopes, each containing 5 grams of seed, to roughly 800 domestic and international crop researchers and cereal breeders. Breeders have found plen- ty of hidden gems in the col- lection, such as PI 178383, a land-race wheat line originat- ing in Eastern Turkey with re- sistance to dwarf bunt, stripe rust and other diseases. It was used as a parent in many mod- ern crosses. Frank Curtis, chief op- erating officer at Limagrain Cereal Seeds of Fort Collins, Colo., said the collection has provided his company with invaluable genetic materi- al. Most recently, Curtis said Limagrain propagated seed from about 2,000 of the col- lection’s barley lines, hoping to cross them with European varieties to develop early ma- turing, drought-resistant malt lines adapted for Northwest conditions. “It’s a wonderful initia- tive,” Curtis said of the col- lection. “Anything that has been in the gene pool and has potential use is preserved for all time.” For several years, variet- ies from the collection have also been sent to Kenya and Ethiopia, where they’re being evaluated for resistance to a destructive stem rust found there, based on the concerns that it could spread. By CRAIG REED For the Capital Press Calendar Craig Reed/For the Capital Press Wes Crawford, the agricultural science teacher and FFA advisor at Sutherlin High School in Sutherlin, Ore., goes over some parlia- mentary procedure details with sisters Cassidy, left, and Regan Leatherwood after a recent practice session. tion. And the chairperson of that beginning team is soph- omore Regan Leatherwood, Cassidy’s sister. “For both these teams to be from the same school, that hasn’t happened in Oregon in 10 years,” said Wes Craw- ford, the agricultural science teacher and FFA adviser at Sutherlin High. “Then for the chairperson of the teams to be sisters, that’s probably never happened.” The Oregon state compe- titions were won in March when Sutherlin’s advanced team consisted of juniors and one senior and the be- ginner team consisted of all freshmen. The students com- peting on the advanced team Sponsored by: To submit an event go to the Community Events calendar on the home page of our website at www. capitalpress.com and click on “Sub- mit an Event.” Calendar items can also be mailed to Capital Press, 1400 Broadway St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 or emailed to newsroom@capital- press.com. Saturday, Oct. 14 Northwest Farmers Union 2017 Convention 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Walla Walla Community College, 500 Tausick Way, Walla Walla, Wash. The Northwest Farmers Union annual convention, which hosts producers and supporters of agriculture from around Washington, Idaho and Oregon, is an event that has a multitude of educational speakers, farmer/rancher speakers/attendees, honorary awards and general network- ing and camaraderie. The event is our gathering for our membership to come together and enact our grassroots pol- icy for the upcoming year as well as help guide the many programs that we work to implement for our membership. Members can vote on changes to the policy and structure of the organization as well as take part in leadership oppor- tunities and network with other leaders from around the region. Cost: $50 Web- site: www.nwfu.org Capital Press Managers Joe Beach ..................Editor & Publisher Elizabeth Yutzie Sell .... Advertising Director Carl Sampson ................Managing Editor Jessica Boone ........ Production Manager Samantha McLaren .... Circulation Manager Age: 68 The collection includes about 50,000 wheat, 33,000 barley, 20,000 oat, 19,000 rice, 2,000 rye and 2,000 triti- cale accessions, plus wild rel- atives. Each spring and fall, Bockelman and his staff plant a few thousand of the collec- tion’s accessions to replenish seed and evaluate them in re- search fields at Aberdeen. Ac- cessions are planted in 10-foot strips, separated by “guard rows” of unrelated crops. The staff uses a Japanese rice binder to harvest them. Seed at the facility is stored at 42 degrees and 25 percent humidity and remains viable for up to 25 years. The collec- tion is backed up by seed fro- zen in liquid nitrogen in Fort Innovation: Maintaining USDA’s National Small Grains Collection for more than 30 years and helping to make accessing its materials more convenient Collins, Colo., where it can be stored for up to 100 years. New accessions are added periodically. Bockelman now plans to add a wild barley collection obtained through an exchange by a Minnesota scientist. “We still look out for possibilities to obtain other collections from throughout the world, but not so much now because our collection is fairly complete,” Bockelman said. Sisters take their FFA teams to nationals SUTHERLIN, Ore. — Cassidy Leatherwood is con- sidering a career in interna- tional agriculture. If it is that industry or some other that the Sutherlin High School senior eventually en- ters, she’ll be more than ready to advocate for it, thanks to the experience she is getting now as a student involved in par- liamentary procedure through the FFA program. Parliamentary procedure involves using Robert’s Rules of Order to run a business meeting. Cassidy chairs her school’s advanced parliamentary pro- cedure team. The team won its district, sectional and state competitions, all earlier this year, and is now preparing to participate at the FFA Nation- al Convention that is sched- uled for Oct. 25-28 in Indi- anapolis, Ind. An advanced team from each of the 50 states is expected to compete at nationals. What is unique about this year’s FFA competition for Sutherlin High is that its be- ginning parliamentary proce- dure team also prevailed in its earlier competitions to earn a trip to the national conven- Established 1928 Board of directors Mike Forrester Steve Forrester Kathryn Brown Susan Rana Mike Omeg Corporate Officer Heidi Wright Chief Operating Officer By JOHN O’CONNELL ABERDEEN, Idaho — USDA has made ordering seed from its vast National Small Grains Collection sim- ilar to shopping for merchan- dise online. Since 1898, the facility has preserved more than 143,000 types of wheat, barley, oats, rice, rye, triticale and wild relatives originating from throughout the world, main- taining a pool of genetics to help scientists tackle some of the great challenges facing agriculture. Harold Bockelman, the collection’s curator of more than 30 years, explained crop researchers may search his online database for specific numbered lines, or by desired traits. The grain types, called accessions, are paired with descriptions and photographs. Map coordinates accompany some of the land-race acces- sions, which were cultivated over thousands of years, to show their place of origin. Shoppers fill a virtual cart upon making their selections, though Bockelman’s service is free of charge. “It looks more like an Amazon site than it used to,” Bockelman said. In an average year, Bock- Capital Press Sunday, Oct. 15 St. Boniface Annual Chicken Din- ner. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sublimity School, 376 E. Main St., Sublimity, Ore. The church’s annual chicken dinner fund- raiser will include children’s games, a country store, crafters and vendors in the gym. The church archives and museum will also be open. Cost: Adults $14, children 6-12 $5 Monday, Oct. 16 Practical, Low-Cost Grazing Man- agement. 5:30-8:30 p.m. OSU Exten- sion Auditorium, SOREC-569 Hanley Road, Central Point, Ore. Learn the basics of managing your pastures by controlling your livestock to maxi- mize plant health and growth. There are factors that determine paddock size and fence location, temporary water systems and more. When put into use your management of grazing will make a big difference in the con- dition of your pasture without having to invest a great deal in amendments. Instructors: Gordon Jones, OSU Extension General Agriculture and Angie Boudro, Boudro Enterprises. If possible, bring a large laminated map of your property and dry-erase mark- ers so you can begin planning your fence locations. After completing this class, you are encouraged to attend with Cassidy at nationals will be seniors Tristan Vincent, Madelyn Higgins, Hailee Holder and Taylor Moser and Umpqua Community College freshman Esten Harrington. Joining Regan on the be- ginning team are sophomores Nolan Carson, Hailey Boehm, Grace Matteo, Zach Lor, Syd- nee Tilley and Hannah Jarman. The students first learned about parliamentary procedure in their Introduction to Agri- culture class at Sutherlin High. “In agriculture, you need to know how to debate and dis- cuss issues that concern agri- culture,” Cassidy said. “Learn- ing parliamentary procedure gives you a little bit more of a competitive edge, it helps you debate more efficiently.” Crawford said it is im- portant for future members of such organizations as the Farm Bureau, livestock asso- ciations and Granges to know how to conduct themselves in business meetings and discus- sions. “If we want our students to be able to engage others in advocating for and defending agricultural industries, the ability to articulate a debate and the knowledge to be able to access how to get business done is invaluable,” the teach- er said. “In our events, the topics students debate are of- ten current events and issues in agriculture. “There is no one else teach- ing students how to do this,” he added. “Students who leave high school knowing how to run a meeting and speak well doing it were probably en- rolled in an agricultural sci- ence class.” Cassidy said that at nation- als, teams will be judged on how well they use Robert’s Rules of Order during a meet- ing. The advanced teams will have to demonstrate 10 dif- ferent parliamentary motions and will have to debate at least 15 times during an 11-minute meeting. The advanced stu- dents will also be given a writ- ten test on the rules. The beginning teams will have to demonstrate a few less motions and their written test won’t be as complex. Cassidy was on the school’s beginning parliamentary team as a freshman and has been the chair of the school’s last two advanced teams. “Winning state was three years in the making,” she said. “We put a lot of work into that state competition. I was happy with how we did, regardless of whether we had won or not. I did not expect us to win so when we did, it was very surprising. “At nationals, I just want us to do the best we can,” she added. Regan described the begin- ning team as “pretty dedicat- ed.” “We have a lot of skills,” she said. “I don’t know if we’ll win, but we have the potential to do well.” In addition to the two par- liamentary procedure teams, Sutherlin will have students competing at nationals in three other categories: Lee Wesenberg in prepared public speaking; Mackenzie Price in extemporaneous public speak- ing; and Taryn Whelchel, Ka- lana Granger, Raichel Wolfe and Destiny Pedersen in veter- inary science. GASES / WELDING / SAFETY / FIRE www.oxarc.com the Temporary Electric Fence-build- ing Workshop on Oct. 21. Cost: $20 for one/$30 for two from the same farm. Website: http://bit.ly/JacksonS- mallFarms or http://extension.oregon- state.edu/sorec/SF-classes Tuesday, Oct. 17 Advanced Poultry Feeding for Small-Scale Commercial Flocks. 5:30-8:30 p.m. OSU Extension, Au- ditorium, SOREC-569 Hanley Road., Central Point, Ore. We will be for- mulating rations for pasture-based poultry flocks, alternative feedstuffs such as mealworms, discussing ways to reduce feeding costs and more. If you have specific questions, email them to angelaboudro@gmail.com in advance of the class. Dr. Hermes will address your questions during the class. Cost: $25 one/$40 two from the same farm. Website: http://bit.ly/ JacksonSmallFarms Wednesday, Oct. 18 Sustainable Community Stew- ards Volunteer Training. 6-9:15 p.m. McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett, Wash. Cost: $30 Website: http://bit.ly/2hjyXC4 Thursday, Oct. 19 Living Peacefully with Beavers. 20 Northwest Locations 6-8 p.m. Monroe Library, 1070 Vil- lage Way, Monroe, Wash. Beavers, and how to live with them, will be the topic of three seminars in Oc- tober sponsored by Snohomish Conservation District and Beavers Northwest. While beavers can cause headaches for landowners, they can also be invaluable for protecting and preserving water resources and wild- life habitat. If beavers are causing issues on your property, there may be solutions available to help you to live peacefully alongside them. The October seminars are taught by local beaver experts Alex Pittman and Ben Dittbrenner and will cover the benefits that resident beavers provide, cost-ef- fective devices that can help you manage the impact of beaver flooding on your property, and technical and financial assistance available from Snohomish Conservation District and Beavers Northwest. Cost: Free. Web- site: http://scdbeavers.eventbrite.com Saturday-Sunday Oct. 21-22 Home Orchard Society’s All About Fruit Show. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Clackamas County Fairplex, 694 NE Fourth Ave., Canby, Ore. Taste hun- dreds of varieties of apples, pears, kiwi and grapes. If you find a variety 1-800-765-9055 of fruit that you’d like to grow, you can place an order for a custom-grafted fruit tree. Bring your unknown apples for sleuthing by the Apple ID team. Local experts will present on a variety of fruit-growing topics both days of the event. Admission is $7 per person or $12 per family (members pay $5 each or $10 for families). Website: http:// www.homeorchardsociety.org/events/ Wednesday, Oct. 25 Sustainable Community Stew- ards Volunteer Training. 6-9:15 p.m. McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett, Wash. Cost: $30 Website: http://extension.wsu.edu/ snohomish/wp-content/uploads/ sites/7/2012/11/2017-SCS-Applica- tion-form.doc Wednesday-Saturday Oct. 25-28 90th National FFA Convention and Expo. Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind. Website: https://www.ffa.org/ Thursday, Oct. 26 UI Cover Crop Field Day. 1:30-5 p.m. USDA-NRCS Gooding office, 820 Main St., Gooding, Idaho. Incor- porating cover crops into cropping systems. Cost: Free Entire contents copyright © 2017 EO Media Group dba Capital Press An independent newspaper published every Friday. 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