By CRAIG REED
For the Capital Press
The Oregon Forage and
Grasslands Council and the
Oregon Hay and Forage As-
sociation are combining their
outreach efforts and will co-
host the Fall Forage Festival.
The two-day event, sched-
uled for Nov. 16-17 in Corval-
lis, Ore., is a first. Previously,
the two groups held separate
annual events.
“This is part of our out-
reach responsibility,” said
Jerome Magnuson, a member
of OFGC and the chair of the
festival’s organizing commit-
tee. “The festival is open to
anybody who is interested in
the producing side of forages
or the feeding side. We want
to help educate those people
and to help promote the for-
age industry.”
Greg Mohnen, president of
OHFA, said he hopes the event
will encourage more western
Oregon forage growers to join
the association that traditional-
ly has had just central and east-
ern Oregon members.
Mylen Bohle/O
The Oregon Forage and Grasslands Council and the Oregon Hay
and Forage Association will co-host the Fall Forage Festival, a tw
day event scheduled for Nov. 16-17 in Corvallis, Ore.
“There’s always some-
thing to learn and by moving
the event around we hope we
can reach more people and
provide them with more in-
formation,” said Mohnen who
manages the McGinnis Ranch
near Bend, Ore.
The Friday, Nov. 16 sched-
ule will begin with registra-
tion at 8:30 a.m. in Guerber
Hall at the Benton County
Fairgrounds. There will be
a $30 fee which will include
lunch.
Several speakers will fo
low between 9 a.m. and
p.m. Presentations will
about nutrient value of hay
hay storage and its impact
quality, matching hay to liv
stock, coping with drough
current research and resourc
in the Pacific Northwest.
Presenters will inclu
Glenn Shewmaker, a Unive
sity of Idaho Extension fora
specialist; Steve Norberg,
Washington State Universi
Extension forage speciali
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Community College, Spokane, Wash.
More than 40 classes will be offered
for small-scale farmers. The Wash-
ington State Conservation Commis-
sion’s Office of Farmland Preserva-
tion is a title sponsor for the event.
Website: https://bit.ly/2eVxY63
Through Saturday
Oct. 27
Meridian FFA Scholarship Auc-
tion. 5:30-9 p.m. Meridian High
School Career Technical Center,
1900 W Pine Ave., Meridian, Ida-
ho. Join the Meridian FFA Alumni
in raising money for Meridian FFA
Chapter members in the West Ada
School District to attend FFA trips
and seniors to afford college. En-
joy a dinner, raffles, silent auction
and live auction for a great cause.
All auction proceeds directly bene-
fit students of Meridian, Mountain
View, Eagle, Centennial, and Rocky
Mountain High Schools. To donate
an item to the auction, please deliv-
er it to the event location by 3 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 2.
91st National FFA Convention
and Expo. Indianapolis, Ind. This is
the culmination of the year’s work for
FFA members from around the na-
tion. Website: https://convention.ffa.
org/schedule/
Thursday, Nov. 1
Columbia Basin Development
League Annual Meeting, 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. ATEC, 7611 Bolling St. NE, Mo-
ses Lake, Wash. The agenda includes
panel discussions from managers of
the irrigation districts within the Co-
lumbia Basin Project, a presentation
on the Columbia River Treaty, infra-
structure power needs and an update
on the Odessa groundwater replace-
ment program. https://bit.ly/2AfYkvO
Friday-Saturday
Nov. 2-3
Farm & Food Expo. Spokane
Monday, Nov. 5
Monday-Wednesday
Nov. 5-7
2018 Advances in Walnut Pro-
duction Short Course. Activities
and Recreation Center Ballroom,
University of California-Davis. This
course is designed for new and
experienced growers as well
other industry members interest
in commercial walnut productio
Website:
http://ucanr.edu/site
walnutshortcourse/
Tuesday, Nov. 6
Water Rights Boot Camp.
a.m.-3:30 p.m. Keizer Commun
Center, 930 Chemawa Road N
Keizer, Ore. This seminar will addre
water rights, title issues, transfers a
other related issues. Sponsored
the Marion Soil and Water Cons
vation District. Cost: $25 Webs
https;//www.marionswcd.net/
Wednesday-Thursday
Nov. 7-8
Dairy West Annual Meeting. B
se Centre, Ninth and Front stree
Boise, Idaho. Guest speakers Nov
include former U.S. Agriculture Sec
tary Tom Vilsack, now president a
CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Coun
and a Feeding America board me
ber; Sara Dorland, managing partn
at Ceres Dairy Risk Manageme
and Alison Van Eenenaam, Univers
of California-Davis animal biotec
nology and genomics research
A public showing of the film “Fo
Evolution” is slated at 7 p.m. Webs
https://dairywest.com/