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Friday, January 10, 2020 CapitalPress.com 5 Northwest Ag Show returns for 50th anniversary EO Media Group took over management of show in 2018 By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press SALEM — One of the longest-running farm shows in the U.S. returns to Salem this month for its 50th anniversary. The 2020 Northwest Ag Show is slated for Jan. 15-17 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds and Expo Cen- ter. It will feature more than 20 educational seminars and 130 vendors in this year’s lineup. Guest speakers will include Angelita Sanchez, a board member of the group Timber Unity. Beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, she will discuss new carbon regulations that will be pro- posed during the upcoming Oregon legislative session. Timber Unity formed last year to oppose the Legis- lature’s cap-and-trade bill, which farmers, ranchers and loggers argued would raise fuel and natural gas prices, placing them at a competitive disadvantage. Jonathan Sandau, pub- lic policy specialist for the Oregon Farm Bureau, will also provide a comprehen- sive look at farm and forestry legislation likely to be intro- duced in the Legislature. His talk is Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 9:15 a.m. Maria Schmidlkofer, a Salem attorney who focuses Farmers check out the exhibits at the 2019 Northwest Ag Show at the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center in Salem. This year’s show starts Wednesday, Jan. 15, and runs through Friday, Jan. 17. on estate planning, will explain how to avoid “unin- tended consequences” of farm succession in her pre- sentation, and Robert Owens of Farmer Mac, the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., will also speak about agricul- tural economic and financial issues. Both of those pre- sentations are sponsored by Harvest Capital Co., the title sponsor of the ag show. Peter Mohr, a water rights expert at the Portland-area law firm Jordan Ramis, will WSU Women in Ag conference set for 34 locations agriculture to develop a self-care plan and realize the connection between a healthy person and a healthy farm. It will offer headline speakers at all locations, tailoring the conference content for each region, she said. Last year, nearly 500 women attended. “Many attendees reported it is the best conference for women producers because it presents prac- tical information they can use right away,” she said. This year’s lineup includes Brenda Mack, a third-generation farmer in Minnesota who is also a behavior and wellness professor at Bemidji State University. She will be joined by Shauna Reitmeier, a third-generation farmer who spe- cializes in behavioral health with the Northwest Mental Health Cen- ter in Minnesota. Together they will focus on helping women farmers strengthen their personal health care to reduce the effects of stress, worry and exhaustion. In addition, Sue Schneider of Colorado State University Exten- sion will teach women how to make mindful farming and per- sonal decisions without reacting to By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press Washington State University Extension will again bring women in agriculture together to network and hear guest speakers offering practical advice and new skills. This year’s conference, “Healthy Farms,” will be Jan. 25 and will focus on cultivating per- sonal resiliency to handle all the “ups and downs” as a women farmer. Women in 33 locations in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Mon- tana, Alaska and Hawaii will use the internet to link to the main event at the Walla Walla, Wash., Legislative Building. It is no secret that farming can be tough, whether it is caused by factors that can be controlled or that farmers try to control when they can’t, said Margaret Vie- brock, WSU Douglas and Chelan County Extension director and chairman of the conference. The stress of farming has always existed, but it soars during times of high costs and low returns, she said. The interactive conference is designed to motivate women in negative thoughts, emotions and judgments. Each location will have a local panel of women farmers who will speak on how they have developed their own self-care plan to deal with day-to-day events and make mindful decisions that helped them be successful in farming. Gabrielle McNally, who rep- resents the Women for the Land: American Farmland Trust’s Initia- tive, will explain how the initiative engages women farmers on topics of conservation, farmland preser- vation and land access. A partner- ship with the initiative can imple- ment local peer-to-peer learning circles. The conference is designed for women who are farming, as well as new and aspiring farm- ers. Supporting spouses, students, interns or people who own an agri- culture-related business are also welcome. The conference registration fee is $30 before Jan. 17 and $35 after that date. The fee includes the workshop, light breakfast, lunch and conference materials. For details about the confer- ence, locations and registration, visit www.womeninag.wsu.edu . talk about how to pursue and manage water rights for farms and ranches. Also at the ag show will be Michele Payn, a nationally known speaker and author who addresses food myths and other topics important to agriculture. She appears courtesy of Oregon AgLink. Finally, Garnet Cooke and Khadija Mostafa, with Ore- gon OSHA, will give a series of talks about farm health and safety compliance — including hazard communi- cation, pesticide spills and splashes, reading pesticide labels and cannabis testing. They will speak on Jan. 15 and 16. The Oregon Depart- ment of Agriculture is offer- ing 3 credits for the morning session and 4 credits for the afternoon session. A full schedule of sem- inars is available online at http://northwestagshow. com/. A special supplement featuring the ag show also ran in last week’s Capital Press and is available online at www.capitalpress.com. Oregon AgLink, a volun- teer membership group that promotes Oregon agricul- ture, will also hold its annual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 16, during the show. On Friday, Jan. 17, Ore- gon Ag in the Classroom will bring back its Agricul- tural Career Expo, attracting about 200 area high school students who will learn about the many careers available in agriculture. Founded in 1969 by Jim Heater and Lloyd Martin, the Northwest Ag Show is now managed by EO Media Group, publisher of the Capi- tal Press. An estimated 3,554 people attended last year’s show. “It will be a great show,” said Joe Beach, editor and publisher of the Capital Press. “We invite everyone to come and have a good time.” As agritourism grows, research universities urge farmers to take survey By SIERRA DAWN MCCLAIN Capital Press SALEM, Ore. — Oregon State University’s Extension Service urges farmers to take a brief agri- tourism survey to help researchers measure the industry’s nationwide impact, understand what makes a successful agritourism business and develop resources to help farmers. The survey, which will take less than 15 minutes to com- plete, is for any ranch, farm, fish- ery or vineyard operation that has visitors. “This survey is important because nothing like it has been done before for this industry, espe- cially in Oregon,” said Audrey Comerford, agritourism coordina- tor for OSU Extension. “I encour- age everyone who allows the pub- lic onto their farm to fill this out.” Researchers will use the data to develop workshops, educational materials and other tools to help farms of all sizes succeed, said Comerford. Agritourism is broadly defined as any agricultural operation TAKE THE SURVEY ONLINE The survey is available today at: http://beav.es/ZHb that brings visitors to a farm or ranch. 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