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Friday, February 14, 2020
NORTHWEST AG SHOW
A grand 50th edition of the Northwest Ag Show
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Oregon OSHA representative Garnet
Cooke assists seminar attendees.
Jonathan Sandau, public policy spe-
cialist at the Oregon Farm Bureau,
provides a legislative preview.
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Members of the Stayton FFA file past the sign welcoming visitors to the 50th Northwest Ag
Show at the Oregon State Fairgrounds and Exposition Center.
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Joey Jaraczewski, founder of SOHR
Foods in Cottage Grove, Ore., speaks
at Oregon Agriculture in the Class-
room’s agricultural career fair.
What a great way to celebrate a 50th birthday.
Some 2,717 farmers and ranchers filled three
buildings at the Oregon State Fairgrounds last
month for the 50th edition of the Northwest Agri-
cultural Show.
Some 128 exhibitors braved the winter weather
to come from across the West to tell visitors about
their state-of-the-art equipment and services.
On top of that, high school students from around
the area attended the Career Fair presented by the
Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation,
and the state FFA officers and ambassadors and
Oregon dairy princess ambassadors were on hand
to meet and greet visitors from around the region.
But it was the show’s sponsors who made the
three-day event even more special:
• Harvest Capital Company.
• Coastal Farm and Ranch.
• Kubota Tractor Company.
• Oregon State Fairgrounds and Exposition
Center.
• Oregon Aglink.
• Oregon FFA.
• Oregon Farm Bureau.
• Travel Salem.
• KYKN-AM 1430.
The day sponsors were:
• Ron’s Nut Farm.
• Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom
Foundation.
• Western Trailers.
Oregon Aglink was also on hand for its annual
meeting, which featured nationally known speaker
and author Michele Payn.
A full slate of seminars and classes on subjects
ranging from water rights to pesticide certifica-
tion and from interest rates to succession planning
helped farmers and ranchers.
Speakers from Timber Unity and the Oregon
Farm Bureau also discussed the issues that will be
coming out of this year’s legislative session.
Next year’s Northwest Ag Show will be Jan.
13-15, 2021, at the fairgrounds. We invite all of our
readers and exhibitors to join us for what promises
to be an even better three-day celebration of Ore-
gon agriculture.
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A young visitor enjoys a tracked side-
by-side vehicle on display.
Some 108 students from five area high schools attend Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom’s
second annual career fair.
W ATER M ASTER S ERIES
AND
E VERGREEN
Author and speaker Michele Payn
speaks to the Oregon AgLink group.
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR AT THE NORTHWEST AGRICULTURAL SHOW
S UPERIOR S ERVICE & D ESIGN
Join us Jan. 13-15, 2021, for the 51st edition of the Northwest Agricultural Show at
the Oregon State Fairgrounds and Exposition Center.
• All your needs for irrigation parts service
• We build custom equipment for your special needs.
• Hose replacements & fusion repairs
• Transport Tanks • Rental Returns & Used Equipment
• • Structural
Structural and
and steel
steel available
available for
for purchase.
purchase.
SERVING NORTHWEST
Truck Equipment
• Full Service • Alterations • Dump bodies
• Hoists • Farmbeds • Flatbeds
Visit our
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Robert Owens of Farmer Mac speaks
about interest rates on ag loans.
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