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Friday, March 26, 2021
Farm groups concerned with
Mexico’s growing trade barriers
By CAROL RYAN DUMAS
Capital Press
The American Farm
Bureau Federation and
26 other U.S. agricultural
groups have sent a letter to
USDA Secretary Tom Vil-
sack and U.S. Trade Repre-
sentative Katherine Tai to
bring their attention to trade
issues with Mexico.
“AFBF is extremely
concerned with the rap-
idly deteriorating relation-
ship between the U.S. and
our neighbors to the south,”
Zippy Duvall, Farm Bureau
president, said in a written
statement on Monday.
The U.S. built strong
trade ties with Mexico
through the North American
Free Trade Agreement and
improved upon them with
the
U.S.-Mexico-Canada
Agreement, he said.
“But recent moves by
Mexico to limit American
imports and to undercut
prices in the U.S. puts Amer-
ica’s farmers and ranchers
at a competitive disadvan-
tage,” he said.
Some issues, such as
access to Mexico’s potato
markets, have been ongoing
for years. Others are fairly
recent, Dave Salmonsen,
Farm Bureau senior director
of congressional relations,
told Capital Press.
“Things just aren’t get-
ting addressed,” he said.
With a new administra-
tion, it just seems like a good
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Proponents have revised a bill that would have allowed
eminent domain to protect Oregon watersheds.
Proponents revise
Oregon forest
eminent domain bill
MARSHA M. CLARK
1094 Swingwood Drive NE
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two weeks to get everything up and
charged.”
Pioneer Irrigation District Super-
intendent Mark Zirschky said offsea-
son work in the Caldwell-based dis-
trict included repairing or replacing
concrete structures, fixing pumps and
wells, and repairing damage from an
earthquake a year ago.
In much of Idaho, population
growth has brought more homeown-
ers onto irrigation districts’ customer
rolls. Curtis and Zirschky said they are
working with more new and planned
housing developments.
The Idaho Water Users Association
this year started an awareness cam-
paign about preseason projects and
irrigation districts’ overall importance.
The Owyhee district postponed
some larger off-season projects due
to COVID-19 and a shortage of pipe,
Chamberlin said.
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Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry
Commission - Proposed Budget
As required by ORS 576.416, the Oregon
Raspberry & Blackberry Commission
(ORBC) will hold a public meeting for
the purpose of receiving comments on
the Commission’s proposed budget for
the next fiscal year.
DATE: April 13, 2021
PLACE: ZOOM Meeting – 9:00 AM
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/95374476067
Meeting ID: 953 7447 6067
Call In Number: 1-253-215-8782
Copies of the proposed budget are
available at the commission office,
1827 NE 44th Ave, Suite 315, Port-
land, Oregon 97213 and on-line at:
www.oregon-berries.com/the-orbc/.
Any questions may be referred to
the Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry
Commission office at 503-274-5458
April 12. A normal allotment is slated.
He said offseason projects included
adding two new ponds to help improve
water quality and to aid in flood man-
agement, and automating a headgate
with help from a U.S. Bureau of Rec-
lamation cost-share grant.
Nampa & Meridian Irrigation Dis-
trict Superintendent Greg Curtis said
crews have been working in the sys-
tem’s upper reaches to remove vol-
unteer trees, re-grade channels and
make erosion-related repairs. That
is in addition to recently piping a
1,000-foot lateral for a planned hous-
ing development, re-lining a canal
segment and annual tasks such as
burning weeds and reassembling
headgates.
Water likely will start flowing April
5, “but we’re going to tell people not
to expect deliveries until the week
of April 19,” he said. “It takes a full
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Attorney
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sonal Representative.
DATED and first published March
12th, 2021.
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for human consumption,
creating a significant risk for
cross-border trade of corn
and corn products.
Mexican officials have
also undertaken a “native
corn” campaign with the
stated objective of elimi-
nating corn imported from
the U.S. Mexico has also
undertaken a state-spon-
sored campaign to dispar-
age corn sweeteners from
the U.S., including depicting
high fructose corn syrup as a
“poison.”
The concerns also include
increasing obstacles to dairy
trade. Those include:
• A new mandatory con-
formity assessment for
cheese that would add sig-
nificant costs for U.S.
suppliers.
• A continual churn in
customs enforcement.
A crew reshapes a South Board of Control irrigation ditch near Homedale,
Idaho.
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
WILLIAM R. FRANCIS, deceased.
Case No.: 21PB00073
Owyhee Irrigation District Manager
Jay Chamberlin is planning for a tight
water season as deliveries begin next
month.
The board on March 16 set a ten-
tative allotment of 3 acre-feet —
down from the usual 4 — given a
below-normal amount of water stored
in Owyhee Reservoir near Adrian,
Ore.
The board plans to meet March 30
to re-evaluate snowpack, the allot-
ment and system turn-on.
Chamberlin said if the board sticks
with the 25% allotment reduction,
“growers and the district will operate
in a more conservative manner.” That
could include postponing turn-on by
a week or so.
Even if the allotment goes back
to 4 acre-feet eventually, “the whole
tone is set, anticipating much-be-
low-normal inflow,” he said. “The
mode of operation is going to be
really conservative, running a really
tight ship and encouraging users to
use that 4 feet very wisely.”
The reservoir March 22 was at
55-56% capacity compared to the
65-70% district managers want to see
this time of year, Chamberlin said.
Carryover between seasons was also
down from a year ago.
Irrigation districts and canal com-
panies in Idaho and southeastern Ore-
gon are wrapping up off-season proj-
ects and preparing to deliver water to
farms and pastures.
Twin Falls Canal Co. March 23
began charging its system out of
Murtaugh Lake, engineering techni-
cian Louis Zamora said. Those out-
flows go into the company’s main
canals. Delivery is expected around
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THE STATE OF OREGON FOR
THE COUNTY OF MARION
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time to address these issues
again, he said.
Farm Bureau wants to
“make sure everybody’s
up to speed and make sure
they’re aware of our con-
cerns,” he said.
Farm Bureau hopes to
bring attention to the issues
and move ahead with get-
ting some resolved. Mex-
ico has been a good market
for the U.S., and it’s the No.
1 export market for some
commodities, such as corn
and dairy products, he said.
“It’s been a growing mar-
ket, and we want to keep it
growing,” he said.
In addition to market
access for U.S. potatoes, the
leading concerns include
Mexico’s presidential decree
in December to phase out
the use of glyphosate and
genetically modified corn
By BRAD CARLSON
Capital Press
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Bill Breneman/EO Media Group File
A group of agriculture groups has sent a letter to Agri-
culture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Represen-
tative Katherine Tai about trade problems with Mexico.
Irrigation districts prepare for
season start in Idaho, SE Oregon
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Proponents
have
backed away from a bill
under which eminent
domain could be used to
protect drinking water
that flows through private
Oregon forestlands.
Instead,
supporters
of House Bill 2594 are
endorsing an amended
version
that
would
heighten regulatory scru-
tiny of streams that serve
as drinking water sources.
Under the original pro-
posal, the Oregon Health
Authority would use emi-
nent domain to secure
conservation easements
that restrict activities
affecting water on private
property.
An amendment pro-
posed by Rep. Anna Wil-
liams, D-Hood River,
would replace her bill’s
initial language with
requirements that the
Oregon
Department
of Forestry revisit and
update rules for streams
with domestic water uses.
The ODF would also
create a process for water
utilities to petition for
stronger protections in
their watersheds and con-
sult with OHA and the
Department of Environ-
mental Quality to ensure
domestic use streams are
properly classified.
Steve Graeper, pres-
ident of the Rhododen-
dron Water Association,
said he preferred the orig-
inal “teeth” of HB 2594,
which could have led to
negotiations with land-
owners who currently
have “zero incentive” to
discuss water protections.
However, the ODF’s
guidelines for assessing
risks to drinking water
are currently “seriously
inadequate,” so the bill’s
amended version at least
offers the opportunity for
improvement,
Graeper
said.
While stronger tools
are needed for utilities
to protect water sources,
the amended version
of HB 2594 is a “hum-
ble starting place” and
“small step in the right
direction” toward guard-
ing against the “harm-
ful effects of industrial
logging practices,” said
Samantha Krop, coali-
tions coordinator for the
Forest Waters Coalition.
Communities
have
tried to work with ODF
on the problem with little
or no gain, so the agency
should be held account-
able regarding water pro-
tections even as lawmak-
ers must consider taking
further actions, she said.
Roughly half the for-
ested watersheds that
community water systems
rely on are owned by pri-
vate landowners who are
subject to the state’s for-
est practices regulations,
said Jon Souder, an Ore-
gon State University for-
estry extension agent,
speaking on behalf of
himself.
In the past 35 years,
the ODF hasn’t made
substantive changes to
how domestic use streams
are designated and the
agency doesn’t extend
that classification to their
tributaries, he said.
For these reasons, “it
seems prudent and justi-
fied to revisit the regula-
tions and procedures for
protecting drinking water
during forest operations,”
Souder said.
The Oregon Forest &
Industries Council, a tim-
ber organization, ques-
tioned the need for HB
2594 given existing regu-
lations for drinking water
overseen by the state’s
DEQ.
Streams that exceed
the DEQ’s maximum
thresholds for sediment
and other pollutants are
already subject to regula-
tory action by ODF, said
Mike Eliason, OFIC’s
government
affairs
director.
The timber indus-
try is already engaged
in negotiations over for-
est regulations with envi-
ronmental groups while
the state government
is considering a “habi-
tat conservation plan”
that would likely affect
water quality, Eliason
said.
“We want to see how
that plays out, honestly,”
he said.
Rep.
Ken
Helm,
D-Beaverton, said the
House Water Commit-
tee would “definitely”
hold another hear-
ing on HB 2594 in the
future and invite the
ODF to weigh in on
the bill.
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By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
Capital Press
•
Repeated
policy
changes, including ones
aimed at curtailing dairy
imports.
• Growing restrictions on
the use of common cheese
names.
Mexico also informed
the Organic Trade Asso-
ciation in the U.S. that it
would begin requiring all
U.S. organic exports to
Mexico to become certified
to Mexico’s organic stan-
dards, which would cause
significant trade disrup-
tions and losses for U.S.
exporters.
There is also concern
over policies that would
restrict the U.S. meat indus-
try’s access to Mexican
markets and the European
Union’s attempt to seize
exclusive common meat
terms, such as bologna,
under its 2018 trade agree-
ment with Mexico.
Another concern is that
Mexico ceased its review and
approval of any biotechnol-
ogy applications, potentially
restricting U.S. farmers’
access to new technolo-
gies and affecting exports of
products produced through
biotechnology.
U.S. agriculture organi-
zations are also concerned
with new labeling require-
ments that lack a sound, sci-
entific basis and a govern-
ment campaign to curtail
U.S. imports by attacking
the reputation of imported
products.
