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Grape growers spur investigation 4 CapitalPress.com By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Press A California farmers coop- erative has complained that Argentina exports grape juice FRQFHQWUDWH DW DUWL¿FLDOO\ depressed prices, triggering a federal trade investigation into U.S. market impacts. Delano Growers Grape Products claims the Argen- tinian government stabilizes LWVZLQHLQGXVWU\E\GLYHUWLQJ much of its grape crop into juice, then exporting the con- centrate at price levels with which U.S. producers can9t compete. Due to its location in the Southern Hemisphere, the FRXQWU\ LV IXUWKHU DEOH WR exploit its advantage over WKH 86 JUDSH LQGXVWU\ WKH FRPSDQ\¶V SHWLWLRQ VDLG <Because of the reverse sea- sons of Argentina and the U.S., Argentina can price their exports after seeing the price of U.S. producers, causing U.S. producers to lose contracts and additional business.= The U.S. International Trade Administration has Friday, April 22, 2022 initiated an investigation into whether Argentinian white grape juice concen- trate, or WGJC, is being dumped onto the American market at unfair prices that LQMXUHWKHGRPHVWLFLQGXVWU\ The cooperative alleges that Argentinian juice con- centrate has eaten into U.S. market share to the point that most other American producers have been driven out of the business. <Further, over the last 20 \HDUVWKH86GRPHVWLFSUR- ducers have seen their mar- NHW VKDUH UHGXFHG E\ and the Argentinian market VKDUHLQFUHDVHE\´WKH petition said. <This overtak- ing of the domestic market has caused multiple produc- HUV WR H[LW WKH LQGXVWU\ RYHU WKH ODVW \HDUV OHDYLQJ RQO\WKHSHWLWLRQHUDQGDIHZ other domestic producers.= ,QWKHHDUO\V$PHU- ican grape growers annu- DOO\ SURGXFHG DERXW PLO- lion gallons of the product, which is made from fruit that doesn9t meet grade stan- dards for table grapes, wine or raisins. SURGXFWDGLVFRXQWRI the cooperative said. ³8QIRUWXQDWHO\GXHWRWKH nature of the business, the U.S. domestic producers of :*-& FDQQRW IXOO\ DVFHU- tain when a contract was lost WR $UJHQWLQD XQWLO D EX\HU comes back after a shortage of imported WGJC leaves them in need of a domesti- FDOO\ SURGXFHG SURGXFW WKDW GRHV QRW KDYH DQ\ VKLSSLQJ restrictions,= the petition Kent Porter/Associated Press File said. White grape juice concentrate is produced from fruit The Argentinian govern- that fails to meet grade standards for wine, raisins and ment wants to make its wine table grapes. U.S. trade authorities have started an in- <more exclusive,= which vestigation into whether Argentinian white grape juice led it to establish the quota concentrate is hurting the domestic industry. V\VWHP WKDW UHVWULFWV WKH amount of grapes crushed 7KHFRPSDQ\FODLPVWKDW and brandies. for wine-making, the com- U.S. production of the juice The Argentinian govern- SDQ\ VDLG *UDSH JURZHUV concentrate has since fallen ment exports the juice con- are paid subsidies for crops WRDERXWPLOOLRQJDOORQVD centrate to prevent wine sur- that are directed toward juice \HDUDV³FKHDSLPSRUWVIURP SOXVHV GHFLGLQJ HDFK \HDU concentrate. <Thus, it is not a situa- Argentina erode domestic how much grape produc- tion will be redirected into tion where Argentina9s natu- market share.= The high-sugar juice con- WKH RUGLQDULO\ OHVVSUR¿W- ral production costs are sim- FHQWUDWHLVPRVWO\XVHGDVD able juice market, the peti- SO\ORZHURUWKHLUSURGXFWLRQ OHYHOV DUH VLPSO\ LQFUHDV- natural sweetener in jams, tion said. A gallon of Argentinian ing,= the petition said. 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Access the meeting at the Fairûeld Inn, 2014 W. 7th Street, The Dalles, Oregon or via videoconference at http://www. zoom.us/join or phone at 1-253-215- 8782 with Meeting ID 871 3498 5151 and Passcode 792954. Copies of the Commission9s Proposed 2022-23 budget are available online at https://www.owgl.org/ owcbudget. Public comment related to the proposed budget may also be submitted via email to tsimpson@ oregonwheat.org by May 5, 2022. For accommodations for persons with disabilities, make a request at least 48 hours (Monday-Friday) before the meeting by contacting the Commission at (503) 467-2161. ORZHGE\-DSDQ&DQDGDDQG &KLQD ² FROOHFWLYHO\ UHSUH- senting three-fourths of that FRXQWU\¶VH[SRUWVRIWKHSURG- uct, the petition said. The grape juice concentrate LV DQ ³H[WUHPHO\ ORZPDUJLQ product= for which the <dif- IHUHQFHEHWZHHQYLDELOLW\DQG loss is measured in pennies per unit,= so Argentina9s mar- ket manipulation has allowed WKH FRXQWU\ WR GHYDVWDWH WKH competition, the cooperative said. 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The sale will be held at 10:00am by PREMIER TOWING & RECOVERY 305 JEFFERSON ST SILVERTON, OR 2016 MERZ 4DR VIN = S5SWF4JB2GU121087 Amount due on lien $3712.00 Reputed owner(s) PAUL JOSEPH RUGGLES ONPOINT COMM CU LEGAL The Soil and Water Conservation Commission (SWCC) will hold its regular quarterly meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tues- day, May 17, 2022, at Willow Lake Wastewater Pollution Con- trol Facility, 5915 Windsor Island Road N, Keizer, OR 97303. Virtu- al attendance also is available. Information on how to attend virtually can be found at: https:// oda.direct/Meetings. The regular quarterly meeting agenda covers SWCC reports, advisor reports, Soil and Water Conservation District programs and funding, Agriculture Water Quality Man- agement Program updates, and other agenda items. The Oregon Department of Agri- culture complies with the Ameri- cans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 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The demand for diesel OLNHO\ ZLOO PDNH GLHVHO SUR- duction attractive to U.S. UH¿QHULHVDFFRUGLQJWR(,$ New settlement deal struck in $2.2 million hemp seed lawsuit HQRXJK WR SODQW QHDUO\ DFUHV XSRQ GHOLYHU\ in 2021. An Oregon hemp com- Silver Lion Farms paid SDQ\ KDV VWUXFN D VHWWOH- IRU RI WKH FRQWUDFW ment deal with a Nevada price and received about 4 farm it had accused of million seeds of one vari- ZURQJO\UHMHFWLQJPLO- HW\ EXW UHIXVHG WR DFFHSW RUSD\IRUWKHUHPDLQGHURI lion worth of hemp seed. (DUOLHU WKLV \HDU 3K\- the seeds it had ordered, the los Bioscience in Portland, complaint said. 2UH ¿OHG D IHGHUDO FRP- 3K\ORV %LRVFLHQFH plaint alleging that Silver claimed it had relied on the /LRQ )DUPV RI (O\ 1HY agreement to purchase seed breached a hemp seed from another hemp farm contract. in Oregon and accused the 7KH 2UHJRQ SODLQWL൵ defendant of fraud, con- claimed the Nevada com- tract breach and plant pat- SDQ\DJUHHGWREX\PLO- ent infringement. The lawsuit sought three lion hemp seeds in 2020 for DERXWPLOOLRQ times the amount of dam- The shipment was to ages and compensation for include two varieties of litigation costs. However, earlier this hemp seed that would be PRQWK WKH SDUWLHV QRWL¿HG LEGAL the judge overseeing the FDVH WKDW WKH\¶G UHDFKHG D NOTICE OF RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Press settlement under which Sil- YHU/LRQ)DUPVZRXOGSD\ WKHUHPDLQLQJPRQH\RZHG WR 3K\ORV %LRVFLHQFH RYHU WKHQH[WWZR\HDUV 86 0DJLVWUDWH -XGJH Jolie Russo in Portland has now agreed to condition- DOO\ GLVPLVV WKH ODZVXLW contingent on the defendant living up to the terms of the settlement. Until the dismissal is ¿QDO WKH FDVH ZLOO UHPDLQ LQDFWLYH VR WKDW 3K\ORV Bioscience can move to enforce the deal, should WKDW EHFRPH QHFHVVDU\ WKH judge said. Similar disputes in the KHPSLQGXVWU\KDYHHUXSWHG due to the drop in prices for biomass and extracts from the crop, which has suf- IHUHG IURP DQ RYHUVXSSO\ after a planting surge in COMMISSION BUDGET HEARING TO: ALL OREGON RYEGRASS GROWERS Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held pursu- ant to ORS 576.416 (5), on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., at the Cascade Grill Restaurant, 110 Opal St. NE, Albany, Oregon, upon a proposed budget for operation of the Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission during the fiscal year July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. At this hearing any producer of Oregon-grown Ryegrass seed has a right to be heard with respect to the proposed budget, a copy of which is available for public inspection, under reason- able circumstances, in the office of each County Extension Agent in Oregon. For further information, contact the Oregon Ryegrass Growers Seed Commission business office, P.O. Box 3366, Salem, Oregon 97302, telephone 503-364-2944. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. Please make any request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accom- modations for persons with disabilities at least 48 hours before the meeting by contacting the Commission office at 503-364-2944. LEGAL PURSUANT TO ORS CHAPTER 98 Notice is hereby given that the following vehicle will be sold, for cash to the highest bidder, on 05/06/2022. The sale will be held at 10:00am by BAKER & BAKER TOWING & CRANE 2874 NEWBERG HWY WOODBURN, OR 2014 HYUNDAI 539 TTRLR VIN = 3H3V532C0ET198009 Amount due on lien $10707.50 Reputed owner(s) > NTS TRAILER SERVICES INC LEGAL PURSUANT TO ORS CHAPTER 87 Notice is hereby given that the following vehicle will be sold, for cash to the highest bidder, on 05/02/2022. The sale will be held at 10:00am by COPART OF WASHINGTON INC 2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR 2004 SUBA IMP 4D VIN = JF1GD296746506692 Amount due on lien $1775.00 Reputed owner(s) JOSHUA BRADLEY BULL CLACKAMAS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION