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Friday, June 3, 2022
Rancher in wolf country wonders what else he must do
By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
Wolves
are
attack-
ing northeast Washington
rancher Jake Nelson’s cat-
tle and he said May 26 that
he doubts the Department of
Fish and Wildlife will ever
be satisfied with his non-le-
thal efforts to ward them off.
The Togo pack recently
killed one calf and injured
another in a pasture. The pre-
dations were the fourth and
fifth in the past 10 months
and crossed the numerical
threshold for the department
to consider removing a wolf
or two.
In the week leading up to
the attacks, Nelson said he
or an employee was in the
pasture at least six hours a
day. A state-funded range-
rider was there four hours on
every other day.
Fish and Wildlife con-
cluded Nelson didn’t dis-
close enough details — such
as the exact times he was
in the pasture, and detailed
descriptions of what he was
doing and what he saw —
to count his presence as a
non-lethal deterrent.
As a result, Fish and
Wildlife declined to resort to
lethal control.
“I think they’ll always
come up with something
more we have to do,” Nel-
son said. “It leaves us in a
tight spot.”
Nelson said he tried to
accommodate the depart-
ment by reporting that he
was in the pastures doing
“livestock husbandry prac-
tices.” He also reported see-
ing wolf signs and “restless
cattle.”
Nelson said he drew
the line at providing all the
details — including essen-
tially a timecard — that
Fish and Wildlife requires of
state-funded range-riders.
“I told them I wouldn’t
do it. I don’t work for them,”
he said. “They wouldn’t take
my word on it. I didn’t like
that none too much.”
He said he also was con-
cerned that if he supplied
the details Fish and Wildlife
has not imposed the require-
ment on ranchers. She said
that removing wolves in
the Togo pack remains an
option.
“If depredations con-
tinue, WDFW will con-
sider any appropriate reac-
tive measures to mitigate
further conflict, including
lethal control,” she said in
an email.
Wolf advocates are push-
ing for a rule that puts more
requirements on ranch-
Sarah Bassing/University of Washington ers. It’s already happening,
A northeast Washington rancher whose cattle are being said Scott Nielsen, man-
attacked by the Togo wolf pack says state officials aren’t ager of the state-funded Cat-
satisfied with the non-lethal efforts he’s taking to ward tle Producers of Washington
off the attacks.
wolf-livestock monitoring
program.
The definition is flex-
wanted about his daily activ-
The Cattle Producers
ities, it would set a prece- ible, but generally means supplied the range-rider for
dent for other ranchers. “It checking cattle four to five Jake Nelson’s pasture. Niel-
would be the new standard,” times a week. The depart- sen agreed that the Cattle
ment is conscious that it’s Producers employee by him-
he said.
decisions self was not enough to sat-
Fish and Wildlife policy lethal-control
calls for “near daily” cat- may be scrutinized in court isfy the department’s near-
tle monitoring to prevent and requires state-funded daily requirement.
predations from escalating range-riders to submit logs.
The employee, however,
to the point that the depart-
Fish and Wildlife wolf supplemented the ranch-
ment shoots wolves as a last policy coordinator Julia er’s presence, Nielsen said.
resort.
Smith said the department Between them, the near-
daily standard was being
met, he said.
“In this area, we are being
treated differently,” Niel-
sen said. “It’s not WDFW’s
place to manage ranch-
ers, and that’s where we’re
going.”
Nielsen said that if ranch-
ers can’t satisfy Fish and
Wildlife that they’re watch-
ing cattle on spring pas-
tures, they won’t have
much chance of pleasing
the department when cattle
move to larger summer graz-
ing allotments.
Nelson said he knows
Fish and Wildlife didn’t
like his response to their
requests. “Quite frankly,
I made a lot of people in
the department mad by not
doing those two things,” he
said.
The rancher said that
even if he did everything
the department wanted,
it wouldn’t have changed
the department’s decision.
“I’m sure they would have
asked for something else,”
he said.
Field day highlights WSU’s turf grass research Global conglomerate
The state Turfgrass Seed
Commission and Washing-
ton State University will host a
field day to highlight the latest
advances at WSU’s Turfgrass
Breeding and Ecology farm.
The event will be at 9 a.m.
June 9 in Pullman.
“We built this farm during
COVID, so we really haven’t
had the opportunity to show
what we’ve accomplished, and
what our dream is, to the com-
munity,” said Michael Neff,
WSU professor and grass
breeding project leader. “I am
beyond where I wanted to be.
I could not have imagined how
well my team works together
and how much we’ve accom-
plished, given the restrictions
we’ve had to deal with. We’ve
really been operating full steam
ahead, even at the peak of
COVID.”
A large percentage of the
grass seed used worldwide is
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settles lawsuit against
NW grain cooperative
grown in Washington, Neff
said.
A third of the farm is
devoted to Kentucky bluegrass.
Neff is working to address
climate change, flowering and
seed yield.
“When we have mild win-
ters, the yields the following
year can be lower,” he said.
“The cold winter triggers the
plants to make flowers.”
He’s working to identify
Kentucky bluegrass variet-
ies with a low vernalization
requirement.
Vernalization
refers to the plant’s ability to
flower.
“As we think about warmer
winters, this is something that
can have a huge impact on seed
production in this area,” he said.
A no-burn variety, Match-
less, will be available to farm-
ers in the fall.
The variety has been 20
years in the making, begin-
ning with the work of research-
ers William Johnston and
R.C. Johnson, who devel-
oped a Kentucky bluegrass that
doesn’t require field burning
after harvest.
Other WSU varieties are in
the works, Neff said.
“It’s an amazing plant, it has
fascinating biology,” he said.
During the pandemic,
demand for turf grass seed
increased, said Travis Mea-
cham, chairman of the turfgrass
seed commission board and a
Moses Lake farmer.
“A lot of people were stay-
ing home and looking for proj-
ects, and home improvement
projects were really strong,” he
said. “That ate up a lot of that
supply that was out there. A low
supply now has made a nice
demand for our product.”
Turf grass seed farmers are
struggling with increased input
costs and availability of prod-
ucts, Meacham said.
“All the challenges we have
have also come into our indus-
try as opportunities,” he said.
“Pricing to growers in this last
year or so has actually been
pretty favorable.”
WSU’s research farm will
further strengthen the industry,
Meacham said.
Roughly 90 farms grow
Kentucky bluegrass seed in
Washington, according to the
commission.
WSU is also working on
native grasses, prairie junegrass
and tufted hairgrass. The farm
is also hosting a fine fescue
variety trial for the National
Turfgrass Evaluation Program,
Neff said.
The field day is open
to farmers and end-users.
Pre-registration is recom-
mended to get a head count for
a noon lunch. For more infor-
mation, contact the commis-
sion at 509-585-5460 by close
of business May 30 or Neff at
mmneff@wsu.edu.
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fer irreparable harm with-
out an injunction.
In an answer to ADM’s
complaint, the coopera-
tive admitted to terminating
the contract but only after
the processor had violated
the agreement’s terms. The
cooperative also filed coun-
terclaims against ADM,
alleging that it failed to fulfill
processing orders and thus
limited the sales growth of
Shepherd’s Grain products.
Rather than improve
its deficient performance,
ADM started a competing
“Grower Connect” program
that tracked wheat from the
farmer to the user, the doc-
ument said. The processor
solicited the cooperative’s
farmers and attempted “to
take sustainable flour busi-
ness away from Shepherd’s
Grain.”
The problems were
compounded by ADM clos-
ing a Los Angeles mill that
the cooperative relied on
to serve bakery custom-
ers in Southern California,
prompting it to begin doing
business with Grain Craft’s
nearby flour mill, the docu-
ment said.
The cooperative sought
damages in an amount to
be specified at trial from
ADM’s alleged breach of
contract, as well as compen-
sation for litigation costs.
However, the parties
have now agreed to drop
the claims and counter-
claims without an award
of attorney fees or other
expenses to either litigant.
The settlement deal’s terms
were not disclosed in court
documents.
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MICHELLE BERGMAN
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> ABHINAV & ASTHA MITRA
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> OLD REPUBLIC SURETY CO
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By MATTHEW WEAVER
Capital Press
Matthew Weaver/Capital Press File
Washington State University professor Michael Neff
looks over the turf grass breeding and ecology farm on
March 10, 2021, in Pullman. The state Turf Grass Seed
Commission and Neff will highlight WSU’s breeding
program on June 9.
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
Capital Press
A global agribusiness
conglomerate has settled
its lawsuit against a North-
west wheat farmers coop-
erative over the alleged
breach of a flour milling
contract.
A federal judge has dis-
missed a complaint filed
by the Archer Daniels
Midland crop processing
and trading corporation
against Columbia Pla-
teau Producers of Rear-
dan, Wash., after the par-
ties struck an undisclosed
settlement deal.
In 2020, ADM filed
a complaint against the
cooperative for switching
to another milling com-
pany, Grain Craft, for pro-
cessing its sustainably
grown Shepherd’s Grain
flour products.
The company sought a
preliminary injunction to
stop the cooperative from
changing processors but
that request was denied,
with U.S. District Judge
Thomas O. Rice ruling
that it wasn’t likely to pre-
vail in the lawsuit or suf-
