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THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 3 FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 Business & Ag Future Business Leaders of America place high at State — Weekly Hay Report — Friday, April 8, 2016 — Eastern Oregon Prices trended generally steady compared to week ago prices in a very limited test. Many producers have decided to hold on to their hay for now, in hopes for higher prices or to feed to their own ani- mals. Many hay producers are sold out for the year. Tons Price Range Wtd Avg No new sales this week. Last week’s were: Alfalfa —Large Square Good 400 150.00-150.00 150.00 Alfalfa / Orchard Mix —Small Square Premium 10 195.00-195.00 195.00 USDA Market News Service—AMS.USDA.gov — Cattle Market Report — Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Vale, Oregon Cattle sold through the auction: 922 Steer Calves 300-400# Bulk 187.00 - 199.00 Top 210.00 400-500# Bulk 177.00 - 196.00 Top 200.00 500-600# Bulk 162.00 - 181.00 Top 182.50 Submitted Photo. Several members of the BHS FBLA team qualified for Nationals at the State competition. Nationals will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. Submitted by Toni Zikmund The Oregon FBLA State Conference took place in Portland April 7-9. Students had a chance to check out the Food Truck industry in downtown Portland, attend a Blazer’s game and tour the facili- ties, participate in engag- ing workshops, and view the final rounds of event presentations. Members tested and presented in a variety of events, and were recog- nized for the following achievements: Chapter Awards • Enthusiasm Award – given to only one chapter at the state conference, based on supporting its members at awards and presentations, dressing in business attire at all times, decorating room doors, and having a positive influence during the whole confer- ence • 2nd in the running for Chapter of the Year for our 4A division – based on number of members in the club,; completing as many projects as possible such as the Government Promo Project, Outstanding Chapter award, and Annual Business Report; number of members who complete the Business Achievement Awards; how well mem- bers place at state; and much more • Outstanding Chap- ter award – given by the national office for those chapters that complete a series of tasks related to education, service, and progress • Chapter Challenge award (the only chapter in Oregon to receive this hon- or!) – given by the national office for those chapters that complete a series of tasks all year long that help recruit and retain members and promote FBLA • Government Promo Project – recognition for completing a series of tasks that help promote the organization to elected officials • Gold Seal Chapter Award recognition – only the top 15% of chapters can earn it • Local Chapter Annual Business Report – Josie Bryan & Koby Hansen, 9th • Chapter Newsletter – Ashlie Chastain, 8th Member awards and recognition Those who placed 1st – 4th qualify for nationals. • Business Ethics Team - Amy Wong & Victoria Rasmussen 7th • Client Service - Hollis Robb 4th • Entrepreneurship Team - Xander Schott & Blake Stone 10th • Global Business Team - Makenna Bachman & Koby Hansen 8th • Management Decision Making Team - Megan Burk, Melissa Foltz, Madi Elms 7th • Parli Pro Team - Ashlie Chastain, Will Goodwin, Vicky Ortiz, Jesse Johnson 5th • Publication Design Team - Dawson Vander- wiele, Bekka Hughes 6th • Social Media Cam- paign Team - Brandon Stairs, Kalani Heiser 6th • Website Design Team - Kara Bennett, Alayna Bennett, Erin Blincoe 9th • Agribusiness - Melissa Foltz 3rd • Business Calculations - Mason Tomac 7th, Blake Stone 3rd • Business Law - Kailyn McQuisten 2nd • Health Care Admin - Kaylan Mosser 9th, Makenna Bachman - 6th, Victoria Rasmussen - 1st • Insurance & Risk Management - Kassidy Hertel 7th • Information Technol- ogy - Jesse Johnson 1st • Networking Concepts - Xander Schott - 2nd • Personal Finance - Mason Tomac 5th Who’s Who of Oregon FBLA – Josie Bryan and Koby Hansen National Business Honor Roll – Makenna Bachman, Josie Bryan, Megan Burk, Ashlie Chas- tain, Madison Elms, Koby Hansen, Kas- sidy Hertel, Wyatt Knadle, Ashley Knoll, Hollis Robb, Blake Stone, Mason Tomac Business Achievement Awards: Future Level – Trevor Ball, Alayne Bennett, Hannah Boruch, Ashlie Chastain, Cody Denton, Wyatt Knadle, Ashley Knoll, Vicky Ortiz, Draven Pearce, Brielle Sand, Xan- der Schott, Brandon Stairs, Blake Stone, Hunter Stone, Ezra Taylor, Mason Tomac, Meagan Tool, Dawson Vanderwiele, Nathaniel Wright, Dominic Yerasi Business Level – Hannah Boruch, Josephine Bryan, Ashlie Chastain, Madison Elms, Kassidy Hertel, Jacob Zikmund Leader Level – Kara Bennett, Josie Bryan, Lindsay Livingston America Level – Josie Bryan, Koby Hansen Ashlie Chastain was elected as next year’s Blue Mountain Region VP. My Oregon photo chal- lenge – Makenna Bach- man’s photo was chosen as a winner Many members will be fundraising for the next two months in order to compete and attend the National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA June 26 – July 3. Each par- ticipant must raise $1500, and they are starting by working the baseball and softball concessions at the sports complex. Details on more fundrais- ers will be available soon. If anyone would like to help sponsor a member, please contact Toni Zik- mund at BHS. For more information about FBLA, visit any of the following websites: http://www.fbla-pbl.org/ http://www.oregonfbla.org/ https://sites.google.com/ site/bakerhighfbla/ Heifer Calves 300-400# Bulk 162.00 - 186.00 Top 192.00 400-500# Bulk 161.00 - 176.00 Top 184.00 500-600# Bulk 143.00 - 163.00 Top 164.00 Yearling Steers 600-700# Bulk 139.00 - 166.00 Top 169.00 700-800# Bulk 128.00 - 144.00 Top 146.00 800-900# Bulk 122.00 - 133.00 Top 134.00 900-1,000# Bulk N/A Top N/A 600-700# 700-800# 800-900# 900-1,000# Yearling Heifers Bulk 134.00 - 153.00 Top 155.00 Bulk 129.00 - 141.00 Top 142.00 Bulk 123.00 - 128.00 Top 130.00 Bulk 107.00 - 117.00 Top 118.50 Thin Shelly Cows 57.00 - 68.00 Butcher Cows 71.00 - 80.00 Butcher Bulls 78.00 - 92.00 Stock Cows Yng. 1275.00 - 1510.00 Younger Hfrts. N/A Stock Cows Older. - 925.00 - 1175.00 ProducersLivestock.com 541-473-3136 — Log Price Report — Price per 1,000 board feet: Northeast Oregon Currently the local log market is flooded with fire salvage logs. The log buyer for Malheur Lumber Co. stated they have all the logs they need under contract and are not accepting any new purchases. BCC/LLC of La Grande has receive so many burned fire salvage logs they are no longer accepting logs at the La Grande log yard. Any additional pine logs have to be delivered to the Elgin Log yard cut in plywood lengths and to a 8 inch top. For these pine logs cut in plywood lengths, BCC is offering $280.00/mbf. They are also paying $410.00/ mbf for Doug Fir & Western Larch. For White Fir they are offing $310.00/mbf. At the Pilot Rock Saw Mill BCC is offing $360.00/mbf for a 12 to 15 inch top, for 16 to 19 inch top $400.00/ mbf & offing $425.00/mbf for 20 inch plus top Courtesy of Arvid Andersen, Andersen Forestry Consulting — Precious Metals Report — Price per ounce, USD Gold: $1,257.00 Silver: $16.19 Platinum: $999.95 Palladium: $546.65 Bloomberg.com — Ag Commodities — Congratulations, Kailyn McQuisten! We’re all so proud of you! Corn: $357.00/bu/USD Wheat: $472.50/bu/USD Soybeans: $904.25/bu/USD Oats: $185.00 bu/USD Rough Rice: $9.79/cwt/USD Canola: $480.20 CAD/mwt Live Cattle: $120.75/lb./USD Feeder Cattle: $150.20/lb./USD Lean Hogs: $79.00/lb./USD Bloomberg.com
