THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 3
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016
Business & Ag
Angy’s Diner opens on Broadway
Samantha@TheBakerCountyPress.com
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— Cattle Market Report —
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Angy and Travis Shorts.
Angy’s receive their food
through Cash and Carry,
selecting their own meat
and keeping their ingre-
dients as locally based as
they can.
Angy’s serves a variety
of food. They grind their
own meat for their burg-
ers, have oven roasted
turkey and roast beat for
hot sandwiches, and hand
batter their chicken strips
and onion rings.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Vale, Oregon
Cattle sold through the auction: 1,138
They have salads and
different specials for their
dinners depending on the
day, such as Meatloaf
Mondays and Prime Rib
Tuesdays.
“We’re going to start
breakfast November 7, so
we’re going to be open
from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. from
then on, now we’re open
from 10 a.m. to 8p.m,”
Shorts explained.
She said, “We’re going
to have daily specials. For
lunch we always do soup
and a sandwich and din-
ner we always try and do
something different.”
Shorts has been involved
in the restaurant industry
for 20 years. She explained
that she thinks in the future
they may expand out, but
for now they are planning
on keeping it small and
local.
Local family gets national
outstanding tree farm award
The American Tree Farm
System announced today
that the 2016 National
Outstanding Tree Farmer
of the Year award will go
to the Defrees family of
northeast Oregon. The
award recognizes the De-
frees family for practicing
sustainable land manage-
ment, protecting forested
land, wildlife habitat and
water quality for over a
century.
The Defrees represent
the first recipient of the
award from Northeast
Oregon, and are the first
Oregon recipients in a
decade. Learn more about
the Defrees Tree Farm and
the award at https://www.
treefarmsystem.org/2016-
otfy. The Defrees will be
honored for the award on
December 6, at a reception
on Capitol Hill in Wash-
ington, D.C. to celebrate
the 75th Anniversary of the
program.
Father and son duo Lyle
and Dean Defrees, along
with Dean’s family, wife
Sharon, daughter Dallas
and husband Riley Hall,
son Nathan and wife Jess,
and son Tyler and wife
Max Patashnik, manage
the approximately 2,000-
acre tree farm located
in northeast Oregon, a
region of the state prone to
intense wildfires that have
consumed both forest and
homes and affected water-
sheds and drinking water.
The Defrees have been
active in their community,
mentoring other landown-
ers on the importance of
forest management to get
ahead of wildfire. Lyle is
on the Oregon Department
of Forestry’s Northeast
Oregon District Budget
Committee, a member of
the Eastern Oregon Forest
Protective Association,
a member of the Baker
County Small Woodlands
Association, and on the
Tree School East Com-
mittee. Dean participated
as a member of the Baker
County Forestland Classifi-
cation Committee.
The family has hosted
an emergency wildfire
camp on their property and
been involved in the com-
Friday, October 28, 2016 — Eastern Oregon
Prices trended generally steady compared to week
ago prices. Most demand lays with the retail/stable
hay. According to some producers, horse owners
are starting to prefer lower sugar, higher protein
hay. Recent rainstorms throughout the state have
slowed movement, as most buyers and truckers
prefer not to move hay when it’s raining.
Tons Price Range Wtd Avg
No new sales confirmed.
Two weeks ago:
Alfalfa — Large Square Supreme
113 140.00-140.00 140.00
Alfalfa — Large Square Good / Premium
500 150.00-150.00 150.00
Alfalfa— Large Square Good
400 115.00-115.00 115.00
BY SAMANTHA
O’CONNER
Returning home to
Baker City, Angy Shorts
is the owner of the new
restaurant Angy’s Diner
on the corner of Broadway
and 10th Street. Shorts
has been in Baker for six
months and her restaurant
has been open for a month.
She participated in the
Taste of Baker this year to
establish where her diner
is.
Shorts was born and
raised in Baker, moved
away 13 years ago, and
had a barn restaurant in
North Dakota, but she did
not want to serve alcohol
anymore and shut it down.
“I want it to be family
dining,” explained Shorts.
“People can come in with
their kids and feel safe
enough to do that. I wanted
to kinda cater to them and
have a place they can take
their kids.”
Angy’s makes every-
thing from scratch and
tries to have a “homemade
goodness” feeling in their
restaurant.
— Weekly Hay Report —
munity in many capacities
throughout the region.
“When I think of fam-
ily forestlands in Baker
County and showcases
of working forests, the
Defrees family is with-
out question one of the
first families that come to
mind,” said Joe Hessel,
Unit Forester for the La
Grande/Baker Unit. “They
have struck a nice balance
between raising cattle and
growing timber on their
land. Lyle and Dean have
been very supportive of
Oregon Department of For-
estry through the years.”
Each year, ATFS
recognizes four Regional
Outstanding Tree Farm-
ers out of the 74,000 tree
farmers nationwide. Win-
ners have been selected for
their dedication and work
over the years to protect
and provide sustainable
wood supplies, wildlife
habitat and clean water on
their Tree Farms, as well
their efforts to promote
forest stewardship in the
community. The American
Forest Foundation (AFF)
and the ATFS community
select a national awardee
from among the regional
awardees.
The AFF is a forest
conservation organization
that works on the ground
with families, teachers
and elected officials to
promote stewardship and
protect our nation’s forest
heritage. A commitment to
the next generation unites
our nationwide network of
forest owners and teachers
working to keep our forests
healthy and our children
well-prepared for the fu-
ture they will inherit.
The Oregon Tree Farm
System is the state af-
filiate for the American
Tree Farm System, whose
mission is to promote the
growing of renewable
forest resources on private
lands while protecting
environmental benefits and
increasing public under-
standing of all the benefits
of productive forestry and
to help Oregon’s family
forest owners sustainably
care for their forests.
The mission is accom-
plished through partner-
ships with Oregon Depart-
ment of Forestry, Oregon
State University Extension,
Oregon Forest Resource
Institute, Oregon Small
Woodlands Association,
Sustainable Forestry Initia-
tive State Implementation
Committee, and the U.S.
Forest Service.
Steer Calves
300-400# Bulk 122.00 - 144.00 Top 162.50
400-500# Bulk 110.00 - 137.00 Top 137.50
500-600# Bulk 106.00 - 120.00 Top 121.00
Heifer Calves
300-400# Bulk 115.00 - 128.00 Top 129.00
400-500# Bulk 107.00 - 123.00 Top 124.00
500-600# Bulk 105.00 - 112.00 Top 113.00
Yearling Steers
600-700# Bulk 106.00 - 119.00 Top 119.50
700-800# Bulk 96.00 - 113.00 Top 114.00
800-900# Bulk 95.00 - 107.00 Top 109.00
900-1,000# Bulk 87.00 - 99.00 Top 101.00
600-700#
700-800#
800-900#
900-1,000#
Yearling Heifers
Bulk 104.00 - 119.00 Top 119.50
Bulk 96.00 - 106.00 Top 114.00
Bulk 93.00 - 106.00 Top 108.00
Bulk 92.00 - 100.00 Top 101.00
Thin Shelly Cows 36.00 - 47.00
Butcher Cows 48.00 - 59.00
Butcher Bulls 49.00 - 68.00
Pairs Young N/A
Hfretts. 68.00 - 76.00
Stock Cows Young - N/A
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 $420.00/
mbf for Doug Fir & Western Larch. For White
Fir they are offing $325.00/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: $1,306.10
Silver: $18.73
Platinum: $999.69
Palladium: $631.98
Bloomberg.com
— Ag Commodities —
Corn: $345.75/bu/USD
Wheat: $416.00/bu/USD
Soybeans: $987.25/bu/USD
Oats: $226.00 bu/USD
Rough Rice: $9.74/cwt/USD
Canola: $516.70 CAD/mwt
Live Cattle: $105.58/lb./USD
Feeder Cattle: $120.70/lb./USD
Lean Hogs: $47.25/lb./USD
Bloomberg.com