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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2016
Oregon crops top ‘Crazy snake worm’
$5 billion in value unearthed in Oregon
Beef leads way
in commodities
By STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press
PORTLAND — For the
second year in a row, beef is
Oregon’s No. 1 agricultural
commodity.
The state Department
of Agriculture this week
released the list of Oregon’s
top 10 crop and livestock val-
ues for 2015. The commodi-
ties on the list are the same as
the year before, except onions
replaced hazelnuts.
Cattle and calves brought
in $914 million, down from
$922 million in 2014, edging
greenhouse and nursery prod-
ucts for the top spot.
Agriculture Department
spokesman Bruce Pokarney
said in a news release that
the cattle industry is cycli-
cal and prices have weakened
in 2016: “Nonetheless, cattle
and calves is expected to be a
mainstay at or near the top all
commodities in the foresee-
able future.”
Rounding out the top 10
for 2015 were hay, milk, grass
seed, wheat, potatoes, pears,
wine grapes and onions. Hay
and milk retained their posi-
tions despite seeing their val-
ues drop by $100 million and
$180 million, respectively.
Though ninth of the list,
the wine grape sector has
been the greatest gainer over
the past decade. Pokarney
said the production value for
2015 was $147 million, an
increase of more than 300
percent since 2005.
Outside the top 10, three
commodities that have shown
tremendous growth in the last
decade are blueberries, eggs
and apples. Oregon harvested
a record 97 million pounds of
blueberries last year, satisfy-
ing demand for the berry that
has a reputation as a super-
food. The Oregon crop value
is up about 250 percent since
2005.
As for apples, Pokar-
ney said the growing pop-
ularity of ciders is perhaps
why the value of production
has spiked 131 percent since
2005.
The state produces more
than 220 agricultural com-
modities and the overall crop
value for 2015 was $5.4 bil-
lion, similar to 2014. Only
one of Oregon’s top 20 com-
modities, Christmas trees, has
declined in production value
over the past decade, and it’s
only down 2 percent.
Invasive
species could
impact forest
water retention
By MATEUSZ
PERKOWSKI
Capital Press
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TONIGHT
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
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Courtesy of Oregon Department of Agriculture
Close-up image of the “Asian jumping worm”. The state
confirmed that the worm, Amynthas agresitis, was found
in Clackamas and Josephine counties in 2016.
energetic behavior, but this
one is.”
The worm’s detrimental
effects on forest health have
also been causing growing
concern in the Great Lakes
region and the East Coast, said
Jim Labonte, a Department of
Agriculture entomologist.
“There’s beginning to be
a lot of attention to be paid to
this there,” he said.
Several pathways may be
responsible for the worm’s
movement, including earth-
moving equipment, compost
and fi shermen, he said. The spe-
cies reproduces asexually, so not
many individuals are necessary
for an established population.
By rapidly consuming the
detritus along the forest fl oor,
the worms remove the protec-
tive layer that plant seeds need
to sprout and outcompete other
Tribes can gather national
park plants under new rule
Roseburg
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John Day
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Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 6:16 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 6:34 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 3:25 a.m.
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ASTORIA
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Year to date .................................... 40.74"
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Aug 18
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Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
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Normal high/low ........................... 69°/53°
Record high ............................ 90° in 1942
Record low ............................. 44° in 1984
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ALMANAC
THURSDAY
A new invasive species,
known as the “crazy snake
worm” or “Asian jumping
worm,” has been unearthed
for the fi rst time in Oregon.
The state Department of
Agriculture has confi rmed
that the worm, Amynthas
agresitis, was found in Clack-
amas and Josephine counties
this year .
The signifi cant distance
between the two discoveries
likely indicates the species
is probably found elsewhere
in Oregon as well, said Clint
Burfi tt, manager of the state’s
insect pest prevention and
management program.
Residential
landown-
ers turned the worms over
to offi cials from Department
of Agriculture and the state
Department of Fish and Wild-
life after noticing its vigorous
fl ipping.
“The behavior is very dis-
tinctive,” Burfi tt said. “Earth-
worms aren’t known for their
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PHOENIX — Tribes can
begin entering into agreements
with the National Park Service
to allow their members to pick
plants on protected land under
a new federal rule.
The rule announced in June
by Interior Secretary Sally Jew-
ell went into effect Thursday.
Under the rule, tribes must
have a culturally signifi cant
tie to the land that makes up
a national park in order for its
members to harvest foliage
that grows there. And Native
Americans or Alaskan Natives
must use the plants for tradi-
tional reasons, such as using
a root for medicinal purposes,
or branches or bark to make a
basket.
There are 58 national parks
in the U.S., with some cover-
ing vast expanses within prox-
imity to some of the nation’s
largest Indian reservations.
MEMORIAL
Saturday, Aug. 20
SMOTHERMAN, Kelly Edward — Celebration of life at 1
p.m., Warrenton High School, 1700 S. Main Ave. in Warrenton.
Smotherman, 53, of Warrenton, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in
Valdez, Alaska.
DEATH
Aug. 14, 2016
MASON, Hugh, 76, of Warrenton, died in Warrenton. Cald-
well’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
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Clatsop County Human
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Port of Astoria Commission, 5
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ing, 10 Pier 1, Suite 209.
Historic Landmarks Commis-
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animals that depend on this
habitat.
“That affects the forest’s abil-
ity to regenerate,” said Burfi tt.
Bare soil isn’t as effective
as retaining water, allowing
it to run off more quickly —
potentially having an impact
on agriculture, said LaBonte.
The change in soil structure
also disrupts nutrient cycling,
harming the forest’s health
over time, he said.
At this point, though,
it’s unknown whether these
impacts will be experienced in
Oregon as they have elsewhere
in the U.S., since the forest
type and climate here are dif-
ferent, LaBonte said.
“When you’re making pro-
jections, it’s easy to go to,
‘The sky is falling,’” he said.
“Sometimes that happens,
sometimes it doesn’t.”
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