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• Starvation Farms:
Founded in Morrow County
in 1918 by Chris Moehnke.
Applicants: Chris and Kathy
Rauch.
• Roy Family Farm:
Founded in Yamhill County
in 1920 by Alfred Luke
Roy. Applicant: Carol A.
Roy.
• Ward Ranches:
Founded in Baker County in
1919 by Levi “Clyde” Ward.
Applicants: Craig, Mark,
Kathy and Ralph Ward.
• JW Ranch: Founded in
Marion County in 1920 by
John Calahan. Applicant:
John W. Wells.
• Fir Villa Farm:
Founded in Polk County
in 1911 by Solomon S. and
Susan Ediger. Applicants:
Melvin and Esther Ediger.
The Sesquicentennial
Award program began in
2008 in honor of Oregon’s
150th birthday celebration.
Sesquicentennial awards
recognize Oregon fami-
lies who have continuously
farmed portions of their
original family acreage for
150 years or more.
2020 Sesquicentennial
Family
• Cooper Family
Orchards: Founded in
Wasco County in 1870 by
Robert and Mary Cooper.
Applicant: David Cooper.
The narratives of the
2020 and 2021 families can
be found at www.century-
farm.oregonfb.org.
The Oregon Century
Farm & Ranch Program
began in 1958 to honor
farm and ranch families
with century-long connec-
tions to the land. To qualify
for a century or sesqui-
centennial award, families
must follow a formal appli-
cation process.
Members of the Appli-
cation Review Committee
review each application.
Qualifi cations include con-
tinuous family operation of
the farm or ranch; a gross
income from farm use of
not less than $1,000 per
year for at least three years
out of fi ve prior to appli-
cation; and family mem-
bers must live on or actively
manage the farm or ranch.
Application documenta-
tion includes photos, orig-
inal deeds, stories or other
historic records. These
records help support Ore-
gon’s agricultural history
by providing information
about settlement patterns or
statistics on livestock and
crop cycles. Documents are
archived for public access.
Award recipients receive
a certifi cate signed by the
governor and director of
the Oregon Department of
Agriculture. Historic road-
side signs are imprinted
with the founder’s name
and the year the ranch or
farm was established.
The program is admin-
istered by the Oregon Agri-
cultural Education Foun-
dation. It is supported by
a partnership with the
Oregon Farm Bureau, the
State Historic Preserva-
tion Offi ce, OSU University
Archives, and by donations
from Oregonians.
For more information,
contact Kuenzi, program
coordinator, at 503-400-
7884, cfr@oregonfb.org.
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Drought takes toll on Western ranchers
By CAROL RYAN DUMAS
Capital Press
SALEM — The unprec-
edented drought across the
West is taxing ranchers
with tight feed and forage
supplies and forcing them
to make tough decisions
about their animals and
operations.
Niels Hansen, presi-
dent of the Public Lands
Council and a Rawlings,
Wyoming, rancher, said he
has heard mixed reports
from ranchers in his region
about the drought’s impact.
“Some people are get-
ting some rain and doing
pretty good and holding
on, and a lot of people are
hurting really bad,” he said
during a webinar hosted by
Farm Journal.
“We’ve seen people
making major adjust-
ments as far back as April
to changing their plans,
maybe moving stock off
the ranch,” he said.
A friend of his was
feeding hay to his cows
clear into June, waiting
for his high country to
improve so he could turn
them out on the range, he
said.
“We get reports sim-
ilar to that all over, and
I’m sure everybody is in
the same boat that we’re
all sitting here now and
looking toward the future
and trying to get down
what these feed costs are
going to be for the winter
so that we can make
plans in that direction,”
he said. “We’re all strug-
gling and just trying to
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Drought conditions across the
West are forcing ranchers to
make tough decisions about
their animals and operations.
work our way through.”
Others on the webinar
reported similar situations.
“It’s a dire situation,”
said Larry Schnell, partner
and general manager of
Stockmen’s Livestock
Exchange in Dickinson,
North Dakota.
“The older ranchers are
telling us that this is as bad
as they’ve seen it,” he said.
The last decent rains
in the region were in Sep-
tember 2019, and that got
ranchers through 2020 with
close to half their usual hay
crop.
But it’s a diff erent story
this year.
“A lot of people aren’t
even cutting it. But if
they’re cutting it at all,
they’re talking about one
bale per acre — some of
them less than that. They’re
talking about acres per
bale,” he said.
As for other feed, there’s
more corn in the area than
there used to be, but the
nitrates are very high. The
same is true for wheat and
other grains, he said.
“So it’s a very dire situ-
ation,” he said.
It’s a similar situation in
Eastern Oregon — maybe a
little behind North Dakota,
said Jason Johnson, who
manages Producers Live-
stock Marketing and runs
a backgrounding operation
in Vale.
“We’ve been able to
generate some crops this
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Producers in the area
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next year if they don’t get
some signifi cant rainfall
and a good winter, Johnson
said.
A lot of smaller opera-
tors, with jobs in town, are
getting out due to the cost
of feed and total lack of
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Some ranchers are
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that’s a big problem, he
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2021
YOUR BIRTHDAY by Stella Wilder
Born today, you are almost always one to
get things done before anyone else -- and not
just according to a schedule that may be estab-
lished and kept by one in charge, but in the
grand scheme of things as well: You are often
the first ever to do a thing! You are compelled
to explore that which has gone unexplored
and to try that which has gone untried.
Because of this, however, you must get used to
the fact that you will experience more than
one individual’s normal share of “failure.”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- A warning comes
to you through unusual channels today, and
you have the feeling that something is going
on that you must get a handle on.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You can
understand what someone else is going
through today far more than usual -- and this
helps you develop a valuable new perspective.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- You won’t be
able to tackle a new challenge entirely on your
own today, so you must quickly gather as
many around you who can provide key help.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Someone
may not honor a request you make today, but
you’ll be able to adjust your expectations just
enough to make the best of the situation.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) --
Someone may not understand that you were
“only joking” recently, so you must be willing
to acknowledge an unintended hurt.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You
may discover that what you’re working toward
isn’t likely to be valued as highly by others as it
is by you. Does that really matter?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- You may
not want to share all the information you have
at your fingertips today in order to avoid an
overreaction. You can control the mood!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- That which
has come and gone is likely to take up a lot of
your time today as you consider what went
right and what went wrong.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You don’t
want to be left out today when others enjoy a
bit of unusual fun. You can actually provide
something that adds to the excitement.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You can
help ease tensions today between those who
insist on clashing over a minor issue that
really shouldn’t matter that much.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You may find
yourself alone, fighting for something that
only you believe in -- but right now that’s
likely to suit you to a T. You can win the day!
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You may
have more options available to you today than
you did yesterday -- and that will make all the
difference as you plan for tomorrow.
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