PENDLETON
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. ThuitdoT- Augmt 7. 1969
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Soft White Wheat
Has Slow Demand
Lagging demand for Pacific ed by the major producing na
7 fr ivhllf wheat is
causing concern among Oregon
wheat growers and has prompt
ed Oregon Slate University o
field a task -force of experts to
do something about It.
Responding to requests from
the wheat Industry, county
um-nts, research agronomists,
and extension production and
marketing specialists met re
cently In Arlington to Inventory
I he ills of Oregon's most import
ant cash crop and prescribe
treatment.
The 53 million dollar Industry
supiKM-ts not only the economy
of the Columbia Basin, but each
ton shipped generates an esti
mated $13 for the pockets of
brokers, truckers, longshoremen
and shippers In Portland and the
Columbia river ports.
Stiffer competition, dwindling
world demand, and stricter qual
ity specifications are cutting
deeply into the market for pa
cific northwest wheat, says Ray
Teal, extension International
seed and grain marketing spe
cialist at Oregon State Unlyer
sity. World food grains produc
tion is increasing faster than
the market demands, the special
1st observed.
. For three consecutive years,
bumper crops have been harvest-
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the International Grain
Agreement France, Canada, Ar
gentina, Australia, and the U. S.
Common market counties have
sharpened the competition and
Australia has refined its grading
system to woo Japanese wheat
buyers away from the U. S.
To meet this new competition
agencies including the Western
Wheat Associates, Pacific North
west Grain Dealers Association,
and state organizations in Ida
ho, Washington, and Oregon are
cooperating In long range mar
keting studies. Oregon State
University school of agriculture
has assigned a force of extension
specialists, research scientists,
and county agents to look into
market studies, variety tests,
livestock feeding trials, Irriga
tion development, and crops that
might replace soft white wheat.
Improved dwarf varieties of
wheat and rice are rapidly mak
ing India and Pakistan, self-sufficient
and slowing these mar
kets for Northwest wheat. In Ja
pan, Taiwan, and the Philip
pines, rising living standards
have been reflected in decreas
ing consumption of rice and sofr
white wheat for pastry and
noodles. Instead, there is a grow
ing preference for bread wheats,
not now grown in the Columbia
Basin.
To further complicate the pic
ture, extensive use of fertilizers
sometimes result in wheat suf
ficiently high in protein to be
unsuitable for the pastry and
noodle trade. Local wheat ex
ports were further jeopardized
when, in December, 1968, Japan
declared a two and one-half
month embargo on U. S. wheat
after receiving shipments of
weather-damaged grain.
The temporary loss of market
cost nine million bushels in
cash sales of Pacific white
wheat, Teal said.
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Farmworkers Get Lowest Wages Despite Increase
Farmworkers still are among
the lowest paid in the nation
despite Increases over the past
several years in rates of hourly
and piecework pay, according to
findings of the U S. Department
of Labor.
The national average farm
wage for 1968 was $1.43 an
hour, without room and board,
up 10 cents from 1967. This com
pares with the production work
er's average wage for the year
in manufacturing of $3.01 an
hour, an increase of 18 cents
over 1967.
Production workers engaged
in processing farm products in
off-the-farm plants were better
paid, but still were not up to
the average pay for manufac
turing. Workers in the frozen
fruits and vegetables industry
averaged $2.23 an hour, up 13
cents from 1967, while those in
the canned, cured, and frozen
foods industry averaged $2.36, an
increase of 15 cents over 1967.
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Lexington, Oregon
the country as a whole.
Notwithstanding this trend to
ward increasing watres, more
than half of the areas studied
during 1968 still had some work
ers tmDloved at rates below the
minimum rate of $1.15 an hour.
The report was detailed in me
latest Issue or tne LaDor uepau
mont hnnklpt "Farm Labor De-
vplonments." available from
the Manpower Administration
Washington, D. C. 20210.
Surplus Permits
Go to Hunters
The Game Commission recently
advised big game hunters xnai
several early permit deer seas
rnc mow linfWsiihspribed at the
filing deadline, and surplus
permits are now available. These
permits will De issuea on a in si
come, first served basis until
ouotas are met.
Undersubscribed big game
hunts include the Wallowa
Dint niiorin A cripiiltural Area.
and the Josephine Agricultural
Area. All hunters who previous
ly filed proper applications for
these three seasons will receive
permits.
As of July 30 approximately
1,000 permits are available for
h woiimua Pack 1 200 for the
Douglas Agricultural Area, and
200 for the Josepnine Agricultur
al Area. No permits are avail-
ab e for the jacKson Agncunur
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farm wages was greater than in al Area.
Both hourly and piece rates
showed an increase over the
year in most of the 172 crop
and other on-the-farm activities
reported by the In Season Farm
Labor Reports of the State em
ployment security agencies.
Of the 141 activities compen
sated by the hour, 112 showed
an increase, 1 decreased and 28
were unchanged, while 14 of the
31 activities paid at piece rates
increased, 13 were unchanged
and 4 declined.
The passage of the Fair Labor
Standards Act amendments in
1966 extended minimum wage
coverage to a limited number of
farmworkers. It provided a $1
an hour minimum 1o go into
effect February 1, 1967, $1.15 a
year later, and $1.30 February
1, 1969.
The Act covers approximately
400,000 farmworkers, about one
third of the annual average
number of hired -worker farm
employment.
Tho crpatpst imnact of extend
ing minimum wage covering to
agricultural workers was felt in
the South and Southwest, where
wages were lowest. In the North
west and Northeast, farmwork
ers generally were being paid at
rates above the minimum be
fore the act became effective.
A 1968 Labor Department
study of selected areas showed
that the Federal minimum wage
for farmwork, particularly in
thnco areas with nav scales be
low the minimum rate, had a
significant impact on wage rates
paid. In these areas of lower
wages, the rate oi increase in
OREGON FARM CALENDAR
INDICATES NEW DATES
AUGUST
2-3 Klamath 4-H Horse Show.
6-9 Tillamook County Fair, Tillamook.
6-9 Umatilla County Fair, Umatilla County Fairgrounds
Hermiston. ,
6-9 Yamhill County Fair, McMinnville.
6-10 Curry County Fair, Gold Beach.
7-10 Deschutes County Fair, Redmond.
8-12 Benton County Fair, Corvallis.
9-12 Klamath Jr. Fall Fair.
11-14 Wallowa County Fall Fair.
12-16 Clackamas County Fair, Canby.
12-16 Douglas County Fair, Roseburg.
13-17 Coos County Fair, Myrtle Point.
13-16 Josephine County Fair, Grants Pass.
14-16 Washington County Fair, Hillsboro.
14-17 Polk County Fair, Rickreall.
14-17 Jefferson County Fair, Madras.
19-24 Lane County Fair, Eugene.
19-23 Morrow County Fair, Heppner.
21-24 Wasco County Fair, Tygh Valley.
21-24 Crook County Fair, Prineville.
823-91 Oregon State Fair, Salem.
28-31 Malheur County Fair. Ontario.
28 Filbert Day, Albar.y-Corvallis area.
829-91 Lake County Fair, Lakeview.
829-91 Wheeler County Fair, Fossil.
29 Walnut Day, Hillsboro.
830-91 Baker County Fair, Halfway.
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