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P O B o x 127
1986 Annual Report
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Supplement In the Heppner Gazette-Tim es - November 12. IW »i
CRP is CPR for Morrow Co.
Farmers load up sjckv o f C R P grass seed at Green Feed A Seed in Heppner Mush of the seed » i l l he used
in the Conservation Reserve Pn>gram. as farmers turn wheat land into grass land in Morrow County
by John funherg
The Conservation Reserve Pro
gram was established as part o f the
Food and Agriculture act o f IU8.V
This program provides that farmers
who arc fanning highly crodiMc land
may enter into a contract with the
government to plant that land to per
manent cover The farmer is reim
bursed for up to half the costs o f
establishing the required cover
Farmers can cam up to S50.000 per
year in rental payments from this
program Each contract has a 10
year lifespan with signups to con
tinue until fVdl) or until the acreage
limn is reached In M orrow County
the limit is approximately 110.000
acres with approximately 77,000
acres having entered into this pro
gram to date
The benefits from this program arc
many and tangible for Morrow
County residents as well as the rest
o f the state and nation
One benefit is that land taken out
o f production will no longer he pro
ducing c ro p s which contribute to a
growing national surplus
This
should have wine positive effect on
com m odity prices
The mapir
benefit from this program is the
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removal o f land from production that
is highly erosive This means that
every year it is farmed it contributes
a disproportionately large amount o f
wind and water born soil that cause
problems throughout the country
The soil that comes o ff this land
is the inapir cause o f severe bank
erosion along creeks in this county
Soil entering the water causes it to
act as an abrasive slurry chewing
away at banks and valuable fields
This same slurry damages pumping
and distribution equipment used by
imgators who pump out o f the
creeks This same soil ends up
behind the dams along the Colum
bia River and must be dredged out
to clear lanes for barge traffic and
to maintain the designed storage
capacity o f the dam O f course this
dredging program and bank repair
cost all lax payers With less soil
moving around the costs should be
less
Another benefit from this program
will be the tremendous wildlife
habitat that will he created With bet
ter habitat comes better populations
o f game which in turn will bring
more hunters These hunters bring
non polluting rec reational dollars in
to the county Something that has the
potential to benefit many county
businesses
As can be seen the C R P program
has many potential benefits and can
give this county a real sfvx in the ami
when it needs it
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Annual Meeting
Set for Nov. 21
Morrow Counts Soil and Water
Conversation District is touting
forces with other larin agencies by
holding their annual meeting at the
Heppner Flks lo d g e on tow n
County Day. pridav. Nos 21
The SW C D annual meeting starts
at I K ip m . everyone is welcome
to attend
Fred I urn!m. Morrow Counts I s
tension Agent and chairman ot the
event, pointed out that the day will
be lull o f activities that will feature
annual meetings ot nuns orgam/a
lions, workshops, seminars and
panel discussions throughout the
day
The day begins at H *0 a in with
a meeting o f the Morrow Counts
W heal
le a g u e
fo llo w e d
by
liv e s t o c k
G ro w e rs .
Sm all
WOodland owners, and Morrow
County Cow Relies Morrow Soil
and Water Comers at ion District will
end the day long meetings
Farm booths will be set up during
the day from K a in to A p m They
will feature such topics as financial
farm nunagemenl. snull business
management, woodland nunage
incut and |<>b training Booths also
will be set up by the Agriculture
Stabilization and Conservation Ser
vice and Soil and Water Conserva
tion Service offices to answer ques
tnrns about the C R P tarm program
and weed problems
Marcelle Slrattman Oregon Stale
( niversity Human Development
S|vc lulist will present workshops on
coping with farming at ' > a in and
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S p e c ia lis t, w ill ha ve a spec la l
w o rk s h o p to r liv e s to c k g ro w e rs at
10 V )a m
At noon a tarm program is
scheduled to include a panel discus
sion featuring ranchers, larmers.
businessmen and farm agencies
“ This will give the audience a
chance to ask questions concerning
any farm program ».“ said l.undm
Heppner Chamber o f Commerce,
commodity groups, and businesses
arc sponsoring the all clay program,
which will tcjlurc l e e Pitts, na
tionally known editor, at the even
mg banquet
We arc all in this together (arms
and businesses alike are lacing lough
times We hope this will help us
all.” said Hirdinc Tullis. Chamber
president ami M orrow Counts Px
tension Assistant “ Over S22A worth
ol door prizes will be given away
during the day "
A wine tasting is planned the
p reccedin g
d ay.
Thursday.
November 20, beginning at A M)
p m at the Heppner I Iks lo d g e
Morrow County and Oregon wines
will be featured, and is open to the
public
15th M o r r o w S W C D
Annual Meeting
You’re invited to attend.
3:30 p.m. at
Heppner Elks Lodge
Friday, November 21, 1986
During the Town-Country Day
Durinq the Annual Meetinq an Audit ~
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