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Farm Bureau NewsUtah

Countryside Edition SUMMER 2011

Features

‘Wild’ Works at the Hard Time Corral

Payson Fruit Growers Helping to Preserve Agriculture

Spirit of Americana at State Fair

addressing Utah’sSplit Estates

Politics Costing Exports and Jobs

America’s “Thin Green Line”

Weather is a House of Cards for Agriculture

Conservation Garden Sharing Attractive

Ways to Save Water

Ethiopia Visit Provides

Life Changing Experience

Belva Parr, ‘Ag’ Vocate for Agriculture

Midyear Conference Meets in Price

Keeping it Clean & Safe around the House

Baxter Black: England’s Choice

Keeping an Eye on Your Credit

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Politics CostingExports and Jobs BY lEland HoGan, PRESidEnT, UTaH FaRM BUREaU FEdERaTion

In the wake of a record setting food and agriculture exports year, representatives of America’s leading agriculture organizations are increasing the pressure on Congress and the White House to get pending Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Columbia, Panama and South Korea implemented. The delay in moving forward on these important agreements is costing agricultural trade in terms of dollar exports, but more importantly it is allowing other food exporting nations to cut into U.S. market share.

Political posturing seems to be at the heart of the delays. The Obama Administration has vowed that no FTAs will be submitted for a vote until Congress agrees to fund the Trade Adjustment Assistance program. The Trade Adjustment Assistance program is a federally funded program that assists in retraining workers displaced by foreign competition.

United States food and agriculture has momentum in the global market. U.S. monetary policies have produced a weak dollar, making American goods more affordable in the global marketplace. Food and agriculture exports hit an all-time high in 2010 of $115.8 billion, surpassing the previous high of $114.8 billion in 2008. Both the value and the volume of agriculture exports are up. Increasing agriculture exports means creating jobs in a weak U.S. economy. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, every $1 billion in exports supports 9,000 domestic jobs, meaning farm exports are supporting nearly 1 million American jobs.

Exports surged in both bulk commodities and value-added commodities up 19 percent and 15 percent respectively. For the first time in history, China has moved into the top market for U.S. food and agriculture exports valued at $17.5 billion or about 15 percent of total exports. Canada, which held the top market position since implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), dropped to second with $16.9 billion in food and agriculture imports.

Joining the American Farm Bureau in calling for implementation of the FTAs are National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Pork Producer’s Council, National Association of Wheat Growers and National Association of Corn Growers. Together the farm groups are telling policymakers the United States is sending the wrong message to potential export markets like Russia and India.

The delay in finalizing our obligations in FTAs already negotiated and agreed on leaves the United States’ exports at a competitive disadvantage. Other nations are moving forward and completing bi-lateral or multi-lateral free trade agreements. Until the U.S. FTAs are complete, American products face stiff tariffs and other trade impediments, effectively keeping us out of those markets. It’s no longer only about increasing exports, it’s about how we prevent the loss of existing export markets.

Canada and Panama recently completed a trade deal that threatens to give Canadian

agricultural exporters a significant edge over U.S. products like beef, pork and value-added processed foods if the Canadian deal takes effect before the U.S./Panama FTA.

In his January 2010 State of the Union address to Congress, President Obama announced an ambitious goal of doubling exports within five years. Speaking before the Export-Import Bank’s Annual Conference in March 2010 the President announced creation of a cabinet-level team headlined by secretaries of State, Treasury, Agriculture, Labor and Commerce to promote exports with the goal of creating 2 million jobs in the same time.

Talk is cheap!

Recommending Free Trade Agreements to Congress is the responsibility of the president. Inaction and political posturing by the Obama Administration has already resulted in America’s loss of global market share. Our government’s inability to move forward is benefiting foreign competitors, curtailing domestic economic growth and hurting American workers.

Doubling exports and adding 2 million jobs by 2015 is a tall order, especially when we can’t even find a way to pass the Columbia, Panama and South Korea Free Trade Agreements.

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America’s“Thin Green Line”BY RandY PaRKER, CHiEF ExECUTiVE oFFiCER,UTaH FaRM BUREaU FEdERaTion

This year as we celebrate Independence Day, let us reflect on the foundations of our freedom. Certainly at the top of our list are the men and women in the military who are stationed around the world protecting our freedom.

Just as a strong military is critical to a nation’s freedom, food security is one of the fundamental pillars of a free society. America’s “Thin Green Line,” the farms and ranches across the national landscape producing traditional and organic foods, growing bulk and specialty crops as well as food for meat-eaters and vegans alike, are keeping our nation secure. At the same time, our food producers are providing millions of jobs.

There are around 2.2 million farm and ranch operations, or less than one percent of our population, feeding 308 million Americans and more than 200 million hungry mouths globally. Agriculture is a bright spot in an American economy that continues to struggle.

If American family farms and ranches stumble or fall and we cannot feed and clothe ourselves we become dependent upon nations that do not share our values. Abundant and affordable food is at the top of America’s list of strategic interests. We all recognize as we have become more and more dependent on foreign oil, as a nation we are less secure.

World populations are exploding. By 2040, analysts project a global population in excess of 9 billion. That’s about three billion more hungry mouths to feed.

America’s Thin Green Line, the most productive farmers and ranchers in the world are vulnerable

to the weather, market forces, financial burdens, political posturing and the growing weight of regulatory red tape. With the average age of America’s food producers at 57 years, our nation needs to take steps to assure food and fiber abundance for future generations. Because we have been blessed with safe, affordable and abundant food, as a nation we take for granted America’s modern agriculture miracle.

America’s food producers are under attack! Anti-animal agriculture and radical environmental groups are attacking the foundation of our abundance and security. These elitists are using activist courts and propaganda tactics to undermine the stability of an industry where each farmer produces enough food for 155 people and costing the average consumer only about 10 percent of their disposable income – the lowest of any nation in the world.

Unending court challenges and a bureaucratic regulatory process aimed at slowing or stopping yield-improving scientific breakthroughs from being marketed are making Americans less secure. It now takes more than four years for new varieties of crop seeds to make it through the regulatory maze before drought tolerant, faster maturing or more productive seeds can be planted in United States’ soils. By contrast, Canada and Brazil approve new seed varieties in two years or less. America is quickly losing its innovation and plant technology edge to global competitors. Will the “amber waves of grain” be jeopardized when America becomes a secondary stop for new seed varieties due to the weight of our regulatory red tape?

The regulatory over-reaching under the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken away many safe and effective tools that help keep America’s farms and ranches productive. Pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers proven safe through scientific analysis and generations of use are being taken from farmers and ranchers by overzealous EPA regulators.

Farmers and ranchers are always challenged by the weather and tight profit margins. For food producers, unpredictable weather is a given and the ups and downs of the free enterprise system is an accepted risk and reward scenario. However, as the United States Congress begins deliberations on the next Farm Bill, it’s important for policymakers to recognize the need for farm policies that do not weaken this critical strategic piece of the national security. Food producers under financial stress, confronted by radical “well fed” environmental groups or fighting the American regulatory monster ultimately may not be able to survive the next major price dip or weather catastrophe.

There are 21 million jobs from America’s “sea to shining sea” rooted in agriculture. American agriculture’s productivity and economic contribution is extraordinary. History has proven nations that cannot feed themselves ultimately lose their global leadership position. This Fourth of July, remember that together we can keep American secure and standing tall!

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Weather is a Houseof Cards for AgricultureBY BoB STallMan, PRESidEnT, aMERiCan FaRM BUREaU FEdERaTion

Mother Nature has played her hand against farmers and ranchers in recent months. Both flooding and drought—sometimes right on the opposite sides of the river—have devastated crops and hurt livestock producers. But, as all farmers and ranchers know, we must play the cards we are dealt.

Luck of the DrawFarmers gamble against the weather every day. Some days you win big, others you just have to fold. Unfortunately, both tornadoes and extensive flooding in the South and Midwest has given many farmers pause. Sadly, in many cases, they’ve seen their livelihoods literally blown or washed away. In Alabama alone, an estimated 25 percent of the poultry houses were destroyed by tornadoes. But, as tough as farmers and ranchers’ losses have been, it’s important that we stay focused on moving forward to quickly rebuild their farms and make sure they stay viable.

As for the flooding, there are two national concerns we have to begin thinking about:

rebuilding the levees and ensuring the rivers stay open for navigation.

The past has shown us that if levees aren’t rebuilt immediately, once thriving farmland will likely turn into economic wastelands. Gone is production agriculture, as well as the tax base for those rural communities.

While we work through this temporary crisis, it’s also important that we keep the rivers dredged and navigable for traffic to move up and down the channels. Farmers far and wide are impacted by current navigation restrictions and the resulting back-up of farm products.

The Wild CardOn the other end of the spectrum, drought is taking its toll on many states. In Texas alone, my home state, ranchers are facing astronomical losses of more than $1.2 billion due to crop losses, increased feeding costs and lack of forage. Oklahoma, Kansas and others are also feeling the frustration of drought.

American Farm Bureau economists expect the size of the national cow herd to shrink as ranchers are forced to sell animals they can no longer feed. Wheat and corn farmers are in trouble, too. The hard red winter wheat crop has particularly been hit hard and our economists are expecting a loss in the nation’s corn crop because of the drought.

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WEST JORDAN, Salt Lake County – Upon coming to the Salt Lake valley in 1847, the Mormon pioneers had to adapt to a new style of living. Developing ways to irrigate and produce a crop in this arid part of the land kept them alive and left a foundation for all who would come to live in this state. Building upon this foundation, the same pio-neering spirit persists among Utah’s residents and businesses today and is on display at the Conservation Garden Park in West Jordan.

The Conservation Garden Park is a program that was started by the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District to educate residents on how to better use the precious supply of water the state has. In order to educate its visitors, the park offers free services that in-clude interactive garden exhibits, examples of water-wise landscapes and a new education center under construction intended to hold classes and seminars.

The Conservation Garden Park was one of the first programs created by the Jordan Val-

ley Water Conservancy District, which began its water conservation campaign in 1999. In 2001 they expanded on their original garden and held Garden Fairs. A 2.5-acre addition was completed in 2009. As a result of the expansions, visitation has increased by 50 percent. In addition to its garden expansion, plans for an education center were also made and are currently being carried out.

The grand opening of the Education Center is scheduled for the week of September 10, 2011. Classrooms will then be open, but the entire building will not be completely ready until 2013. The Conservation Garden Park touts the new building as being “Utah’s pre-mier destination of all things water-wise”. The building will include a new entrance drive, a bridge across the stream and addi-tional parking. It will also have three class-rooms, a catering kitchen, office space and open views of the gardens.

Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the Education Center is that it is intended to be LEED Platinum certified. LEED is the rec-ognized standard for measuring building sus-tainability. It stands for Leadership in Energy

and Environmental Design and is adminis-tered by the U.S. Green Building Council. The council offers a rating system, with plati-num being the highest.“It is not an easy task to get a Platinum LEED certification,” said Cynthia Bee, Con-servation Assistant for the Jordan Valley Wa-ter Conservancy. Bee then listed many of the building features that are helping them achieve their goal.

Some of the building’s features include a Rammed Earth Wall, which is a large two-foot thick earthen wall designed to capture and radiate warmth from the sun in winter, yet provides an insulating, cooling effect in summer. It also has photovoltaic solar panels that provide up to 20 percent of the build-ing’s electrical load. A large flat-screen moni-tor in the lobby will show visitors exactly how much energy is being used and provide a comparison of a conventional building. Permeable concrete parking stalls will allow water to seep through to the ground under-neath. A full list of all the building’s features can be found at http://conservationgarden-park.org/education/center.

Conservation Garden Sharing

AttrActive wAysto Save Water on LandscapesBy Kennedy Speirs, Communications Intern, Utah Farm Bureau Federation

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The Conservation Garden Park is also work-ing with the Kennecott Utah Copper Mine to clean polluted water in a plant located behind the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District building. Contaminated water is sent through pipes under the Education Center – keeping the center at a constant temperature for easier climate control – and all the miner-als are stripped from the water and cleaned. Before the water is then sent back to the gar-den, minerals have to be added to make it usable again.

The ultimate focus point of the Education Center as well as the entire park is simply to educate.

“In Utah, 60-70 percent of treated drinking water is used on landscapes,” Bee said. “We hope that through education we all can share in on the short supply of water we have.”Agriculture, explained Bee, is another focus being made by the Conservation Garden Park. “Without farms we don’t eat”, said Bee. “If we can cut the amount of water used on people’s lawns, we can help to ease water is-sues that farmers face.”

Due to irrigation and allotted water time us-age, water conservation practices are different

for a farmer than for an average household and lawn. Farmers try to minimize evapora-tion and runoff while still trying to supply a sufficient and even amount of water to their crop, ultimately feeding us all. They achieve this by using Best Management Practices (BMPs) on their land. Some of these include rotating crops, soil testing, landscape archi-tecture, and much more. The Education Center plans on offering free classes on these BMPs for residential water users after their opening.

“The Conservation Garden Park was designed for the whole community. It offers many great and free services,” Bee said. “However, people often confuse our garden with a pri-vate garden, or an off-limits research facility.”

The garden certainly is open to the public. Visitors can come between the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon to 8 p.m. on Sunday from May 1 to September 30. From October 1 to April 30 the garden is open Monday through Fri-day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Among the services offered are step-by-step teaching exhibits for design, irrigation, planting and maintenance. They also offer

examples of beautiful landscapes using wa-ter much below the average household con-sumption. Garden staff also offer free classes, guest speakers, Qualified Water-Efficient Landscaper (QWEL) programs for profes-sional landscapers, a Cub Scout activity patch and have a resource library containing information of more than 800 plants you can find in the garden that are all ideal for the northern-Utah climate.

“Everything in this garden is practical,” said Bee. “We want people to come in here and learn things they can feasibly apply to their own home, and not feel pressured to do so. If everyone were to conserve just a little better on their own will, we will have our water re-sources for a much longer time, and provide a better place for our descendants.”

Settling a new area is not required in order to be a pioneer. Exploring new ways to better our water situation and improve the quality of life for our posterity is one way to keep a pioneering spirit alive and build on a foun-dation that was laid down many years ago. Through simple steps, the water situation in Utah can drastically change for the better. As Bee said, “Education is the key.”

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GUNNISON, Sanpete County – Right out of the gate, any visitor knows this is not your ordinary ranch – the copious amounts of razor wire, armed guards and an observation tower tell you that much – but once those unique characteristics are acknowledged, any rancher could relate to some of the challenges faced at the Hard Time Corral.

The ranch house is a nicely built wooden structure, with comfortable furniture inside and a nice office table for visitors talking business…and a holding cell. While most ranches could be outfitted with supplies from a store like C-A-L Ranch or IFA, the Hard Time Corral ranch house was built by the inmates of the Central Utah Correctional Facility, located in Gunnison, Utah, as was the furniture and most other supplies.

What makes the Hard Time Corral so unique is that the ranch hands are in fact inmates of the prison. It is a program that has proven to be a successful partnership between the State of Utah’s Department of Corrections (DOC), the federal government’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and local farmers.

The Gunnison Prison Wild Horse Program has been in operation for about six years after individuals from DOC and BLM met up with the late Richard Sewing of the National Mustang Association.

“This program would not have happened without the help of Richard Sewing,” said Dona Bastian, facility manager for the BLM. “We have a really good working partnership with UCI, BLM and the State DOC.”

UCI stands for Utah Correctional Industries, which is the State of Utah’s prison industries program. UCI is a vocational-training program that hires inmates to make office furniture for the State legislature and other government buildings, public libraries, and hospitals. It is a self-supported program whose budget is based solely from the revenues it receives from the sale of its products.

‘WILD’ WORKS At the

Hard TimeCorraLBy Matt Hargreaves, Editor, Utah Farm Bureau News

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Part of UCI’s mission is to provide inmates with quality vocational training to equip them with skills that can be used upon their release. Through the wild horse program, inmates at the Gunnison facility perform all the tasks required at a typical ranch in caring for animals, along with other labor that is particular for working with wild horses.

“We work with inmates to prep these horses for adoptions and to make them ‘saddle started’,” said Kerry Despain, facilities supervisor for UCI, and a rancher and Sanpete County Farm Bureau member. “We don’t say that we completely break these wild horses, but they’ve had basic care done and can be taken on trail rides and be loaded into a trailer.”

The Gunnison corral originally started out as a holding facility, with about 500 wild horses that had been housed originally someplace else. Despain’s job at the prison was to get the horses halter trained. Now years later, the facility has become successful enough to house more than 1,200 horses that come straight from a roundup in states from the western U.S., including California, Nevada, Oregon Wyoming and Utah.

Those horses six years or older are maintained until they go to a long-term holding facility, while the younger ones are prepared for adoption.

“There are people who are passionate about having a wild horse – an American icon,” Despain said. “Most have had them before and

realize that they’re not finished, broken horses. Most of the horses are not quite ready for conditions outside this facility – which can also be the case for some of the inmates we work with.”

Despain shared that in all honesty, many of the inmates have led lives without restraint and structure, like the horses, and that the skills they learn and the structure of the program are a benefit to both parties.

“We have two purposes with the program,” Despain said. “First is to help the inmates and secondly to help the BLM. We think we achieve both. We help the inmates develop a sense of responsibility in caring for these animals. They also learn patience and respect for others in working with these wild animals.”

Some of the inmates have had experience working with horses before or have worked in agriculture, but it can be a completely new experience for some, and Despain shared that there are many that learn quickly what they can and can’t do with these horses.

“Some of our inmates are pretty tough guys, so they think they can pick the meanest horse and have it do what they want,” Despain said. “They may be tough, but these horses are tougher.”

Not only are the horses tough, but also the tasks the inmates are performing aren’t without risks. Whether it is in trimming

hooves, vaccinations or moving the horses in pens, injuries do occur; but Despain explained that inmates learn to respect their horses and they learn a lot by working with the animals.

“We let the inmates pick out the horses they want to work with,” Despain said. “It’s really good for them to work with the horses and figure out solutions to problems on their own.”

Steve Gehrke, public information officer for the Utah Department of Corrections agrees in the benefits the horse program provides for the inmates.

“The program provides a schedule and structure for the inmates, and it helps them get out of their cells,” Gehrke said. “Most have not had that structured kind of lifestyle before.”

The story was shared of one 29-year-old former inmate who claimed to have never had a job for more than a month, and yet maintained his benefit of being able to work with the wild horses for nine months.

One reason for this change in behavior is that the inmates learn the value of the relative freedom they get working with the horses. They are able to directly contrast that with the rest of the time they spend in the prison. Working with the horses is a privilege that can be taken away, and the inmates act better because of it.

“Most people here have something to lose and they definitely appreciate it,” said McKray Johnson, a UCI correctional supervisor.

To be able to work with the horses, most inmates are better behaved and have parole dates. Additionally, the jobs for the inmates working with UCI pay better than most others in the prison, and many would come work for free if they needed to, according to Despain.

The inmates also love being outside.

“I’ve been here a few years and I really like working out here,” said Alan Green, an inmate who spent a lot of time on his extended family’s ranch in Beaver County. “The animals are a lot of fun to work with and its nice to be out in the fresh air.”

Not to be forgotten in the benefits received by the inmates – as well as the horses – is how the State of Utah, BLM and area farmers benefit from the arrangement. The State receives compensation from the BLM on a per day fee for housing the horses and the other care it provides.

BLM benefits by having a wild horse facility that is more efficient to run. It has been reported in the Deseret News that the BLM has realized savings of approximately $2 million in the first three years of operating the facility. The savings comes from the “captive labor market” as Bastian describes it. Because of the supply of labor, the

BLM has to supply only one staff person at the facility, compared to five staff persons at other facilities.

Area farmers and other businesses have benefited from the program by supplying the prison with needed provisions. Despain referenced spending $500,000 on hay last year which was purchased within a 50-mile radius of Gunnison. Other businesses such as those involved with transporting livestock have benefited from the business generated at the prison. In the long-term, all Utah residents benefit because the program is operated using the income generated by UCI – no tax dollars are allocated to fund the wild horse program at the state legislature.

To be sure, there are challenges with operating a ranch in these kinds of circumstances. First, the animals of choice are wild and many. Of the 1,200 horses at the facility, Despain guesses the inmates are able to work with only 35-40; and while the horses are made “saddle-ready” in about 90-120 days, some are never tamed.

“These horses are stressed and wild. Some thrive right away but some don’t adjust well,” Despain said. “But we need to remember what these wild horses are – some horses are bred for uses such as cutting or roping, and these mustangs are bred

for survival. Some look just like any other horse, and some are just different. They definitely have a fight or flight mentality.”

After overcoming the obstacles of the wild horses and the typical challenges that come with any ranch, there is the obvious one…you’re working in a prison.

“Security can be a tricky thing some times, but we haven’t had too many problems,” Bastian said. “Many of the inmates are in drug rehabilitation, so you have to work with those schedules and just realize that these inmates have a history—they have had to do something pretty serious to get in here.”

But despite those added challenges, Despain, Johnson and Bastian are pleased with the program, how it benefits the horses and how agriculture can be used to help reform and train those in our society who have gone astray. It is doubtful that most of those released from prison who have worked with the horses will go into working with livestock – perhaps some – but all will leave with an appreciation of agriculture and a taste of fulfillment that comes from performing a hard day’s work.

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“Life Changing” are the words that I finally settled on when describing to others my recent experience in Ethiopia. Other than those two words, it’s been difficult to put into vocabu-lary what I saw and learned on the two-week excursion to one of the poorest countries in the world.

Eighteen months ago a friend of mine ap-proached me about traveling to Ethiopia with him to visit a large farm and some lo-cal Ethiopian farmers. Excited at first, I quickly agreed. Little did I then know what impact that offer, and decision to go, would have on my life today. The humanitarian trip was originally scheduled for May 2010, but a political election and the subsequent unrest made it too dangerous to travel at that time. Fast-forward to May 2011 and I found my-self with five others in our group landing at

the Bole International airport in Addis Ababa, the Capitol of Ethiopia. The plane ride itself took me through two other countries includ-ing Amsterdam, Netherlands and Khartoum, Sudan and required over 20 hours flying time in a cramped airplane seat.

Our main mission was to travel 16 hours southeast of the capital to the Bali region near a town called Beltu to deliver supplies and help assess the challenges of farming in Ethio-pia. We traveled in a pickup truck loaded with supplies to a large 25,000-acre farm where we would be staying for several days called the Alyssa Farm. The Alyssa Farm is operated by Morrell Agro Industries (MAI), an agricul-tural company based in the U.S. The farm project was started more than two years ago in partnership with Utah State University to develop drought resistant wheat and barley

seed that can withstand the subtropical highland Ethiopian climate. The farm provides nearly 300 Ethiopians with full-time and seasonal jobs. They also have anywhere from three to five American managers on site full-time.

Ideally the farm owners hope the Alyssa Farm will be a showcase and test farm where local farmers can learn modern farming techniques and prac-tices and have access to the most advanced seed, fertilizer and weed control products. They also hope to develop more varieties of seed that can be used to bolster wheat and barley yields in the area.

“The Alyssa Farm can afford to take the risks in experimenting with new crops and seed varieties in this area,” said Paul Morrell, Owner and Presi-dent of MAI. “One of the main problems Ethio-pian farmers face is that if they venture to take

By David Bailey – Vice-President – Organization,Utah Farm Bureau Federation

Ethiopia Visit Provides a

Life Changing Experiencefor Utah Farm Boy

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risks and change how they have farmed for the last 5ooo years, they end up risking the lives of their children and themselves in the process.”

Ethiopian Farmers simply have a very low risk tolerance because of the extreme poverty that exists in their country. They have little techni-cal support compared to the wealth of support American farmers have with the infrastructure of experiment farms, extension services and land-grant universities. American farmers also have major seed and chemical companies like Monsanto, Pioneer and Syngenta that have scientists and agronomists as well as the most up-to-date research and test facilities that aids in being the worldwide leader in agriculture.

The Alyssa Farm has 9,300 acres under pro-duction currently, but they hope to clear more of the surrounding high desert land in the upcoming years. The area receives around

farm first aid and health clinic with the sup-plies we had brought along with us. We also visited with some of the medical staff in the clinics from surrounding villages to assess the level of health care available to the farm work-ers. The standard of just about everything is much different than what we are used to here in America. The clinics we saw were usually government-built but were very dirty, run down and lacked many of the basic medical supplies.

En route to the farm, we made a visit to a non-operational medical clinic that had recently been shut down by the government. We col-lected as many of the useable medical supplies as possible to take to the Alyssa Farm. We also made visits to a few other operating clinics to meet with their staff to get an idea of the level of health care they were capable of. All

9-to-15 inches of rainfall per year and sits at 4,800 feet above sea level, which is similar to many of the dry farm areas in Northern Utah. Ethiopia is located just a few hundred miles north of the equator so temperatures stay rela-tively constant throughout the year. There are typically two growing seasons throughout the year with both a wet and dry season. It wasn’t uncommon to see a herd of camels or a batch of white-faced monkeys out and about, along with scores of villagers spread out across the vast landscape that makes up most of Ethiopia. From a high point the views were spectacular and varied from high desert to very subtropi-cal.

We also traveled through another area with great contrasts. This area sees more than 200 inches of rainfall per year and has rolling hills and abundant banana trees. The beauty was truly breathtaking.

along the way I was in awe of the beautiful landscape, which was a stark contrast to the extreme poverty. The most shocking element about Ethiopia was the quantity and exten-siveness of the poverty. I expected to see poor conditions but nothing prepared me for how it infiltrated nearly every nook and cranny of the country.

Ethiopia is a wonderful place full of beautiful people who want to learn, but lack the free-dom and know-how about how to improve their circumstances. The land is beautiful and full of natural resources that could help them be self-sustaining if only they had the knowl-edge and resources to do it. Morrell Agro In-dustries aims to really make a difference in Ethiopia by teaching the people “how to fish” and its motto — sowing hope and prosperity – is found on all of its vehicles.

At the time I visited the Alyssa Farm some of the wheat had just began to break through the soil and other fields were up about three or four inch-es. The virgin soil was doing its best to support the imported seed but something still seemed to be hindering the growth. Last year’s crop mostly failed due to drought conditions, and a soil dis-ease looks to be challenging this year’s crop in other ways.

The farm is still a work in progress but I have no doubt the challenges will be overcome. It was evi-dent to me from the hope that I saw in those who were working here that God has had a hand in getting this farm up and running in this part of the world. It was clear that what I was witnessing in the middle of Ethiopia, with farmers learning how to better feed their fellow man, was nothing less than a miracle.

We were able to help the farm establish an on-

I can’t express enough the needs that exist in Ethiopia. I am deeply impressed with the good work that is being done by companies such as MAI. I am grateful I was able to help in some small way and I plan to find other ways to help make a difference in the future. I’m just a small-town farm boy from Utah, but even I can find ways to help make a difference. My experience in Ethiopia truly changed my worldview and al-tered the way I count my blessings here in Amer-ica. We live in a very blessed nation, accurately described as the land of “milk and honey”. My time in Africa showed me the need to continue to work diligently at protecting our American farm-ers’ and ranchers’ abilities to produce abundant, affordable, reliable and safe food supply – the foundation of our great nation.

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Co-Op’s Unique Product

HeLpinG preServe aGriCuLTureBy Matt Hargreaves, Editor, Utah Farm Bureau News

PAYSON, Utah County – As summer fi-nally seems to have arrived, thoughts of tasting the best of what Utah has to offer begin to seep in to our thoughts and eat-ing habits. For some, there is nothing better than a bowl of sweet cherries. Or how about some peaches and cream? Then there is the explosion of flavor from a crisp apple or the juice of a watermelon as it drips down your chin.

The savoring of these fruits have helped their growing spots become almost as fa-mous as the food itself. Cities like Brigham City, Perry/Willard’s “Fruit way”, Santa-quin, Green River, Bear River, etc. But would you know that while many of us en-joy the juice of these fruits as we eat them, that the increasing popularity of eating one of these products dried has actually helped preserve agriculture for one area of Utah?

In particular, the consuming of dried cher-ries has grown in recent years, with indus-try leaders hoping sales will get closer to the king of dried fruits – raisins.

Utah’s fruit producing regions are more lim-ited than places like California and Wash-ington, but the high-desert climate does provide the right conditions to make some of the sweetest fruit around. And while Utah does not compete in sheer numbers to other states, it does have a niche when it comes to producing tart cherries – espe-

cially in the southern Utah County towns of Payson and Santaquin.

Tart cherries have traditionally been sold for the dessert market, as pie filling, and for other pastry items. This was a good market for cherry growers in southern Utah Coun-ty who were able to find a buyer for their fruit, which was not typically freshly con-sumed by the public. But one challenge for farmers was that as individual businesses, farmers were pitted against one another by buyers to get the best price.

To help combat this problem, farmers got together and created their own farmer-owned business in 1964 with the intent of processing the cherries that were grown from the local farms. Called Payson Fruit Growers (PFG), this co-op would work to unify farmers by acting as a single supplier to the tart cherry buyers, helping farmers get the best prices available.

While individual farmers retained respon-sibility over their own crop and planning decisions, they brought their tart cherries to PFG to be pitted and frozen. Prior to shipping, the pitted tart cherries are packed in five-gallon buckets, with one pound of sugar for every five pounds of cherries.

While business was going on as usual, lo-cal farmer Phil Rowley was looking for ad-ditional ways to market his fruit. Rowley teamed up with professors at Utah State

University in the late 1970s and began ex-perimenting with drying Montmorency tart cherries. The results were mixed at first, but the group would dry the cherries, roll them in sugar, and sell them as “snow cherries”.

PFG began experimenting with sales of the dried cherries in the late 1970s, but did not find a great market for the product. Still in its infancy, attempts at drying cherries were not very profitable.

“It’s not inexpensive to dry cherries,” said Chad Rowley, general manager of Payson Fruit Growers. “As a buyer, we’re paying for five pounds of cherries to get one pound of finished dried product. Dried raisins and cranberries don’t cost as much to produce.”

Not satisfied, Phil Rowley met with a dehydra-tion expert from the University of California-Davis and they began to look for ways to im-prove the process. They worked with a welder to find an “individual quick-drying” machine or IQF and modified it to meet their needs. An improved product was realized and PFG again took a look at selling dried cherries.

Having purchased a new facility in the 1980s and after building its first commercial dryer in the early 1990s, PFG started slow.

“The company wasn’t sure who it was selling to yet and was kind of just feeling the market out a little,” said Chad Rowley, who has been the general manager of PFG since 2004. “It

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local dried tart cherries at Southridge Farm’s ‘Big Red Barn’ in Santaquin as well as being able to buy directly from PFG at the plant or online at www.paysonfruitgrowers.com.

While Rowley and others at PFG are proud of the success the dried market has brought the company, Rowley is most pleased about the concept of working with local farmers in a co-op and what that has done to preserve an agricultural heritage in Utah.

“Ag co-ops are good for farmers. It gives them more control over their product and allows them to set their own production goals,” Row-ley said. “Co-ops just seem right to me. They allow farmers to be diversified and more sus-tainable over the long-haul.”

“With the changes in consumption of cher-ry pie and pastries, I don’t think our indus-try would be here today if we hadn’t started drying cherries,” Rowley continued. “Drying [cherries] is the only reason we’re still here and it has benefitted the whole state by helping these farmers stay in business. We get almost all the tart cherries grown in Utah.”

With competition and improvements in tech-nology, the process of drying cherries has im-proved and lowered costs for both manufac-turers and consumers. Now, PFG and others are concentrating on getting the story of dried cherries out which will help local farmers continue to be profitable, maintain our criti-cal agricultural lands, and benefit our state’s economy in a sweet – yet tart – way.

began to be used more in trail mixes and then it just kind of began to grow slowly on its own.”

For years, the pie filling manufacturers pro-vided farmers with a consistent market be-cause “everyone” had to have their cherry pie. But over time demand for pie filling was going down as Americans were getting more health conscious and looking at other sweet options. At times, this made demand for tart cherries more volatile and difficult to predict for farmers.

Around the year 2000, the U.S. was hit by a health bar craze and customers started wanting dried cherries. The cherry industry, which touts the healthy benefits of tart cher-ries including high levels of antioxidants, reduced inflammation (which is beneficial for those suffering from arthritis, gout and other joint pain), improved cardiovascular and heart health, looked to benefit.

With the emphasis on its healthy proper-ties, dried cherry sales began to increase and provided farmers with another market for their products and helped reduce the vola-tility of tart cherry prices.

“The peaks and valleys of pricing aren’t as drastic now…there is more stability for the farmers,” said Chad Rowley.

Farmer Rey Allred agrees with the benefit of the stability.

“For years we [cherry farmers] struggled with production and consumption patterns

of our fruit, which contributed to unstable prices,” Allred said. “The dried fruit has stabilized prices so that we can reasonably know what to expect in terms of prices. It has absolutely kept our farm in business and I think has benefited all cherry growers in Utah.”

With the surge in demand for dried cher-ries, PFG began increasing the amount of cherries it dried. Whereas a relatively sin-gular market for tart cherries existed before with the pastry market, dried cherries now make up about a third of all tart cherries produced in the U.S. Whereas PFG was one of the first to begin drying cherries, there are now a number of plants around the country, with PFG being among the top three or four in terms of size and produc-tion. At Payson Fruit Growers, drying now makes up the majority of its business.

Hoping to get the dried cherry market as widely recognized as the raisin market, PFG got involved with the Cherry Marketing In-stitute (CMI - www.choosecherries.com) to promote the taste and health benefits of tart cherries. While PFG focuses on the drying aspect, CMI also markets the benefits of concentrated tart cherry juice and whole, fresh tart cherries.

Despite seeing its dried cherries business continue to increase in market size during the 2000s, shoppers won’t find any PFG-branded products in the retail aisles. How-ever, the company is the supplier of dried cherries for many retail brands familiar to consumers. Additionally, shoppers can find

PHOTO CREDIT: Choosecherries.com

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State Fair CelebratesSPIRIT OF

AMERICANAwith agriculture at Center Stage

By Matt Hargreaves, Editor, Utah Farm Bureau News

SALT LAKE CITY – The smell of funnel cakes and corn-on-the-cob combined with the sound of playful screams from the Ferris wheel and the bellows of farm animals in the warm, late summer evening make for the perfect memories of childhood.

It is here at the State Fair that the best of Utah is celebrated by all walks of life. Whether it is white-collar bankers who come to look at the show animals and remember what it was like on ‘grandpa’s farm’; suburban soccer moms who have entered their family’s famous pick-les; or the farmers and ranchers coming into the “big city” from Utah’s rural communities to see the latest equipment and have their kids compete for Blue Ribbons, Utahns come to the fair.

“It brings so much of what is Utah into one area, and every aspect of society comes here,” said Clark Caras, newly appointed Executive Director for the Utah State Fairpark. “Every-body smiles when they are at the fair. For me, it just reminds me of my childhood.”

Many of today’s industry and political leaders in Utah can recount stories of participating in the state fair as exhibitors of livestock in their youth; including Utah Senate President Mi-

chael Waddoups, Salt Lake Chamber of Com-merce President & CEO Lane Beattie, Utah Representative Bill Wright, and Layton Con-struction spokesperson Alan Rindlisbacher.

The fair’s heritage reaches much deeper; how-ever, including Territorial Governor Brigham Young winning $25 for the “Best Stallion” and first prize for the “Best Celery exhibit” at the “Deseret Fair”, which was the first fair held in Utah, October 2-4, 1856. Other prizes that year went for the “Best shepherd dog”, “Best penmanship”, “Best Specimen of Raw Silk” and the “Best Bale of Cotton”.

That first fair was held at the “Deseret Store and Tithing Office” on the site of the current Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Down-town Salt Lake City with the purpose of “pro-moting the arts of domestic industry and to encourage the production of articles from the native elements in Utah territory” according to a history prepared by the Utah State Fair-park. The fair was established by the Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing Society, the precursor to the State Department of Agricul-ture and Food.

Over the next 40 years, the Deseret Fair would bounce around to various locations in Salt Lake City, including a period of several years

when it was held at the “Tenth Ward Square” which would later be known as the site of the “Utah Light & Traction Company”, where Trol-ley Square is today. The fair even endured a pe-riod of several years when it was cancelled due to a lack of financial resources as well as drought.

During these early years, the fair served as more than simply a location to get together and hand out blue ribbons. According to the State Fair his-tory, early Utah residents were so geographically isolated from the manufacturing centers of the west and east coasts of the U.S., that they relied on the Deseret Fair to learn new and improved farming techniques and to see the newest prod-ucts of the day. Residents could also learn of the latest farming research performed by the Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing Society, which established the first experimental garden west of the Mississippi, at the mouth of Emigration Canyon.

A major change occurred; however, when Utah was admitted as a state in 1896 and the Deser-et Fair was renamed the ‘Utah State Fair’. Just six years later, land was purchased for a perma-nent location to the fair at its current location at North Temple and 1000 West and control for the fair shifted from the Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing Society to the newly created De-partment of Agriculture.

Photo courtesy of Utah State Fair

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Utah also began to be less isolated from the rest of the country during this time. With the completion of the transcontinental railroad in Utah, the fair was less about informing farmers of new techniques and more about promoting the state’s products to its people and expanding the market for farmers. The fair began to repre-sent more of the cultural and social identity of area residents. New buildings were completed at the site of the Fairpark, including the Hor-ticulture Building (now known as Promontory Hall), the Mining and Manufacturing Build-ing (the Grand Building) and the Coliseum.

As the fair began to grow in size and reputa-tion, an emphasis on livestock took place. Newer show barns and stock facilities were added that were among some of the best in the country, and new breeds of livestock were appearing at the fair from Utah’s ranchers and outside sources as well. As local famers and ranchers began drawing the attention of national companies as a new market, new re-sources were becoming available for the state’s agriculture industry.

But farmers and ranchers are not the only ones that benefited. Educational opportunities came about as new products were introduced to families and exhibits for the arts and crafts began to inspire visitors.

“The fair was essentially the first mall, provid-ing markets for new home products,” Caras said. “This is where I saw photography exhibits for the first time and it got me interested in that hobby. Education is what the fair is about. You can come and see new tractors, knives, quilts, a fine art exhibit, and unique food op-tions.”

As the years have gone on, the Utah State Fair began to offer exhibits to attract a larger au-dience with diverse sets of interests. The 20th century saw the rise in carnival attractions such as Ferris Wheels, sideshows, merry-go-rounds and boardwalk style games. The youth-

ful memories of most residents are filled with some amount of tossing baseballs at oversized milk bottles, lobbing rings around bottles, or attempting to break the record as the state’s strongest man.

Building on the success of the fair, additional attractions to the State Fairpark included the PRCA Rodeo, Dutch Oven Cook-off contest, Farm Bureau’s longtime Talent Find and the current fair-goer favorite ‘Little Hands at the Farm’, where young prospective farmers and ranchers go through the process of planting, working and harvest a crop, milking a cow, and caring for animals. Sponsored by the Utah Farm Bureau and managed by the Utah FFA Association, the Little Hands at the Farm ex-hibit routinely draws large crowds and is a fam-ily favorite.

The Fair continues to be a valuable marketing venue for Utah agricultural products, includ-ing the Utah’s Own food court where hungry guests can purchase anything from Morri-son Meat Pies, Colosimo sausage and more. The Utah Dairy Council-sponsored Utah Ice Cream feast; Junior Livestock auction and oth-er events sponsored by the Utah Farm Bureau and Utah Beef Council are also highlights of the fair.

“We’re always looking for unique food items for the fair…for that exotic meat or bug that can be covered in chocolate to draw people in,” Caras said. “But we’re also proud to introduce more Utah products to people, such as lamb and meat pies; and to develop our new Farm-er’s Market at the fair to allow guests to take agriculture home with them.”

Attracting 330,000 visitors last year – or about one in every eight Utahns – the Utah State Fair continues to bring together Utahns from all communities and every corner of the state to a location where the spirit of “Americana” lives on. The State Fair continues to embody the positive feelings of a fruitful harvest on the

farm, coupled with the youthful, care-free days of summer.

As visitors enter the Fairpark this year, it will be hard not to find themselves smiling. Whether they are going to the livestock exhibits, eating a deep-fried Twinkie, admiring the ‘Best Photo-graph’ from Emery County, looking at the ‘Gov-ernor’s Best’ awards in the cooking competitions or dodging the dirt kicked up from an escaping bull-riding cowboy, people love the State Fair.

From its humble beginnings back in 1856 to the full-throttle energy packed in today’s carnival rides, the State Fair continues to pack the best of America and the best of Utah into every activ-ity. The fair provides youth and adults alike the opportunity to compete against themselves and each other for top honors with products visitors are familiar with. With the distance created be-tween fans and celebrities and professional ath-letes today, there is something wholesome about the closeness to which competitors and fairgoers feel at the fair.

“We want everyone to know that they can sub-mit something to the state fair directly,” said Judy Duncombe, Associate Director of the Utah State Fair. “You don’t have to have won your county fair, or fit into some prescribed category…if you have something to enter, send it in. Even odd stuff has a place here at the fair.”

This is not some far-off, big budget production; this is ‘Mary-Catherine’ from down the street who entered her family’s famous meatloaf or ‘Lit-tle Jimmy’ who built a 20-foot crane out of Lego’s to represent his county and 4-H Chapter – the State Fair is about you.

Be sure to visit the State Fair this year, September 8-18, and participate in the many events spon-sored by the Utah Farm Bureau, including Farm Bureau Day at the Fair – September 17. More in-formation about this year’s state fair, the perform-ers, exhibits and calendar of events can be found at http://www.utah-state-fair.com.

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Belva Parr:

“aG” voCaTefor Agriculture

By Aurline Boyack, Women’s Program Coordinator, Utah Farm Bureau Federation

In recognition of her outstanding volunteer service in support of Utah’s Agriculture in the Classroom program, Belva Parr—Utah County Farm Bureau Women’s Chair—was recently honored with the National Agricul-ture in the Classroom Consortium 2011 Ag Advocate of the Year award. This award seeks to recognize a volunteer who gives freely of his/her time promoting agricultural literacy and who uses creative approaches to do so.

The Utah Dairy Commission also recently honored Parr with their 2011 “Service to Industry” award in recognition of her vol-unteer efforts on behalf of the dairy indus-try and Utah agriculture.

What inspires someone to give tirelessly of their time, energy, and perspiration—not to mention resources? Only a true passion for the cause for which they are engaged! You

need look no further than Belva Parr to see a perfect example of someone who epito-mizes the definition of “volunteer”.

A number of years ago, Parr learned there was a need for volunteers to help with Utah County’s Farm Field Day. Utah Farm Bu-reau volunteers and USU Extension person-nel sponsor farm Field Days in the state. The idea behind the Field Day is to bring elementary school children to a farm for a hands-on experience learning more about where their food and fiber comes from. Reading about this need was like opening a long closed door for Parr. Her mother along with other Farm Bureau volunteers had been instrumental in organizing the first Utah Farm Field Day in Salt Lake County back in the early 1970’s. “I felt like the need to teach about agriculture was in my blood,” said Parr in explaining the path that has led her to become an “agvocate” for agriculture.

That first year, Parr helped serve lunch to the Field Day volunteers but that was the last year her duties were light! It wasn’t long until Parr became one of the Farm Bureau’s Farm Field Day organizers. Wanting to make each Field Day memorable for both students and teach-ers, her suggestions through the years for enhancing the Field Day experience have in-cluded: “mini-field day” visits to classrooms by farmer volunteers in preparation for the students’ visit to the farm and then after the Field Day packets of information, AITC les-son plans, farm recipe books and other re-sources for teachers to use as a classroom fol-low up. She also suggested inviting legislators, members of the media, school principals and community leaders to a VIP luncheon during Farm Field Days as a way to remind them of the importance of Utah agriculture. As these ideas took shape and became a traditional part of the Field Day activities, Parr has assisted

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with organizing these activities and spent countless volunteer hours making sure each detail was taken care of.

The school buses were lined up on the lane leading to Har-ward’s Farm in Springville early this past April bringing hun-dreds of 2nd graders eager to learn about shearing sheep, milking cows and growing fruits and vegetables. On this spring day the 80,000th student would be hosted at this bi-annual Utah County Farm Bureau Farm Field Day, a tribute to the ongoing dedication of Parr and the many other Field Day volunteers to the goal of teaching young students about the importance of agriculture.

The Farm Field Day project is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Parr’s contributions to agricultural education. Volunteering for numerous county Farm Bureau projects and soon asked to serve as the County Women’s Chair, Parr learned about the Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) pro-gram organized by Utah Farm Bureau, Utah State Extension, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and the Utah agricultural commodity groups. Parr discovered that the goal of the AITC program was to encourage educators to integrate information about the agricultural system across their curric-ulums to assist students in understanding the pivotal role of agriculture in the U.S. and world economies. Parr was quick to see the potential value of Farm Bureau volunteers support-ing AITC staff in achieving the program goal: teach teachers to help children to understand where their food comes from and the impact a viable agricultural industry has on every-one’s life.

Parr has devoted hundreds of hours rallying Farm Bureau vol-unteers to seek out opportunities to educate teachers about the AITC program resources including the online course, to offer hands on agricultural experiences for students whether in the classroom or at Farm Field Days, to create opportu-nities to speak up for agriculture and to educate legislators and community leaders about the importance of Utah’s agri-cultural industry. While many counties hold an annual Farm Field Day, recognizing the inherent value of this experience for youngsters, Parr has offered encouragement and assis-tance to other Farm Bureau Women’s Committees in those counties where Field Days were not being held.

When the State Farm Bureau Women’s Committee started an agricultural literacy program offering farmers and ranchers statewide an opportunity to read a storybook featuring accu-rate agricultural information to elementary school students, tell stories about their agricultural experiences and then do-nate the book to the class, Parr approached her County Farm Bureau board asking for funds to conduct a similar program within their own county Farm Bureau. The board approved funds for the program and numerous county Farm Bureau members signed up to participate. The program is ongoing and many students in classrooms throughout Utah County are benefitting from this experience.

“Our goal of course is to let the kids know where their food comes from,” Parr said. “We also want to let the teachers know that farmers in the county are willing to partner with them and help out.”

As Parr’s children came to understand their mother’s love and support for all aspects of agriculture they gave her two lambs to raise as pets. Now neighborhood families, friends and even strangers gather at the Parr home each spring to watch the annual shearing of the sheep. Parr doesn’t miss a beat in us-ing this opportunity to teach these observers how fiber made

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from wool and the lanolin extracted from wool fit into their lives. Even the ice cream party after the shearing is used to teach about cows and dairy products.

It isn’t surprising that even Parr’s love of baseball has provided opportunities for her to share how agriculture impacts the game; baseballs are made of rubber, cork, wool, leather, and cotton – all agricultural prod-ucts.

Parr’s commitment to agricultural educa-tion stems from her experiences as a young-ster growing up on a dairy farm. As a very young child she was given jobs assisting with the care of the animals and grew to love them. The love of farming and the dairy has stayed with her.

“I was the national Holstein girl,” Parr said. “Not a beauty contest, but based on my herd of cows and achievements in 4-H.”

Life took Parr away from the farm and ag-riculture for many years but her volunteer efforts have helped her realize how far re-moved most people are from an understand-ing of where our food and fiber originate.

“It is vital that not only agricultural pro-ducers but everyone who understands the role agriculture plays in our lives, share this

knowledge with others,” Parr said. “An af-fordable, abundant, and safe supply of food and fiber is fundamental to our nation’s se-curity and economy. There are uninformed voices who speak negatively about aspects of production agriculture so every positive voice and every available tool is essential in sharing an accurate story of agriculture. You really don’t have to do a lot to do some-thing!”

“If I ever need an advocate, I want it to be Belva Parr,” commented Buddy Deimler, Agriculture Education Specialist for the Utah State Office of Education, when asked about serving as a Farm Bureau volunteer with Parr.

“If she believes in a cause she will work tire-lessly to support it defend it, and improve it; and she does believe in agriculture, Farm Bureau, Ag in the Classroom, Farm Bu-reau Women’s Committee and Farm Field Day. This is evident in the passion she dis-plays for all of these projects and the per-sonal attention she gives to each project and every person involved. Good ideas flow out of her like water out of a fire hydrant and working with Belva is like grabbing a mountain lion by the tail and hanging on for dear life.  Just like with every mom…the work is never done and she never slows down or sits down.”

“Belva Parr is a human dynamo!” She simply gets things done and her enthusiasm is conta-gious,” adds Rex Larsen, member of the Utah Farm Bureau Board of Directors and former Utah County Farm Bureau President. “She has recruited so many volunteers to help get the word out about agriculture. Through her efforts, many elementary school teachers and students in Utah County have an increased knowledge of where their food comes from and how safe and affordable it truly is. She is always striving to help others understand the importance of Agriculture in their lives. She has embraced such techniques as using Social Media to increase exposure to Agriculture and has countless “Facebook” friends with which she shares many messages about farming and ranching and agricultural life. Belva is a per-son that everyone should get to know and emulate.”

Belva was presented with the AITC ‘Ag Advo-cate of the Year’ award June 22, 2011 at the National Ag in the Classroom conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. We want to congrat-ulate Belva on her awards and well-deserved recognition.

2011Call for Applications

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Addressing Utah’sSpLiT eSTaTeSBy Randy Parker, CEO, Utah Farm Bureau Federation

Agriculture and oil and gas develop-ment in Utah has always co-existed and has been an essential part of the state’s economy. Utah is a public lands state with nearly 80 percent of land owned by the state and federal government. Historically, most oil and gas explora-tion and development took place on public lands and co-existed with live-stock grazing and wildlife habitat.

When the Obama Administration took office, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar immediately attacked energy develop-ment in the West, specifically Utah. As one of his first directives, Salazar can-celled 77 approved oil and gas leases and over the last two years has system-atically reduced energy leasing in Utah by 87 percent.

Utah Farm Bureau policy, adopted at the 2011 annual convention, recog-nizes the importance of adequate and affordable fuel. Farm Bureau is a strong ally of the energy industry calling for a domestic energy policy that embraces energy independence, domestic explo-

ration and oil and gas development. Farm Bureau early on recognized the economic pain “Cap and Trade” would inflict on food producers, energy devel-opers and ultimately all Americans.

In recent years, government red tape and stonewalling has increasingly moved oil and gas developers onto private lands. In the case of energy de-velopment on “split estates” where the surface estate is severed from the min-eral estate, there is greater potential for conflict. The mineral estate generally is held by government, but can be held in private ownership or Indian trust as well. Under old English common law, where the sovereign held the mineral rights the payment for extraction was called a “royalty.”

The mineral right is referred to as the “dominant estate” meaning develop-ment of the right cannot be denied except under extraordinary circum-stances. This favored position may be attributed to the fact the federal gov-ernment owns most of the mineral rights or that the mineral estate would

have little or no value without the domi-nant position.

This dominant position and relatively unrestricted access has been the cause for conflict and years of litigation. In recent years the disruption of surface ownership and investments has been the catalyst for state legislatures and the courts bringing more into balance the rights of the sur-face estate with the mineral estate. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1990 recog-nized the complexities of the split estate and made recommendations for states to adopt the Surface Use and Mineral De-velopment Accommodation Act specifi-cally defining accommodation and due regard for surface property owners and balancing competing rights.

Over time, the courts have placed limi-tations on development of the mineral right and associated impacts on the sur-face estate through the “accommodation doctrine.” Specifically, the courts are re-quiring reasonable accommodation of the surface rights and their existing uses.

The Utah Supreme Court in Flying Diamond Corp. v. Rust (1976) estab-lished legally defensible standards of fact related to reasonable and necessary. The Court found that “dominance is limited in that the mineral owner may exercise its right as reasonable necessary and consistent with allowing the sur-face owner the greatest possible use of his property consistent therewith” and finding the mineral lessee in this case liable for damages for failing to use an alternate route for an access road that better met the surface owners needs.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages two of every three acres of Utah’s surface. In addition, they are charged with managing the Indian and federal government mineral interests in the public lands states. The BLM has specific statutory responsibil-ity on split estates to protect the surface owner. The BLM’s Gold Book states, “The BLM will offer the surface owner the same level of surface protection that it provides on federal lands.” In addi-tion, the Gold Book requires that a les-see of BLM minerals must negotiate in

“good faith.” Good faith negotiations without some level of statutory guid-ance to referee appear to be unrealistic when the mineral right is presented in the bargaining process as possessing the dominant right.

In 2010 there were 975 oil wells drilled in Utah. Of those, 884 or 91 percent were drilled in Duchesne and Uintah Counties. As energy development has moved from public lands to private hay fields, irrigated pastures and cattle ranches too many stories of disregard and arrogance are surfacing. The stories have included placement of oil wells in the middle of pivot irrigated alfalfa field where tens of thousands of dollars have been invested; cattle corrals leveled to accommodate drilling; drill rigs set up within a few hundred yards of a home and backyard then posting ‘Warning – Hydrogen Sulfide May be Present on this Site’. Some surface owners feel bullied when offered compensation of a thousand dollars a year when the oil or gas rig will be on their property for 15, 30 or more years and telling the farmer “you can always take us to court.”

To address the growing numbers of con-flicts related to mineral development on split estates, 11 states have adopted sur-face protection statutes. Of those, eight (North Dakota, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Illinois and West Virginia) are in the top 15 of oil and gas producing states. Pennsylvania has a state Supreme Court established ac-commodation standard and is number 12 in natural gas production. Utah current-ly has no statutory and little regulatory guidance to address reasonable accommo-dation, good faith negotiations, compen-sation or other conflicts on split estates.

The Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Min-ing is made up of seven members with considerable expertise in mining, energy development, geology and royalties, but lacking in understanding and guidance for the complexities of split estates and accommodation.

In fact, there appears to be a double stan-dard in the oil and gas industry. For ex-ample, the Bill Barrett Corporation ne-gotiated access on the BLM administered Tavaputs Plateau with Southern Utah

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Administration have changed the dynam-ics of mineral development in Utah and increased the pressure on split estate sur-face owners.

For capital investment in surface enter-prises like farming and ranching as well as for mineral development, there must be some level of certainty. The virtual impossibility of fully quantifying at any point in time what the mineral estate is and where the development of mineral rights might occur, Utah public policy should establish guidelines and practices that reflect fairness.

Farm Bureau members from around the state will be arriving in Price to attend the 2011 Utah Farm Bureau Midyear Conference, July 14-15, with the theme “Protecting Our Heritage”. Farm Bureau leaders anticipate lively discus-sions on topics such as agricultural land preser-vation, Utah’s current redistricting process, and the impacts of federal regulatory agencies, and are hoping all interested members will be able to attend.

Although the early registration date has passed, interested individuals can still register at the

conference or by contacting Susan Furner at 801-233-3040 or susan.furner@fbfs.com. The registration fee is $55, which includes break-fast on July 15th.

Speakers will present on areas of high prior-ity already identified through Farm Bureau’s Spring Issues Surfacing meetings (SISM), in-cluding the current state of agriculture as told by several Utah legislators, the role of gov-ernment regulation in agriculture and public lands issues, the upcoming process of legisla-tive redistricting and its impact on agriculture, a water update from the always entertaining and informative Randy Julander, several com-

modity breakout sessions, and an experts guide on cooking with Dutch Ovens by renowned camp chef Colleen Sloan. There will also be a presentation made on the impacts of this year’s floods on agriculture.

Utah Farm Bureau’s policy positions will of-ficially be adopted and formalized during the State Convention in November. Attendees to the Midyear Conference will also have an op-portunity to secure their spot for the 2012 AFBF Convention in Hawaii.

We look forward to seeing many Farm Bureau members at the conference.

Farm Bureau Members Gather in Price for2011 Midyear Conference

Wilderness Alliance seated at the table. They hailed the agreement as “simply good business.” Barrett agreed to direc-tional drilling, dropping the number of drill pads from 181 to 120 and re-ducing the surface disturbance by more than half.

When farmers or ranchers in the Uin-tah Basin have requested the same di-rectional drilling accommodation to protect the investment they have made in their surface operations, they have been told “we don’t do that.”

With only about 18 percent of Utah’s

land privately owned it is critical that we jealously protect every acre. There are millions of acres of split estates across Utah. In some cases, such as the homesteading of Uintah and Duchesne Counties under the 1905 Allotment Act, initial sales prices reflected the severed mineral rights which were held by the government for future develop-ment. Over subsequent generations, since the mineral rights were unknown or of little value, land sales reflected the productive value of the surface property. Fracturing, seismic model-ing, directional and horizontal drilling coupled with the Anti-Energy Obama

By A.J. Ferguson, Vice President – Farm Safety, Utah Farm Bureau Federation

By Baxter Black, DVM

KeepinG iT CLean & STaYinG SaFearound THe HouSe

on THe edGe of Common SenSeeNGLAND’S ChOICe

England has made a choice to remain dependent on other countries to feed them. Recently corporations have proposed to build a modern dairy and sow unit in their countryside. Two activist groups objected saying it would force a significant number of small farmers out of business. The proposal was withdrawn.

We in the United States have faced that choice and decided to encourage modern agricultural practices, which have resulted in concentration of production and the elimination of most small farmers. Are we wrong or right to have chosen technology over status quo?

England can no longer feed itself. 60 million people in a country the size of Mississippi with an average rainfall of approximately 25 inches. The government micro-manages agriculture. It leans against modern agricultural practices. Much of it is subsidized. Pol-itics controls imports. As if England did not have enough problems, Prince Charles has taken it upon himself to tell us we should follow their model. He says we need a “new system of accounting for sus-

During this time of year more people look to per-forming the annual home deep cleaning. This entails chores like washing drapes, cleaning blinds, wiping out window seals, mopping down walls and much more. Be careful and remember that cleaners, deter-gents and other harsh chemicals need to be handled with caution.

Always remember cleaners or other chemicals need to be stored in a location that children cannot get into. Many of the containers and bottles that they come in can make the chemical appear to be a beverage or other food item. Be sure to have the number of your local poison control nearby in case of unintentional ingestion.

Never use a cleaning agent without first reading the product label, especially if you are considering mixing cleaning compounds. Look for the signal words: cau-tion, warning and danger. These signal words indi-

tainability.” He points to Walmart’s backing of local sourcing of food and sustainable or organic produce as a reason to be hopeful that our industry is listen-ing. He is joined by the animal rights/environmen-talist activists denouncing America’s “mega farms” and accusing us of cruelty to animals and pollution.

By 2050 the world population will have increased 20% to 9.4 billion. If Prince Charles can convince us to limit our food production, and Canada, Aus-tralia and India follow suit, who will feed us? Ar-gentina? Brazil? Russia? Maybe by then, Africa will have finally overcome itself and become self-supporting and change our import staples to Taro root and bamboo shoots.

Here Chuck…let me put this paper bag over your head. What is wrong with this picture? You need to take a course in Colonist Common Sense. Surely someone in your country must understand that a “new system of accounting for sustainability” has the profundity of “Yearning for Chickens that have no Bones.” Charlie…the Sheriff of Nottingham thought he could take all the peasant’s crops, and tools, and oxen away, and they would continue to farm! You point to Walmart as a good example.

cate the level of toxicity. Danger signifies the highest hazard level.

If you are planning to use bleach in your cleaning make sure to review the mixture portions.

  • 1 tablespoon of bleach per gallon of water—Is needed to kill foodborne germs like E. coli and sal-monella on kitchen surfaces.  • 3 tablespoons of bleach per gallon of water—On nonporous surfaces like wooden cutting boards and for soaking kitchen cloths.  • For more information about the uses of bleach for disinfecting surfaces visit the American Chem-istry Council’s website at: http://chlorine.american-chemistry.com/FAQs/Chlorine-Bleach  • It is also important to clean the surfaces before disinfecting. It is possible for bleach to react chemi-cally with organic matter in dirt possibly leaving behind live pathogens.

Walmart would not exist today if they restricted their sales to home-grown organic food. They have be-come the biggest corporation in the world by selling groceries, tires, meat, clothes, wine, pliers and guns manufactured by the cheapest bidder, whether it’s Chile, Hong Kong, or Vino Fino!

What is amazing to me is that Prince Charles’ subjects seem to be blind or ignorant or complacent to the consequences of this royal balderdash. The Limeys have become Loonies! Family farms in the U.S. and Canada survive by using the same technology that is available to our mega-farms! Our small farmers are innovative, hard working and committed to making a profit.

When you turn your farmers back into peasants, you get the kind of agriculture you are promoting now. But when you give them the ability, incentive, and freedom to produce the best that nature, sweat and technology allows, you get the American and Cana-dian Horn of Plenty. Call us when you’re hungry.

“I have watched this famous island descending incon-tinently, fecklessly, the stairway which leads to a dark gulf.” Winston Churchill, While England Slept.

When using a ladder to help reach those hard to get areas around the house, remember these tips from the American Ladder Institute to keep you safe.   • Choose a ladder long enough that you don’t have to stand on the top rung or step.  •  Inspect  the  ladder  before  climbing. Do  not  use rickety ladders or ladders with lose or missing parts.  • Ensure the duty rating of the ladder is more than the total weight of the climber, tools and other objects that will be placed on the ladder.  • Place the ladder on firm, level ground.  • Only allow one person on the ladder at a time.  • Use  three points of contact  to reduce the risk of slipping or falling. Face the ladder with two hands and one foot or two feet and one hand in contact with the ladder or side rails.  • Wear slip resistant shoes.

It is our hope that you will be safe while cleaning around the house this summer.

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The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2004 allows you to get a free credit report from each of the three major credit bureaus (Equifax, TransUnion and Experian) once a year. A credit report contains information about where you live, if you pay your bills in a timely manner and other financial information. Your credit report can be used by companies who plan to sell you credit or insurance or by potential employers or landlords to help determine if they should extend their services to you. The only official free location to check your credit report is at www.annualcreditreport.com. You can also call toll free at 1-877-322-8228, or you can request it through regular mail by filling out an online form. Other companies may claim to have free credit reports, but their reports are not really free or they have “strings attached.” Consider this information regarding credit reports. •  Monitor  your  credit  throughout  the  year by checking the report from one of the three credit bureaus. December near year end, April during tax preparation and August during back to school are good times to remember to request your reports. The key is to look for inaccurate or unauthorized activity. Examples might be a late payment showing on the report, even though you have paid off the balance and closed the account, or an account you did not open. You should contact the credit bureau and request that they correct the information. You can dispute credit bureau errors by writing a letter. Sample letters can

be found online. The quickest way to dispute information is on the credit bureau website when you get your report. Follow the links provided on the website. The credit bureau has 30 days to correct the inaccurate information. • Check your credit score. When applying for credit, it is helpful to know that your report is in good shape and you have a good credit score. Unfortunately, your free credit report will not show your credit score for free. You can request your score for a fee from any of the three credit bureaus, but the best place to check your score is at www.myfico.com since the FICO score is the score that companies usually use when you apply for credit. •  Know  your  rights.  If  a  company  takes adverse action against you, such as denying your application for credit, insurance or employment based on information in your report, you are entitled to a free report under federal law, even if you have requested your free report within the past 12 months. You must ask for your report within 60 days of receiving notice of the action. The notice will give you the name, address and phone number of the credit reporting agency. You’re also entitled to one free report a year if you are unemployed and plan to look for a job within 60 days, if you’re on welfare or if your report is inaccurate because of fraud, including identity theft. • If you have been the victim of identity theft, request that the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies place “fraud alerts” in

your file. This will let potential creditors and others know you have been the victim of fraud. Although it may delay your ability to obtain credit, a fraud alert can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you. You can place a fraud alert in your file by calling one of the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies. That credit bureau will notify the other two, which will then also place fraud alerts in your file. • If you suspect your minor child’s information has been used fraudulently, contact the credit reporting agencies directly and also report the illegal use of your child’s information to law enforcement. The credit reporting agencies do not knowingly maintain credit files on minor children, but to report fraud, you can give each agency your child’s complete name, address, date of birth and a copy of his or her birth certificate and social security card. They will need a copy of your driver’s license or other government-issued proof of your identity that includes your current address. They will also need a utility bill containing your current address. For additional on identity theft, check online at www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft.

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AUTOMOTIVEFOR SALE ‑ 1995 Pontiac Firebird. Red, black leather interior, t‑tops, Corvette engine. Loaded. 65,000 miles. $5,000 including Eagle tires, never mounted. Call Doug, 801‑277‑1578.

FARM EQUIPMENTI BUY, SELL, TRADE AND LOCATE all kinds of farm machinery. Bale wagons, tractors, tillage, planting, harvesting equip‑ment, etc. I have a large inventory at this time. Palmer Equipment is located one mile south of Manti on Highway 89. 435‑835‑5111 or Cell: 435‑340‑1111. www.balewagons.com.FOR SALE: 1486 International tractor with duals. Very good condition, shed stored for two years. 8555 Case baler, very good condition, not used for two years, shed stored. Kaysville. 801‑698‑7014.FOR SALE: 3 quarter mile wheel lines: two are Western and one is Wade Rain. Era, UT 435‑882‑4298. FOR SALE: 40” heavy‑duty cat 1 PTO‑driven Italian rototiller for small tractor. Ideal for 20‑‑25 HP utility tractor. Great for horse arena and round pen maintenance and larger gardens. $350. Morgan, UT. Call George at 801‑949‑8373.FOR SALE: 6’ Eversman ditcher (pull‑type) $100. Used pipe 40’ of 12” reinforced concrete pipe, $1.00/ft. 52’ of high‑pressure 14” PVC (3/4” thick), $2.00/ft. Jay Webb, Riverton, UT; Cell – 801‑703‑6278 or Home – 801‑571‑8186.FOR SALE: Steel grain bin on 4 legs – 6 ton of wheat, $500. Flat bed for pick‑up 7x8 with stake pockets and 5’ stock sides, $300. 435‑654‑1290FOR SALE: 1953 Allis‑Chalmers model CA. Runs, $1,200. 801‑277‑1578FOR SALE: Dump Truck hoist for 2‑½ ton truck, complete with pup and power take off. 5th wheel trailer hitch for pick‑up. Call 801‑391‑6663.WANTED: Looking for a good tractor 45 to 90 horsepower. If it has a loader that would be great! Also need a New Holland 1036 bale wagon, a bull squeeze chute, calf table, and portable cattle loading ramp. Dave (801) 243‑9890.

LIVESTOCKOUTSTANDING HEREFORD BULLS: Yearling Hereford bulls you will really like and possessing the best genetics to be found anywhere in the country. Buy them as yearlings and get an extra year of use. Well grown out but not fat, these youngsters are ready to go to work for you. Lowell Peterson, Peterson Bros. Herefords (801) 540‑1001.

REAL ESTATEPRESTON, IDAHO 371‑acre gravity irrigated farm with one center pivot. $1,420,000 with owner financing possible, if approved. Several other farms, ranches and smaller parcels in Southeast Idaho from Preston to Malad to Marsh Valley and Grace, Idaho. Go to our website at bensonrealtors.com to view both information and pictures. Call or e‑mail with questions or for more details. Vaughn Benson, office: 435 753‑0960, home: 435 753‑4999, e‑mail: bensonrealtors@yahoo.com.

Price Reduction! $84,900 for 26.9 ac along Hwy 36 in Mink Creek, Idaho. 300 water shares. Beautiful home site. Home on 4.01 acres in Lewiston: Beautifully updated home, Outbuildings and heated shop. 10 Acres in Trenton, $78,000. Excellent farmland. Ideal Ranchette. Wellsville Home on 1 acre 6 beds, 2 3/4 baths, garden, country setting. Dairy Farm in Cache Valley: 41 acres. Irrigated. Updated home, excellent crops. Double 5 Herringbone parlor. Clarkston Land A 57 and a 63‑acre parcel with large fish pond. Must be sold together. Townhomes in Franklin Idaho $119,900, 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, 1,500 sq ft, garage. Legacy Ranch Homes: In Franklin, Idaho. Equestrian, lakeside and view lots. Homes from $149,900. Contact Brent Parker, @Home Realty, (435)881‑1000.FOR SALE: Half‑acre lot on the Snake River in Buhl, ID with power, well, and septic. Across river from golf course. Asking 80,000 or best offer. Ramona, 435‑590‑3034FOR SALE: Forest Service grazing permit for 131 cattle. Summer range in Manti Canyon near Manti, Utah. 435‑673‑0667, Scott Lamb. FOR SALE: 64 acres farm ground in Lewiston, Cache County Utah. 64 water shares. Wheel line for entire 64 acres. Property at 804 West 800 North on road heading north into Preston, ID. For more information call Loron Marler at 801‑782‑4768 or write PO Box 12505, Ogden, UT 84412‑2505.

MISCELLANEOUSUTAH VACATION IDEA! Hiking, fishing, hunting, mountain biking, horse trails, more. Everything’s close to the Rosebud Guest House. Near Ashley NF, Strawberry River, Starvation. Fully equipped cabin. Pet‑friendly. Corrals. Reservations, more information: 435‑548‑2630, 1‑866‑618‑7194, walsh.weathers@gmail.com, www.rosebudguesthouse.com.BORDER COLLIE PUPS for sale. Purebred, registered, champion herding blood lines, males & female, great markings, 1st shots, dew claw removed, Great work dogs or pets, Parents on site. Give me a call to see 435‑229‑3861.WANTED TO BUY: Old License Plates, especially pre‑1950, 1920s and 1930s tonnage plates, 1943 window sticker, 1959 motorcycle, exempt or quarterly plates, etc. Old, rusty, partial plates just fine. Thanks for looking. Mark Wallentine, mantuamark@yahoo.com, (435) 723‑2492

AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESSK Hart Management Overseas Job Opportunity: Position: Assistant Manager, Farm and Ranch Operations. General Description: Salt Lake City, UT based company with substantial international agricultural holdings is seeking an as‑sistant manager for a two year overseas assignment with its expanding South Africa operations. The position will be located at the company’s farm/ranch in Gauteng Province, approximately 1 hour east of Johannesburg.The assistant manager will work closely with the local general manager on all aspects of the existing operation as well as new growth initiatives. More information is available at http://skhart.com/?page_id=140. Interested candidates should submit their qualifications to Ken Saunders, Senior Vice President, via email to ksaunders@skhart.com.

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