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Oregon Farmer’s Response to Glyphosate in Cereal
l am a farmer, and it does a disservice to Oregon when news outlets publish stories like “Weed-killing chemical found in cereals, oat products, report says”. I spend considerable time trying to educate the public about modern agriculture, and articles like this do...
Linn-Benton Summer Update
The last few months have been exciting here for Linn/Benton Chapter. Our April meeting was held at Kristi Miller’s house. Of course one of our big topics was the OWA Auction. We had a guest speaker, Teri Plagmann. She is running for Linn County Circuit Court Judge,...
Marion-Clackamas Summer Update
The Marion-Clackamas chapter kicked off summer with a social in June held at the McNary Golf Course Restaurant in Keizer. We had many members attend auction and it was a fantastic evening. Kudos to all OWA members who volunteered their time and talents to make...
Polk County Summer Update
Polk OWA has had a busy spring. Our meetings have been consumed with considering plans for the 2019 Annual OWA meeting. We are excited to finalize our plans so we can share the information with you! Watch for details very soon! Our summer plans include a booth at the...
Lane County Summer Update
We finished the Ag in the Class literacy project strong and read to 46 class rooms. That is up 12 class rooms from last year. Thank you to Angie Gibson for taking on this huge task of scheduling and thank you to all our Volunteers for their time. Our 2nd Annual root...
Lane County Spring Update
When I think of Spring I think of Crop ID signs. The season is starting and we are excited to have our Crop ID signs up in our area for the public to enjoy. Our Membership continues to grow. We are at 36 members. Fun fact – April 2013 we only had 9 Lane County...
Polk County Spring Update
We started off the New Year with a wonderful challenge, judging 41 essays from our Constitutional Essay contest! High school students from Polk, Marion and Benton Counties participated. Each entry received a $5 Dutch Bros. card and a pocket Constitution. A bonus $10...
Yamhill County Spring Update
We are gearing up for Auction coming very soon and Ag Fest as well. Eunice is still looking for volunteers to man the Ag Fest booth; so if any of you would like to volunteer for the Saturday and Sunday after auction, she would really appreciate it. We had our last...
Eastern Oregon Spring Update
We have just wrapped up our 4th annual tractor driving certification course and we are happy to say it was another successful year. We want to thank Morrow County Grain Growers for the use of their facility, our instructor Daniel Bolen, our members who cooked and...
Central Oregon Spring Update
We are in full swing planting mode. Included a few carrot planting pictures. Our chapter is spread all over Central Oregon but we managed a meeting online. We just approved donations to Ag In The Classroom & Summer Ag Institute. And are planning on reading to some...