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AGRICULTURE
THE BEGINNINGS OF GROWTH
County
Roots
First filbert tree in Oregon was planted near Scottsburg
in 1858; turkeys, prunes, sheep, much more has followed
JOHN SOWELL
The News-Review
ou’d probably
Y never guess look-

ing around but
Douglas County
was home to the state’s
first filbert tree.
Yes, back before France
imposed upon the state’s
nut industry to rename
their precious product a
hazelnut because appar-
ently the French didn’t
understand what a filbert
was, Douglas County
played an important role
in its development as a
cash crop.
Sam Strictland, a former Hud-
son’s Bay Co. employee from Fort
Umpqua, planted the first filbert
tree near Scottsburg in 1858, a year
before Oregon became a state.
The tree remained healthy until
1999, when the owner of the prop-
erty the tree sat on cut it down
because it was hanging over his
house that he was trying to reno-
vate. While the owner didn’t real-
ize the importance of the tree, a
local master gardner did and was
able to recover some starts and Courtesy photo
Douglas County once boasted a thriving turkey industry, but it has faded out. The first filbert tree, such as the one above,
Please turn to ROOTS, page 7 in the state was planted in 1858 near Scottsburg.
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AGRICULTURE
Production
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Climate, soil allows for a variety of crops, livestock
PAUL CRAIG of crops to grow, while ani-
The News-Review mals from alpacas to swine
C
hristmas trees and are also raised successfully
wine grapes. Cattle throughout the area.
and blueberries. Wood “With all the different animals that we
and lambs. can grow in the county, and the different
crops, there’s something for everyone,”
It is all grown and produced said Shelby Filley, livestock and forage ANDY BRONSON/The News-Review
in Douglas County. A mild Raising beef cattle, filberts and grass hay are all part of the agricultural scene in
climate allows for a variety Please turn to OPTIONS, page 5 Douglas County. Farm sales for the county last year totaled $75.1 million.
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Page 20 — Organic farmers grow for a
Page 4 — Mild climate and different soils niche market.
allow variety of agriculture in county.
Page 25 — Farmers Market offers fresh
Page 6 — Ag sales in Douglas County were produce weekly.
$75.1 million last year.
Page 26 — Outside jobs help families to
Page 10 — Douglas County has 5,071 maintain farming or ranching lifestyles.
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Options
Officials say there’s potential for more
Continued from page 4 take upward of 180 days to
mature, Renquist said.
Agricultural land is also more
specialist at the Oregon State affordable compared to bigger
University Extension Service population centers, making it easi-
office in Roseburg. er for people to come to the coun-
Cattle was the county’s top ty and start growing products that
selling agricultural commodity in are in demand to try and turn a
2006, followed closely by small profit. It’s making that profit
woodlots. Cattle had nearly $21 which can be difficult.
million in sales in 2006, repre- “The reason that some indus-
senting 28 percent of Douglas tries started and haven’t flour-
County’s total sales in the agricul- ished is that we are a long way
tural industry. Five other agricul- from the market, so our farmers
tural products had sales of more have higher freight cost,” Ren-
than $3 million in 2006, including quist said.
nursery and greenhouse crops It’s important, Renquist said, to
which had more than $11 million grow a type of product that is
in total sales. unique to the region. Blueberries
In 2005, Douglas County had 53 grown in California, Washington
nursery and greenhouse operations and the Willamette Valley all
growing plants on 580 acres. Not ripen at different times. Growing
bad, but nowhere near the state’s a variety in Douglas County that
ANDY BRONSON/The News-Review
top grower in that industry. ripens in-between those is key.
Clackamas County had 477 grow- “So, at least you’ve got a peri- The wide variety of products grown in Douglas County include cantaloupes, wine grapes and
ers on 13,500 acres for gross sales od of time when you can domi- Christmas trees.
of $206.5 million. nate, when demand will come animals also occupy a lot of Dou- optimum place for sheep, howev- that product into what humans
“What we’ve really noticed is rushing to you,” Renquist said, glas County’s acreage. Historical- er. Wet soils in the winter time are can use, like food and fiber,” she
people are trying to find a niche pointing to the success of Norris ly, Douglas County was the not beneficial for horses or cattle, said.
and grow crops that do well in Farms near Umpqua, which ships state’s top sheep producer. but sheep can continue grazing The consumption of grass by
Western Oregon, but at the same hundreds of thousands of pounds That is no longer the case, as for a longer period of time in such animals leads to products such as
time provide an economic of blueberries around the world sheep and lambs represent only 3 conditions. meat, eggs, and fiber, wool and
return,” said Steve Renquist, every year. percent of Douglas County’s agri- The hillside pastures prevalent fleece that are used for clothing.
OSU Extension Service horticul- Renquist said the success of cultural commodity sales. in the area also work well for Filley said if the grass and shrubs
ture agent in Roseburg. some of the local growers could Sheep numbers have declined sheep, Filley said. that are so prevalent in Douglas
There are upsides and down- be a blueprint for others. “There’s over the last 40 years, Filley said. Douglas County ranchers bene- County were not taken advantage
sides to the agricultural industry in no questions there’s just huge In 2006, Linn County produced fit from the ability to grow nice of in that way, they wouldn’t be
Douglas County, Renquist said. potential growth in high quality 62,500 head of sheep, while Dou- pastures many months of the nearly as beneficial.
The biggest selling point for the things like wine grapes or blue- glas County only had 44,000. year. That isn’t possible in East- “It’s nice to be able to integrate
area is its growing season. berries or filberts and that sort of “The difference nowadays is ern Oregon due to colder weather, it all and I think that’s what we do
The local growing season is thing,” he said. “We’re talking predators,” Filley said, adding for example. in Douglas County,” she said.
210 days because Douglas Coun- thousands of acres that could still that years ago the market for “Our biggest commodity, real- • You can reach reporter Paul
ty has mild weather in both the see growth in this area.” sheep also dropped. ly, is grass and we use our ani- Craig at 957-4211 or by e-mail at
summer and winter. Most crops A large number of different Douglas County remains an mals to harvest grass and convert pcraig@newsreview.info.
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AGRICULTURE
Ag sales
County in the middle of the
Ag sales road
Douglas County’s agriculture
commodity sales in 2006. Crops glas County is devoted to vegetable
accounted for 65 percent of all sales, crops, with 210 acres used for specialty
livestock for 35 percent. crops. A total of 1,850 acres goes to agri-
cultural production that wasn’t specified
15% in statistics reported to the Oregon Agri-
Nursery and
greenhouse 5% cultural Information Network.
crops Other hay Crop sales totaled $49.3 million last
JOHN SOWELL cultural sales last year of $585.3 million. 5% 2% year in Douglas County. Specialty crops
Clackamas County, one of three urban Christmas Vegetable
The News-Review trees and other accounted for the bulk of that figure,
counties that make up the Portland met- crops
27% $35.5 million. Hay and other forage
D ouglas County ranks ropolitan area, recorded $394.6 million in 5% Small crops totaled $5.8 million in sales, while
farm sales. Other
just ahead of the mid- The bulk of Douglas County’s 39,272 animal
woodlots
tree fruits and nuts raised $4.6 million.
products The sale of cattle and calves raised $20.9
dle of the pack when it acres of active farmland is devoted to hay
and other forage crops. A total of 35,000 28% million, 10th among Oregon counties.
comes to agricultural sales. Cattle Malheur County led the state with $80
acres is devoted to that purpose.
The county ranks 16th Only one other county west of the Cas- 5% million in cattle sales, while Klamath
3% 6% Wine County reported $71.3 million in sales of
among Oregon’s 36 counties, cade Range — Linn County — tops Dou- Sheep Other grapes
cattle.
glas County in acreage used for hay and and lambs
with farm sales last year of forage crops. Linn County has 36,000
crops
Douglas County also reported sales of
$75.1 million. acres of farmland in that category. All crops sales $49,256,000
$4.9 million worth of miscellaneous ani-
Two counties that might not Both figures are dwarfed, however, by All livestock sales $25,863,000 mals, including sheep and pigs. That
those from 10 counties in central and Source: Extension Economic
ranked fifth in the state, behind Linn,
necessarily be viewed at first eastern Oregon. Lake County in south- Information Office/OSU Clackamas, Jackson and Marion coun-
blush as farm counties — eastern Oregon has 128,500 acres of land
LACEY HOYER/The News-Review
ties. Altogether, animal sales accounted
used for hay and forage crops. Harney for $25.9 million of Douglas County’s
Marion and Clackamas — County devotes nearly as many acres, farm revenue. That placed the county
top the list. 127,400, for that use, while Malheur devoted to tree fruits and nuts. Eleven 17th in that category.
County next to the Idaho border has other counties, including Hood River
Marion County, the seat of state gov- 97,510 acres in hay. County with 13,787 acres, better Douglas • You can reach reporter John Sowell
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AGRICULTURE
Harold Kruse,
County son of Edward

Kruse and Lucy
Brock Kruse,
with a crate of
Roots
strawberries
picked at Kruse
Farms located
on Roberts
Creek, circa
1913.
Some ag products haven’t lasted

Continued from page 3 the Umpqua River and con- Smith, who settled
tinued downstream about on a donation land
some suckers from the filbert and have 20 miles before finding the claim in Green.
them planted in different parts of the site of the first house built When Alonzo
state. in the Umpqua Valley. It Courtesy photo Brown arrived in
Several other agricultural industries in belonged to a man known Douglas County in
Douglas County have also disappeared as “Joe,” described in some accounts as a 1811. Historical accounts speculate that fall 1859, he wrote that oats were selling
rather unceremoniously. The county used Native American and in others as being Joe’s starts may have come from one of for $1 for a dozen sheaves, or bundles.
to be the home of thriving commodities Indian and French-Canadian. those plantings. That year, he helped D.W. Stearns thresh
such as turkey, hops, prunes, wheat, oats Work recorded that Joe, “the master of The men of Fort Umpqua, a Hudson’s oats at a farm two miles below Elkton.
and broccoli. the only house that is here, has a small Bay outpost established in 1836, planted Brown and his brother, Henry, also hand-
The first mention of cultivated agricul- patch of potatoes, which appear in a most fruit trees, grain and vegetables. They sowed more than 100 acres of oats on
ture in what would become Douglas healthy and thriving condition,” accord- also kept livestock. their own farm.
County was found in the journal of John ing to an account in the research library The first sheep were driven north from The following year, so many other
Work, a brigade leader for the Hudson’s at the Douglas County Museum. California to the Willamette Valley in the farmers planted oats that supply out-
Bay Co. Work was a member of an expe- Potatoes were first planted on an island 1840s by the Hudson’s Bay Co. and stripped demand. A dozen sheaves only
dition that came to the Umpqua Valley in of the Columbia River in 1795 by the American settlers. The first permanent brought a quarter that year.
1834. crew of the ship Ruby. Subsequent plant- herds in the Umpqua Valley didn’t arrive
The group traveled from Elk Creek to ings were made by the Astor party in until the early 1850s, possibly by Charles Please turn to ROOTS, page 34
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AGRICULTURE
After 34 years
John James is
Small but productive closing his orchard
business, James
Orchard, in Winston.
Croplands
He will be taking all
of his trees out,
except for 500
cherry trees for the
wholesale market,
and putting in a
cover crop, such as
grass, on that land.
Land use laws should protect prime ag land MICHELLE ALAIMO/The News-Review
ANDY BRONSON/The News-Review

An aerial view shows the division of farm land to the left and subdivisions on the right of Garden Valley Road outside the city limits of Roseburg.
CHRIS GRAY different variety of peaches James said he plans to keep 500 cher- Umpqua rivers and Calapooya Creek.
The News-Review ry trees for the wholesale market, and a Don Kruse, the patriarch of the Kruse
will be ripe until mid-Sep- few peach trees for his own use and for Farms family, said there are only a hand-
J
ohn James has run an tember. farmer’s markets, but most of them will ful of full-time produce farmers left in
But this will be the last be pushed out, and the land put into Douglas County. With James cutting
orchard outside Winston growing rye grass. back his work with the pruning shears,
for 34 years, fulltime for year to buy fruit at the “The life of a farmer is not normal,” that will be one less.
the past 10. orchard. James is getting rid James said. “I’m concerned about some young
Douglas County has 5,071 square people taking our place,” said the 76-
He planted all his fruit of most of his trees, and clos- miles, a little smaller than the state of year-old Kruse.
trees after he bought the 26 ing down his at-the-orchard Connecticut. But only about 1 percent of Kruse Farms owns about 500 acres
sales. that land, 54 square miles is considered and leases another 100. About half of that
acres; he has 3,000 trees to be high value cropland by the Dou- is devoted to row crops: melons, can-
today. “We’re doing OK, but we’re going to glas County Planning Department. taloupe and sweet corn. The Kruses also
cut back a lot,” James said. “This is Most of this land lies on the bottom-
James’ orchard had a going to be our last year on a retail lands, along the Umpqua and South Please turn to CROPLANDS, page 11
bumper crop this year, and level.”
AGRICULTURE
After choosing
Croplands and cutting it

from the vine,
Jeff Kruse
throws a
watermelon
over his
shoulder to
Prime agricultural land protected one of the
workers at
Kruse Farms in
cauliflower industry. a bottomland
Continued from page 10
Kruse doesn’t see a lot field along Curry
of prime agriculture land Road and near
have 60 acres in orchards, with peaches, getting paved over as the South
plums and cherry trees. real estate. Umpqua River.
And they grow hay on much of the The rich soils are in
rest. the floodplains, and in
“We have some real low bottomland the uplands the topsoil
that we don’t irrigate,” Kruse said. “We usually supports only
can get four cuttings of alfalfa without grazing or rye grass.
irrigation.” “That same ground
He said agriculture has changed dra- would not raise alfalfa,”
matically with the times in this county. said Kruse. Alfalfa is the main source of Without a zone change or possible County planner Chuck Perino said the
Large farms in the Midwest make Ore- hay. Measure 37 request, land zoned exclu- application will just be harder to process
gon unprofitable for many crops like Much of the county’s rural land that sive farming use can only have one non- if it doesn’t conform to state land rules or
field corn and wheat. has been subdivided for housing devel- farm structure for every 80 acres. current zoning patterns.
The county used to be known for its opments in recent years has been on the But if a landowner wanted to develop “We’re very property-rights-oriented
turkeys, its prune plums and its cauli- oak-covered hillsides that have thin soil. property, the county planning department here,” Perino said. “We do what we can
flower. to say, ‘Yes.’”
The state has strict land use laws that will work with the landowner to develop
Today, there is not one turkey at the
county fair. The market for prunes disap- protect prime agricultural land from anything, regardless of the sustainability
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The News-Review
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man for homegrown beef.
“It’s a grade above whatever you At right, butcher Josh Witten and butcher’s assistant Victor Henry of Oakland Lockers work at the Shrum-Wright ranch in
can buy at the grocery store,” said Glide recently. Randy Shrum sells 15 to 20 ‘whole beef’ each summer to customers in Oregon in conjunction with Oakland
Rick Champion, a Portland resident Lockers.
of about six years and formerly of On a recent late July morning at the keeping with the all-natural beef busi- label, Shrum checks their health with
Roseburg, who has purchased beef from Shrum-Wright Ranch, five specially ness and tradition, Randy — a sixth-gen- annual blood checks. If tests show any
the Shrum-Wright Ranch in Glide for as ordered beef cattle were humanely put eration Glide resident and also a fourth- deficiencies, he adds specially-blended
long as he can remember. “It’s usually down at the crack of dawn and slaugh- grade teacher at Glide Elementary — minerals or salts to the animals’ food.
superior. We know what they’re fed, tered on site. The beef was prepared for has seen to it that nothing is imported to To be considered organic, Shrum’s cat-
and lean beef is what we want.” “hanging,” a curing process of about the ranch, not calves or even hay. He tle would have to go through a number of
Champion and his wife, Cindy, pur- two weeks, and then butchered and cut sold about 20 whole beef last year. stringent tests, including verification of
chase a side of beef from the Shrum- to order. “They are strictly born here, bred here each animals’ breed, feed, veterinary care
Wright Ranch about once a year. It “We’ve had customers that have been and marketed here,” Shrum said of his and other criteria — including no fertiliz-
sometimes lasts them the duration, but with us for probably 20 years,” said herd of cattle. ers or pesticides used on the ranch —
from time to time they also buy beef Randy Shrum, co-owner of the Shrum- On his 360-acre spread, Shrum looks according to the U.S. Department of
from the grocery store. However, they’d Wright Ranch and manager of the fami- after about 60 cows, 50 yearlings and 50 Agriculture.
prefer to eat only homegrown beef, since ly business for about five years. calves. He leases another 100 acres of “We still worm our cows,” he said.
they’re picky about what they eat and Vern Shrum, Randy Shrum’s grandfa- the ranch nearby. After so many years of business,
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AGRICULTURE
Growth
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Grapes
County wine grape production expands
as sales hit nearly $4 million in 2006
PAUL CRAIG
The News-Review
D
ouglas County had
nearly twice as
many acres of
pinot noir grapes growing
in 2006 than it had of all
wine grapes combined
just 25 years earlier.
The growth of the
Umpqua Valley’s wine
industry isn’t as stagger-
ing as that in Yamhill
County — the undisputed
quantity king of grape
growing in Oregon — but
it’s still substantial.
In 1982, there were 15
vineyards growing 175 MICHELLE ALAIMO/ News-Review file photos
acres of grapes, accord- Abacela Winery vineyard. Owner Earl Jones says the county has yet to fully tap its grape-growing potential.
ing to information provid- because our agricultural land is a little Stephen Reustle of Reustle-Prayer They tried growing other varieties that
ed by the Oregon State Uni- cheaper,” he added. Rock Vineyards got a similar feeling on require extra heat and succeeding in
versity Extension Service There are 15 open tasting rooms in his first trip to Douglas County. growing pinot gris, cabernet sauvignon
Douglas County. At least two more are Reustle had owned a direct marketing and malbec.
office in Roseburg. scheduled to open in 2008. company in New York for 17 years. He The standout, Simmons said, is pinot
People who grow grapes in the and wife Gloria were looking to pur- blanc. It’s not a grape that the area is
In 2006, those numbers reached 36 Umpqua Valley started doing so for a chase a vineyard in Sonoma, when he necessarily known for, but it can be
vineyards and 618 acres. Of those, 470 variety of reasons. found a site listed in Douglas County grown well. “It’s one of those that is yet
acres were harvested which produced Terry and Sue Brandborg own Brand- that looked interesting. to be, not necessarily discovered, but at
1,316 tons of grapes. borg Winery in Elkton. They moved to Reustle traveled to the property near least commercialized,” he said.
It all added up to nearly $4 million Elkton from the San Francisco area hop- Umpqua and was drawn to the shape John Bradley has been growing grapes
worth of wine grape sales in 2006, ing to find the perfect place to grow and grade of the land, along with the at Bradley Vineyards in Elkton since
which accounts for five percent of Dou- pinot noir. vegetation of the grounds. 1983. While pinot noir gets the most
glas County’s total agricultural com- Good wine and a serious approach to “I felt like I was in Burgundy, attention locally and in the state, he said
modity sales for the years. marketing has paid off for the Brand- France,” he said. riesling is another grape that the
“The mild climate in our county borgs. Their first bottling produced Steve Simmons, who started planting Umpqua Valley, and specifically Elkton,
allows the grape growers to come here 2,500 cases in 2002. Production Misty Oaks Vineyards in 2000, has dis- grows well.
and grow both varieties from Northern increased to 15,000 cases by 2006. covered that this area can produce quali- It also shows the variety of grapes that
California and the Willamette Valley,” It all started with a trip to Elkton. ty Bordeaux varietals. can grow locally.
said Steve Renquist, OSU Extension “As soon as we drove into the area, it Simmons and wife Christy are caber-
Service horticulture agent in Roseburg. had the right feel and looked right,” said net fans and the cabernet grapes they
“On top of that, they come here Terry Brandborg. grew in their vineyards turned out well. Please turn to GRAPES, page 21
Monday, August 27, 2007–The News-Review, Umpqua Edition Roseburg Oregon, Page 17
AGRICULTURE
The Boer
A Boer goat
buckling,
props him-
self on a
fence at
Ewetopia
the Merrier
Farms near
Oakland.
Goat breed gains popularity as meat source

CHRISTIAN BRINGHURST between 90 and 95 cents Boer goat than
The News-Review you do a dairy
per pound, said Marilyn goat,” Marilyn
Burke. Boer goats, pri- said, explain-
ing that 55 to
O AKLAND — It took a marily used for breeding 57 percent of a

precipitous drop in stock when they were first Boer goat is
the price of sheep to brought to North America JON AUSTRIA/The News-Review converted into
meat versus
lead Oakland ranch- from South Africa in the al consortium of goat ranchers currently 48 to 49 percent of a dairy goat.
ers Cliff and Marilyn Burke mid ‘90s, now fetch around led by Marilyn Burke, reports that 80 per- Aside from being president of OMGP,
$1.10 per pound, she said. cent of the world’s population eats goat a group comprised of about 400 mem-
to explore the market in Boer meat, with the U.S. importing more than bers from four states that was started in
meat goats. Boer goats are a large, sturdy breed,
20 million pounds of goat meat per year. Douglas County in 2003 to promote the
The high demand helps account for the meat goat industry, Marilyn and Cliff
Sheep prices slipped to and the Burkes have found “there’s a stability of goat prices, which have been Burke work full time at their 140-acre
between 50 and 55 cents per great demand for the meat, not necessari- Elkhead Road ranch, Ewetopia Farms.
on the rise recently. The high meat con-
ly in this county, but in the bigger cities,”
pound in the 1990s, though said Marilyn.
tent is also a good selling point for poten-
tial buyers.
they’ve since recovered to Oregon Meat Goat Producers, a region- “You get quite a bit more meat out of a Please turn to GOATS, page 21
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Sheep numbers slump

Production of lamb in county has decreased due to price, people’s taste, market, predators
ERIK SKOOG
The News-Review
T
here just isn’t as
much of a future in
sheep as there used
to be.
Sheep production in
Douglas County has
dropped drastically dur-
ing the past 26 years
while market fluctuations
have led to changes in
livestock production.
Generally, livestock
production is down in
sheep, cattle, hogs and
chickens, according to the
National Agricultural
Statistics Service Web
site. The decline is espe-
cially sharp for sheep,
however. Since there were JON AUSTRIA/The News-Review
98,000 head in 1983, LaVerne Murphy, a retired Umpqua area sheep rancher, remembers when there was 100,000 sheep in Douglas
numbers have steadily County. Murphy said declining lamb prices, predator problems and disease were factors in sheep numbers declining.
dropped to the current
fetching $89.60. lambs now, Murphy said the decline Murphy said.
2006 estimate of about The expense of maintaining a flock can also be attributed to predators, dis- Kathy Panner, a partner in Cedar
44,000 sheep (ewes, and of sheep is also outstripped by the rel- eases like footrot and the labor-inten- Park Grazing in Riddle, said many
lambs that go to market by atively lower cost of maintaining a sive lambing and feeding process. lamb growers have switched to cattle
herd of cattle, said longtime sheep “They will tell you today that it because they are less difficult to
6 months old). rancher LaVerne Murphy of Umpqua. takes more sheep than cattle to make a tend.
At 93 years old, Murphy may well good living,” Murphy said. Predators such as coyotes, dogs and
The trend is a national one, said know everything there is to know Feeding cattle is also easier than cougars are also more of a threat to
Janet Shea, an agricultural statistician about the business of raising sheep. He feeding sheep, and can be done with sheep than cattle because the cattle are
with the Oregon Agricultural Statistics took over his family’s 220-acre farm in large round bales. Sheep, a grazing bigger and more likely to hold their
Service. “People just aren’t eating as 1937, when rose bushes seemed to be animal, can also be fed with hay but it ground and take a stand against a pred-
much lamb as they used to and they’re the main crop, he said. About 30 years has to be flaked off, he said. ator.
(farmers and ranchers) moving on to later, Douglas County was the main Competing markets can also take a “It’s not uncommon to lose 50 head
other things and prices just aren’t as sheep producer in Oregon, until the toll on local ranchers as the importa- in a few days because of predators,”
good,” she said. popularity of cattle took hold. tion of lamb from places like New Panner said of sheep.
A significant price reduction “In the 1970s, the price of lambs Zealand and Australia has increased.
occurred from 2005 to 2006, when 100 weren’t exceeding what could be done “Sometimes it seems like you’ve • You can reach reporter Erik Skoog
pounds of lamb could be purchased for with cattle,” Murphy said. almost got as good a chance in Las at 957-4202 or by e-mail at
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AGRICULTURE
Beef: Fuel costs linked to meat
Continued from page 12 Shrum-Wright Ranch for hanging. It’s a
service he provides about 700 times a
Shrum said his all-natural beef is marketed year to ranchers throughout Douglas
mainly by word-of-mouth. He sells beef County. His on-site butchery is at its
— a minimum of a half — to customers busiest during spring and summer, before
from Redmond to Eugene and Portland. cattle lose any weight.
“They end up calling me,” he said. “People try and get them butchered
One side of beef can weigh as much as before the grass dries,” said Witten, a tall
200 to 225 pounds. Hanging weight is man in his early 30s who bought Oakland
$1.80 a pound, a considerable increase Lockers from his mentor, Jerry Harris,
from $1.20 a pound Shrum charged about nearly six years ago.
six years ago. The price increase has Oakland Lockers has processed beef
caused Shrum to slaughter fewer cattle
for market each year.
for the customers of the Shrum-Wright
Ranch for about 30 years.
Thank you for your cooperation
The drive behind the price increase,
Shrum said, is largely related to the price
“They’re just purchasing the animal
direct from Randy Shrum,” said Witten,
in helping to conserve our landfill
increase in fuel, which also causes the cost
of grain and other food to spike. The fed-
who also charges $0.41 per pound to cut
and wrap the meat to order.
resources. By changing our throw
eral government’s embargo on beef from
Canada the past few years has also caused
Though it takes a considerable up-front
investment, Witten said it pays off to buy a
away habits, we promote a healthier
the price of homegrown beef to increase.
Customers are charged a $60 “kill fee,”
side of beef and have it butchered to order.
“If you were to buy the same amount in pollution free environment.
including a $10 rendering fee for animal the store, I think you’d spend more in the
waste, for every whole beef purchased. long run,” he said. Here’s how we did in 2006
But those fees are paid to Oakland
Lockers, a mobile slaughtering unit. • You can reach reporter Adam Pear- Newspaper ........................ 259.48 tons
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Organic alternative booms

‘Natural’ farmers
finding their niche
JOHN GIVOT
The News-Review
T
he market for organic
foods is thriving all
over the nation, and
Douglas County is no
exception.
The trend is fed by both
consumer demand and
farmers wanting to make
the shift.
There are 11 certified
organic farms in Douglas
County and numerous small
farms that grow their pro-
duce without herbicides and
pesticides, but do not have
certification.
“I think organic is really JON AUSTRIA/The News-Review
keeping agriculture alive, Dede Burning, left, Cheryl Richards and Jimi O'Hare sort orange slice tomatoes at The Berry Patch, in Roseburg.
there is no doubt in my Organic food is loosely defined as years and was certified organic for 15 natural produce. The main outlets for
mind,” said Richard Wilen, having been grown “naturally,” not years. Last year he stopped dealing small-scale growers are farm stands
owner of the 83-acre Hay- using herbicides and pesticides, and it is with the “busy work” required to keep and farmers markets.
defined by the federal regulators from his certification, but said he still farms The markets, which are usually out-
hurst Organic Farm and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. the same. door and seasonal, happen once or twice
Nursery in Yoncalla. “In “We just made up that name and “There is a ‘natural’ move right a week. Farmers have booths from
terms of recruiting new peo- gave it a definition,” Wilen said. “But, now,” he said. “It is essentially organic which they sell their wares directly to
it’s just a word, and kind of a stupid by another name.” consumers.
ple, I think it’s great for word, everything’s organic.” Organic farming is also a benefit for
rural Oregon.” He has been farming for about 30 people who want to buy fresh, local, Please turn to ORGANIC, page 24
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Marilyn Burke
watches over
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lender celebrating 50 years.
ranch near
Oakland.
Marilyn and her
husband Cliff
Burke raise
Boer goats, a
particular breed
of goats from
Africa, that have
been gaining
popularity over
the last several
years.
JON AUSTRIA/The News-Review
Goats: Some people have

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Continued from page 17 They still have a couple dozen sheep, who is an expert in commercial lending and understands
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They own about 130 full-blood Boer with only 15 acres of actual pasture land. personalize your loan to fit your needs.
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Grapes: Pinot noir most popular Lending you more

Continued from page 16 Earl Jones, owner of the Umpqua Val-
ley’s Abacela Winery, said there is no
to work with.
reason to believe growth won’t continue
“I could sell three times as much ries- in the Umpqua Valley.
ling as I have,” Bradley said. He compared it to the growth of Cali-
Douglas County had 347 acres of pinot fornia’s wine industry, saying there isn’t
noir grapes growing in 2006, according much more room to plant in that state, John Godines
to a National Agricultural Statistics Ser- while the Umpqua Valley hasn’t even
vice report. That was the most of any Sr. Commercial Loan Officer
tapped into 1 percent of its potential.
individual grape by far, with pinot gris “We can look at the rate in which new 150 E. Johnson Ave. Coos Bay, OR 97420
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In 1982, there were 38.5 acres of pinot late 90s,” Jones said. “If we keep grow-
noir — both bearing and not bearing fruit ing at that rate, I mean, think what it's Lucette Lovell
— in Douglas County. White riesling was going to be in 50 years.” Commercial Loan Officer
actually the most planted wine grape 25 150 E. Johnson Ave. Coos Bay, OR 97420
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There were no merlot and no pinot gris 541.267.5115 Ext 242
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Organic
Continued from page 20
chemicals can’t be used in production
Because there is no distributor, or mid-

dle man, the farmers earn more for the
limited amount of goods they grow and
sell, allowing small operations to be more
economically feasible.
“If anything it is the growth of the
farmers markets that has helped the small
farmer, and probably the big ones too,”
Wilen said.
Only one farm sells at the Umpqua Val-
ley Farmer’s Market in Roseburg is certi-
fied organic, but all vendors farm without
herbicides or pesticides, according to
Keri Pratt, the market manager.
For a farm to get the organic label, it
must be certified by a third-party organi-
zation, such as Oregon Tilth.
Regulations stipulate that no herbicides
or pesticides be used, and it takes three
years after their use is stopped for a farm
to be able to be certified. It must also
maintain or encourage biological diversi-
ty, and it must have “buffers” between it
and other farms that use chemicals. Ani-
mals, to be certified organic, must not be
given antibiotics or growth hormones,
and their feed must also be organic. JON AUSTRIA/The News-Review
The organic approach is healthier for From left, Devin Mecham, Noreane Walker, Rex Eddings, Betty Rust and Alisha Hatton sort cherry tomatoes at The Berry
both the land and people, Wilen said. It Patch in Roseburg recently.
keeps the herbicides, pesticides and
chemical fertilizers out of the soil, water Janis Bunyard, former president of the Wilen agrees with and emphasizes the organiccenter.org/science.html to see the
sources, streams and rivers. farmers market and current customer, importance of local, and expounds on it studies he references.
“There are studies that show that some said she doesn’t think she gets as much like a connoisseur. Harmon and Noreane Walker own the
things like winter squash, their flesh will nutrition from conventional foods, and “The fresh local thing is the biggest Berry Patch with farms outside of
accumulate pesticide residues and their attributes it in part to the irradiation that thing. It’s huge,” he said. “It’s really a Canyonville, Myrtle Creek, and Rose-
flesh will have 10 times the level of PPM fruits and vegetables get so they will last different food experience. When you go burg. They are the largest organic tomato
(parts per million) of pesticide residue,” a long time. to the Farmers Market, it (produce) is one grower in the Pacific Northwest, accord-
he said. “The seeds will have 100 to one. She said that fresh is more important to day old. When you go the store, nothing ing to Harmon. They are currently pro-
So they will accumulate it in their tissues. her than organic. is that fresh.” ducing about 5,000 pounds or about
Plants will be able to absorb pesticides “A lot of the conventional foods that go Chris Schreiner from Oregon Tilth said 15,000 tomatoes a day, which get shipped
from way back. They stay in the environ- through the supermarket have to last a there is a growing body of studies that all along Interstate 5 from California to
ment like that, they don’t go away. That’s long time, so they treat them,” she said. show that the nutritional quality of food Canada, plus another 1,000 pounds of
why they are so bad. And they probably “Local is my preference. I’ll do local and and the level of antioxidants is higher for
stay in the body too.” fresh and then organic.” organic food than conventional. Go to Please turn to ORGANIC, page 33
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Umpqua Valley farmers work for Saturday customers
CHELSEA DUNCAN nis O’Neill has become the flatbed truck gets loaded up
The News-Review for a quick-paced market that
adept at the smelling makes the drive worthwhile.
earing closing and thumping it takes “She sells it fast,” Dennis
N time at the
Umpqua Valley
Farmers Market in
to know when the fruits
on his wife’s farm in
Green are ripe.
O’Neill said of his wife, adding
that people on the coast greatly
appreciate the fresh produce.
When the O’Neills helped
start the local market more than
Roseburg one recent “It’s grower grown, grower a dozen years ago, it was
Saturday, the O’Neills picked and grower sold,” said because their garden had grown
too large. And even though that
had almost sold out of O’Neill about the produce sold
garden has turned into acres of
at the market in the parking lot
the melons and other of the Mercy Medical Center farmland, they still only sell
produce they’d brought Institute of Rehabilitation. their excess there.
Still, the wares brought to the As the market has moved
from Happy Valley local market on Saturdays are about Roseburg, it has seen vari-
Farm. small-time compared to what ous levels of success in terms of
drawing in both vendors and
Picking the melons Robin O’Neill sells each time ANDY BRONSON/The News-Review
she takes a trip to the Coos Bay Beans such as these are picked in the 24 hours prior to the
the night before, Den- Farmers Market. That’s when Please turn to MARKET, page 29 Saturday Farmers Market to keep them fresh for the customer.
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Outside jobs help beef up the bottom line for some ranching families
CHRISTIAN BRINGHURST school and grading
The News-Review papers.”
On Gary and
anching is a
R family affair for
Dan and Bre-
anne Dawson.
Christi Helbling’s
450-acre spread at
the south end of
Roseburg, she is
the primary ranch-
Both of them grew up er. Gary currently
works for Mercy
on local ranches, and Medical Center
the Dixonville-area doing remodeling,
couple wasted no time and before that he
owned Gary’s Pre-
continuing their family hung Doors and
traditions by buying Cabinets.
“We run about
their first piece of two hundred head
ranch land three years of ewes,” said
into their marriage. Christi, adding that
they used to raise
However, like many cattle and horses on
local families involved their Mistletoe Hill
Lane property, too.
in the agriculture At the age of 60,
industry, they need an Christi still handles
extra source of income feeding, worming
and lambing,
to supplement the though she gets
MICHELLE ALAIMO/The News-Review
ranching operation. help from Gary, 61,
Breanne Dawson, left, gets a shot ready for a sheep as her husband Dan preps the animal to shear while the and her grandchil-
While Dan is running sheep couple work sheep on their ranch near Dixonville recently. While Dan runs sheep and cattle, Breanne teaches dren with things
and cattle on the couple’s Tem- second grade at Sunnyslope Intermediate School in Green for another source of income. But during the sum- like shearing and
ple Brown Road place or their mer, Breanne helps Dan with the ranch work. getting hay.
other property in Glide, Bre- She said her two
the wee hours the next morning before worked animals, they rode roundup ... grown daughters help out when necessary,
anne teaches second grade at Sunnyslope going to bed to rest for the next school day. any part of the ranch work they have
Intermediate. though they’ve lost their taste for it after
“She’s real busy too,” Dan said. done, and that includes my two girls,” growing up doing such chores. “They still
“We’re just starting out, and it’s hard,” Marcia Santos, Breanne’s aunt, also Marcia said. “I think it personally was the grumble about it. They don’t like to help
said Dan. “To make it I shear sheep on supplements her family’s income with a best way to raise a family ... they have a
the side, too.” anymore; they remember how traumatic it
teacher’s salary. She teaches history at very good work ethic, all three of them.”
Dan, 29, also guides hunting parties in was. They make their kids help instead,”
Glide Middle School, while her husband, Don and his father, Gilbert Santos, and
the fall to further supplement their she said, wryly.
Don Santos, focuses on their 800-acre his brother, Paul Santos, grow hay on 45
income. Though Breanne works outside Though the sheep operation pays for
Glide ranch. acres of irrigated pasture, tend between 90
of the home, she helps Dan out on the itself, it doesn’t provide enough income
“There’s very few ranches that are able and 100 mother cows — mostly black to support the couple without Gary’s job.
ranch too. to sustain themselves anymore because of Angus — and care for 200 ewes. Marcia
During her summers off, Breanne, 28, the markets,” said Marcia. “By us work- and Paul’s wife, Rexene — who is Breanne Still, it’s the lifestyle that attracts people
helps tend the 1,000 breeding ewes and
ing it has continued to allow our hus- Dawson’s mother — help out when needed. like the Helblings to ranching.
100 cattle the couple own. Summer tasks Rexene also works outside the home, at “It’s hard to give up the farming, it’s
bands to do the things they like to do.” kind of a way of life,” said Christi, whose
on the ranch include changing irrigation Caddock Electronics.
An added bonus of having a spouse ancestors secured the property through the
lines, building fences, getting hay in the Marcia says one of her favorite aspects
work outside the home is the insurance Donation Land Act three generations ago.
barn and feeding animals. of their lifestyle is getting to help out
benefits offered by employers. “It’s a “I’ve lived on this place my whole life.”
She often does double-duty during the again once school is over for the year.
huge benefit,” Marcia Santos said.
school year. During lambing season, from “Having the time in the evening to
Don and Marcia also involved their
approximately January to April, it’s not check calves or irrigation ... to me that’s • You can reach Web Editor/Assistant City
three children, now grown, in the daily
unusual for Breanne to come home from just the ultimate breath of fresh air, just Editor Christian Bringhurst at 957-4216 or
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school and help with lambing duties until “They did it all. They made hay, they cause I’m not geared 100 percent toward by e-mail at cbringhurst@newsreview.info.
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Glean & Clean

for a worthy cause, aiding county’s less fortunate
So you know ...
For more informa-
tion on gleaning, con-
tact Jackie Ingalls at
445-2424.
ADAM PEARSON time, paid coordinator then.

The News-Review But now the Gleaners are
short of hands. With many
U
MPQUA — Ripe for volunteers well past retire-
ment age, and getting older,
the picking, a wide they have a hard enough time
variety of fruit abound bringing together a full crew.
in Douglas County. Lest it Sometimes Smith has to bring
in ‘retired’ members.
rot on the vine, en masse, the “I re-upped,” explains 76-
Umpqua Gleaners will har- year-old Hugh Fretwell, who
says he was urged to glean
vest it for a good cause. And again by Smith. “The reason I
also take home some of it for glean — I hate waste.”
baked goods. “In biblical times, the
Gleaners went in after the har-
When the blueberry season vest and salvaged what was
came to a close in late July left,” Fretwell further
explained.
at Haven Blueberry Farm in “We do it all,, from cutting
Umpqua, and not enough firewood too picking nec-
fruit remained on the vine to tarines, beets, beans and
apples. “You name it.”
open the “you-pick” busi- ANDY BRONSON/The News-Review Jeanine Caffey, food chairs
ness, but enough to make a Sarah Jutson, 17, and brother Jacob, 14, behind bushes, pick blueberries while their moth-
program coordinator at
UCAN, said the Gleaners’
mess, Susan Haven knew er Geri holds a full bucket of the fruit they gleaned recently at Haven Blueberry Farm in
adoptee families are usually
Umpqua. The family volunteers with the Umpqua Gleaners.
who to call. low-income seniors or others
“(The Gleaners) do a good who’s been a Gleaner for 14 years, sat on them in pails to a “plunk, plunk, plunk” who are disabled and unable
a pail, her usual mode of operation since sound. to glean.
job of getting berries out of she recently had reconstructive ankle ‘”Hey Pam, where ya at?’” Ingalls This past fiscal year, 2006 through
the field,” Haven said. surgery, and picked blueberries plumper hollered out. “’I see you missed some,’” 2007, over 11,000 pounds of gleaned
than marbles from the 4-foot trees. A and pointed to a bunch of fat blueberries produce was brought to UCAN.
With half of each pick going to the volunteer coordinator for the organiza- hanging barely above the ground. First-year Gleaners, the Jutsons kept
Umpqua Community Action Network, tion, Ingalls doesn’t allow her bother- Usually working during the week their fingers busy this summer. In two
the Gleaners split the other half of each some ankle or the long drive from her because UCAN doesn’t open its doors hours, they could sometimes pick nearly
harvest between themselves and home in Camas Valley to deter her from for donations on the weekend, the Glean- 60 pounds of blueberries.
“adoptee” families. They recently spent a picking 20 pounds of blueberries a day. ers begin their day around 9 a.m. and fin- Geri Jutson, of Roseburg, said she and
few hours each morning for a couple of “I’m determined to help the needy,” ish picking by noon; before the day heats her three kids first gleaned for strawber-
weeks harvesting blueberries from rows Ingalls said. “I know what it is to be up. ries at Deer Creek Farms. “It sounded
of shrubs near the Umpqua River. down-and-out.” Fred Smith, a longtime-Gleaner and like a good opportunity to help with the
“It’s something we can share,” Haven Moving down rows of shrubs adjacent president of the organization, said 16 to local food bank and at the same time,
said. to her, a half-dozen other Gleaners 17 years ago, there were about 30 Glean- enjoy some good local produce,” she
One overcast morning, Jackie Ingalls, stripped blueberry bunches and dropped ers ready to pick. They even had a full- said.
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MICHELLE ALAIMO/The News-Review hard on me?
Rob Horn of Roseburg looks at some chain saw wood carvings at Ed Rosemey-
er’s booth at the Umpqua Valley Farmers Market in the Mercy Medical Center
Institute of Rehabilitation parking lot in Roseburg recently. Who has Performance-
Matched implements?
Market: Offers local food, crafts

Continued from page 25 realized the local market included more
than produce.
“They come to support the market,”
customers. “At first we did it mostly for Pratt said of the vendors in general. “And,
the fun because we’d only make $30,” it’s just fun.”
said Janice Bunyard of Bunyard’s Barn- In return, though, vendors say they need
yard of Roseburg, who started out as a the support of the community.
customer in the beginning and then went Karen Wagner, project manager with the
on to sell for seven years. “… When the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
community grasped the idea of healthy, Statewide Farmers’ Market Promotion
local produce, we saw that we could actu- program, said markets in rural areas face
ally make some money.” the most stress and instability, financially
What was up until this year called the speaking.
Douglas County Farmers Market started Market representatives must work to
out at the old Gove’s Market on Diamond raise awareness about the importance of
Lake Boulevard. Bunyard said it then supporting such businesses for customers Which dealer can I rely on
moved to the parking lot of the old Bon used to cheaper and more easily accessible
Marche at the Roseburg Valley Mall, a site food, said Wagner, who visited the local for knowledge and service?
that brought good exposure. market recently. One benefit, for example,
When plans to put in a Red Robin restau- is that money made at farmers markets
rant started up in 2005, the market moved to changes hands in the community seven Who has the right equipment
the Rite-Aid lot on the other side of the times more than if the money were spent for the job?
mall. Hidden behind the trees and shrubbery at a corporate store.
that surrounds the mall, the market was hard Not to mention the healthy eating bene-
to spot for passers-by and customers and fits associated with fresh, local food that EVERYTHING YOU VALUE IS
vendors alike dwindled, vendors say. requires fewer, if any, pesticides. Wagner
A stint in the Home Depot lot failed due
to cramped quarters, said Bunyard, also a
believes urban populations are more keen-
ly aware of the risks of toxins.
RIGHT HERE
past president of the market’s board of “I don’t think (rural residents) feel that
directors and board member since last year. same sort of threat,” she said.
This year’s new spot in the Mercy parking At least one visitor on a recent Saturday
lot, highly visible to drivers on Stewart did understand the value of making a trip
Parkway, seems just right. to the market. Bob Conrad of the
“We’re just now starting to come back Dixonville area enjoys the fresh produce
again,” said Keri Pratt, the market’s man-
ager and a vendor of handmade jewelry.
She said the number of members, at 55
and figures it’s worth paying a bit extra for
it since prices in mainstream grocery
stores are so high anyway.
MONTEITH
now, has remained about the same in recent “The money stays right here,” he added.
E Q U I P M E N T C O M PA N Y
years. But the amount of those who partici- But for more vendors to make the com-
pate has risen since the recent move. mitment to hauling produce into town, 2165 N.E. STEPHENS ST. • ROSEBURG, OR
In recent years, more craft vendors have said O’Neill of Happy Valley Farm, they
joined in. Pratt thinks that adds variety to
the market, though others miss the pro-
need to know there will be more people
like Conrad there to buy it.
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duce focus of the old days. “In order for us to sell more,” he said,
Up until last year, Pratt had traveled to “there’s got to be the potential for us to
the Eugene Saturday Market, but then sell more.”
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AGRICULTURE
Tradition Roseburg-based Umpqua

Dairy has been selling milk
of Quality
products since 1931
TERESA WILLIAMS
The News-Review
U
mpqua Dairy process-
es 600,000 pounds of
milk every day.
Though the compa-
ny has eight distribution
depots across the state, all of
its products are still manufac-
tured in Roseburg, just like
they were when Ormond
Feldkamp and Herb Sullivan
first started selling milk, but-
ter and ice cream to railroad
passengers in 1931.
The business has stayed in
the Feldkamp family.
Ormond’s grandsons, Doug
and Steve Feldkamp, are the
dairy’s major stockholders.
Doug serves as president,
MICHELLE ALAIMO/The News-Review
and Steve is the chief operat-
Sean Fargher, a filler technician at Umpqua Dairy, monitors Vitamin D milk at the Roseburg plant recently.
ing officer.
that we’re all going in the same direc- farms are hard to find now. So the dairy isn’t as high, the dairy also churns butter,
“The joys of a family business are that tion,” Steve said. “... It’s really the buys 70 to 80 percent of its milk from which is cut, wrapped and packaged in
you make your own decisions and you employees that go out and grow the sales. three farms, one in Albany and two in Portland.
run the company the way that you see They grow the production end of things. I Klamath County. The remaining milk For ice cream, sugar and stabilizers are
fit,” Steve said. “We think in terms of think it’s our role to make sure that we’re comes from a cooperative. added to the raw milk before it is pasteur-
long-term viability, not necessarily short- operating as a team.” When the milk arrives in tanker trucks, ized. The ice cream mix travels through
term profits. The business has grown. Today it’s put into one of four silos. Every load stainless steel pipes into a machine where
“As the owner, both my brother and I Umpqua Dairy makes the ice cream mix of milk is tested for antibiotics, growth flavors are added. It comes out through a
work in the business every day,” he said. for Dairy Queen restaurants throughout hormones, bacteria, temperature and sort of giant soft-serve machine that can
“If there’s something on anybody’s mind, the Northwest. Dutch Brothers drinks are quality. Cattle on antibiotics must be kept dish up to 600 half-gallons an hour.
they can come and talk to us. You run it made with Umpqua Dairy milk, too. And separate, according to state law, and After the ice cream is pumped into the
kind of like a family.” students across southern Oregon and Umpqua Dairy won’t use milk from cows containers, it rides a conveyor belt into a
The dairy has grown to 229 full-time some in Lane County will open cartons given growth hormones. It’s one of three freezer with a wind chill factor of 60
employees. About 120 of them work in of Umpqua Dairy milk at school this fall. times during the production process that degrees below zero. It will harden a
Roseburg. The company makes about 60 prod- the milk and products will be tested. three-gallon tub in four hours. The faster
For the last two years, Quality Chekd ucts, including seasonal items like egg The dairy pays farmers according to the ice cream freezes, the creamier it is.
Dairies Inc. has named Umpqua Dairy nog, and has about 100 ice cream-related the quality of the milk, including safety The ice cream is then moved to a sec-
the top dairy in the nation, and it’s earned flavors. and the percentage of fat in the milk. ond slightly warmer freezer. Employees
five national awards in the last 11 years. “We keep a lot of cows busy,” market- “We think that it’s vitally important to wear heavy clothes and can only work
It’s graded on leadership, customer satis- ing coordinator Tamara Osborne said. our business that we reward farmers for inside for an hour.
faction, marketing communications, staff None of those cows live in Douglas giving us good quality milk,” Steve said. Milk is put in cartons or jugs and
development and business ethics, as well County. Umpqua Dairy has never owned Most of the cream separated from the
as production quality. cows. In the early years, it bought milk milk is used to make ice cream. In the
“It’s a real testament to our employees from local dairy farms, but small dairy winter, when the demand for ice cream Please turn to DAIRY, page 32
AGRICULTURE
Water rights a valuable commodity Even though all the water

Oldest rights have rights in the Umpqua Basin
have been allocated for the
priority when summer months, there is stored
water available in Galesville
there’s a shortage and Ben Irving reservoirs that
ERIK SKOOG can be purchased by landown-
ers if they’re able to access the
The News-Review
water, Williams said.
n times of a water short- To access water from the
I age, owners of the oldest

rights to water get to keep
their flow.
Galesville Reservoir, a person
has to live below the reservoir
on Cow Creek, below the con-
fluence of Cow Creek with the
South Umpqua River, or on the
That’s because Oregon’s water main stem of the Umpqua.
Using water requires a contract
laws are based on the prior with Douglas County for the
appropriation principle, said purchase of the stored water
Dave Williams, the Oregon and a state issued water right to
allow the water withdrawal.
Water Resources Department “In other words, the water
Watermaster in Douglas County. has to be able to get to you
from Galesville Reservoir,”
Prior appropriation favors Williams said.
the oldest water right and Water can be accessed from
Ben Irving Reservoir by people
grants its holder first access ANDY BRONSON/The News-Review file photo
near Olalla Creek or Looking-
to water when the supply Water can be purchased from Galesville Reservoir in south Douglas County when there is glass Creek. The process to use
a water shortage during the summer months. water from Ben Irving Reser-
runs short, according to voir is similar to the process
“Water Rights in Oregon,” The water right is transferred with the prop- Water rights to access ground water are not involved in using water from the Galesville
published by the water erty, Williams said. required for single or group domestic pur- Reservoir.
“Not only do you need to watch the pri- poses that do not exceed 15,000 gallons per Although water rights are not required
resources department in ority date, but also if the source is good,” day, single industrial or commercial pur- for domestic household purposes and half-
August 2006. he said. “Lots of little tributaries dry up poses that do not exceed 5,000 gallons per acre irrigation, finding a reliable ground
during the summer, so you need to watch day, lawn or noncommercial watering of water source can be difficult in Douglas
for that.” half an acre or less, and watering 10 acres County, where both quantity and quality
“Each water right has a priority date to “In all but a couple instances, you need a or less of school grounds located in a criti- are limited. Wells also typically go dry dur-
ensure that they receive their water,” water right issued by the State of Oregon to cal ground water area. ing the summer, Williams said.
Williams said. “At this point in time, all use water from streams or rivers,” Williams Simply having a water right isn’t enough, “If a person had a five gallon per minute
water rights have been allocated in the said. however. well on their property, they would have a
Umpqua Basin for the summer months.” Some exempt practices that would Water right holders need to exercise their pretty decent well. Lots of people are get-
Attached to property and not transferred require a water right for the use of surface right once every five consecutive years, or it ting by on a gallon or two per minute,”
from one person to another, water rights are water include livestock watering, fire con- becomes subject to forfeiture. It is possible Williams said.
issued by the state Water Resources trol, and collection of rainwater from an to collect and store water, but to do so
Department and apply to surface water and impervious surface. Natural springs located requires a permit unless the water is collect- • You can reach reporter Erik Skoog at
include springs, creeks and rivers, and on private property and whose water ed from an impermeable source, like rain- 957-4202 or by e-mail at eskoog@news-
water drawn from wells and ground water. remains on that property is also exempt. water that drips from a roof. review.info.
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AGRICULTURE
Young Farmers a modern-day rarity

Program hopes to lure So you know ...
more into the fields To find out about the
Oregon Farm Bureau’s
TERESA WILLIAMS Young Farmers and
The News-Review Ranchers Program for
ages 16 to 35, contact
Amber McKinney (503)
I
n a list of the top 20 399-1701, ext. 314, or
issues facing Oregon’s Justin Henderson at 673-
2011.
agricultural industry, the
Oregon Department of Agri-
“There are a few ranchers
culture lists the aging of that are willing to take peo-
farmers and pending land ple on and help them,” Fil-
turnovers as No. 14. ley said. “I think that’s
important for the agricultur-
In 2002, Douglas County al community to embrace
had just 66 principal farm newcomers.”
Despite the instability, the
operators who were 34 or farming lifestyle is attrac-
younger, according to the tive for Henderson.
U.S. Department of Agricul- “It’s a whole industry and
business in itself,” he said.
ture’s Census of Agriculture. “You’ve got to be involved,
The county had 2,110 princi- you’ve got to have a lot of
JON AUSTRIA/The News-Review different skills. It’s a lot of
pal farm operators total, and
Justin Henderson, 34, picks cabbages at Kruse Farms Friday. Henderson is a manager at work, and the reward is not
377 of them were 70 or older. Kruse Farms and is also involved with the Oregon Farm Bureau's Young Farmers and Ranch- always monetary. ... It can
The average age of a farmer ers Program. be a good living, but you’re
going to earn it.”
in Douglas County was 57.3. Justin Henderson is a manager at Kruse start with,” he said. The Young Farmers and Ranchers Pro-
Farms. His family has a farm in the Port- The program is reaching out to college gram holds conferences, as well as fun
Principal operators don’t tell the whole land, which is run by his parents and his campuses, trying to get younger farmers events, to give young people information
story. two brothers. At 34, Henderson is consid- connected with each other. and get them involved.
Shelby Filley is the regional livestock ered a young farmer, and he’s involved While Filley sees generations working “There’s not a lot of folks our age that
and forages specialist for the Oregon with the Oregon Farm Bureau’s Young on family farms, she doesn’t see many are staying around and getting involved
State University Extension Service, and Farmers and Ranchers Program. young people who are new to farming. in something like this,” Henderson said.
she works with farmers and ranchers When he and his wife, Margaret, first “You have to either be independently Soon, he’ll “age out” of the group, too.
throughout southern Oregon. joined the program, there were a few wealthy or borrow money,” she said. He’s hoping there will be others to take
“Almost all of the farms are family- more farmers involved, but they were And in order to borrow money, you his place.
owned, so they range from newborn until getting close to the upper end of the age have to convince a bank that you are
grandpa,” she said. “ ... The successful bracket, 35. knowledgeable, skilled and able to farm. • You can reach reporter Teresa
ones are the ones that are able to keep the “Just all at once, there wasn’t anybody In a business where income isn’t stable, Williams at 957-4230 or via e-mail at
family together, and I see a lot of those.” there, and there weren’t very many to it’s a tough sell. twilliams@newsreview.info.
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Continued from page 30 After the products are made, they ride
conveyor belts into a giant cooled ware-
2007
house, where employees make sure
labeled. Some of the milk is produced for
they’re stacked properly until they are A Guide To Living
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loaded onto trucks for delivery to distribu- In Douglas County
Sherm’s Thunderbird and Great Value.
tion centers.
Others, in white jugs which protect the
On any given day, 90 vehicles take
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Umpqua Dairy products throughout the to know about the county and communities within Douglas
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dairy doesn’t run it that fast. twilliams@newsreview.info.
AGRICULTURE
Organic: Doctors have different opinions on benefits of organic foods
Continued from page 24 He said the reason other farmers don’t may be beneficial.
grow organically is because they don’t “I think people do better if they pay
“
know better. attention to their nutrition, less fatty foods,
cherry tomatoes and 1,100 pounds of zuc- “The less chemicals your food has, the more fruits and vegetables. It may have
chinis. healthier it will be,” Noreane said. “I think some value in keeping them from getting
“We have so much fun doing what we all the cancer has something to do with the cancer later,” he said. “As far as organic
do,” Harmon said. The less chemicals your demand (for organic food).” goes, there may be some merit to it, but I
The Walkers have been farming for 30 food has, the healthier it The link between cancer and chemicals don’t know. I think (herbicides and pesti-
years, and made the switch to organic nine is something which she says everyone cides) have been suspect, to my knowl-
or 10 years ago. will be. I think all the knows. Harmon agreed, but said there is edge, nothing is proven, but some cancers
“When we started (growing organical- cancer has something to no way for doctors to prove it. like lymphoma, some pesticides increase
ly), I really hadn’t thought that much “When I was a kid, you never heard of a the risk for that.”
about it. After I got going I thought, ‘yeah, do with the demand (for 20-year-old kid having cancer,” Harman Big supermarkets are also buying into
it made sense,’” Noreane said. “I feel organic food). said. the organics wave. Safeway started its O
good about this stuff knowing what I’m “It’s a purer product,” Noreane said. “All Line of 150 organic products in 2005. The
giving the people is good for them.” the people that have been through cancer demand was so high that the line has
Harmon said that the runoff of chemi- Noreane Walker are looking for organics, because that is increased to 250 items, and it is expected
cals is a big problem as well. Organic farmer what their doctors are telling them. So I’m to be at 299 by the end of the year.
“When I was a kid, I used to go down to not giving anything to my body that it Dan Floyd, who is in public relations
”
the creek to fish,” he said. “There used to doesn’t know what to do with. (People) just for Safeway, said the changes were made
be bullfrogs. You’ll never find bullfrogs have to hear it enough that they will say because of consumer demand.
now. The old-timers will tell you.” ‘maybe there is something to this.’” Safeway buys most of its products
“The crux of organics is that it is a bio- Different doctors have wildly different nationally, and does not buy from farms in
logical approach,” Wilen said. “Mostly we views on the subject. Douglas County.
are concerned with the soil and the “To keep it healthy,” Noreane “I think organic foods are pretty much The benefit of organics is debated, but
microorganisms. You feed the soil organ- explained. nonsense,” said retired pediatrician Larry more and more people are buying natural
ic, natural fertilizers/material, and let them “And the spraying and all that depletes Hall of Glide. “I think it is a gimmick and foods, and the supply is increasing with
process and let it feed the plants.” that and then they have to put more chem- pretty silly and not with the mainstream. I the demand.
Walker also gets excited about microor- icals into it because there is nothing alive know of no science to support (organics).”
ganisms. in the soil,” Harmon continued. “Then Dr. Gene Lienert, from the Community • You can reach reporting intern John
“One teaspoon of healthy soil has 15 you have to feed the plants with some- Cancer Center in Roseburg, is more Givot at 957-4208 or by e-mail at
million critters in it,” he said, beaming. thing else.” accepting of the idea that organic foods jgivot@newsreview.info.
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County
Roots
350,000 turkeys were shipped
out of Douglas County in 1945 Courtesy photo
The J.E. Evans fruit stand, north of Dillard on old Highway 99, is shown around 1920.
Continued from page 7 became a large producer. farmers turned to other means of pro- varieties, melons that were much larger
Until prunes came along, wheat had duction, nearly all of the dairies shut than those found today.
Turkey production began in 1840. By been the dominant crop. Farmers down. Today, only Umpqua Dairy, Happily, though, Dillard’s melons are
1929, Douglas County raised the sixth- switched to prunes after wheat prices founded in 1931, buys the bulk of its still sweet and delicious and still avail-
highest number of turkeys in the nation. took a beating. milk from farms located outside the able, unlike the early local filberts,
Most were sent fresh by rail to San Hundreds of acres of new trees were local area. turkeys and other crops.
Francisco and other points. planted between 1910 and 1915. The Dillard became a prime producer of
In 1945, 350,000 turkeys were last new plantings took place about melons and cantaloupe beginning in the
shipped out of Douglas County, an all- 1920. After that, prices for plums, 1890s. Alabama Sweets, Thunderbolt, • You can reach reporter John Sowell
time local record. The following year, which were dried in warehouses by Georgia Rattlesnake and Holbert’s at 957-4209 or by e-mail at
when grain prices soared after becom- huge fans, fell. Still, average crops of Honey were some of the most popular jsowell@newsreview.info.
ing scarce, only a third as many turkeys 15 million pounds of dried prunes were
were raised in the county. produced in the county for many years.
Government deregulation of the The Stearns family of Oakland plant-
industry also fueled price reductions ed some of the first hops, with the ini-
and eventually turkeys sold for less than tial crop in the county planted about
they cost to produce. Later, in the 1896. They maintained a hop yard and a
1950s, western production moved to wood-fired dryer on the south side of
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Ranches consist of cow/calf pairs. They are able 1:30 AM. Processing during these two hours yields ranching is a most rewarding career.
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County operation during the summer months. the ground before the morning dew. The crop is As early caretakers of our local lands, the Cow
then trucked to a general warehouse and ready Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians is
The largest hay operation in western Oregon is at for purchase. equipped to continue the tradition of stewardship
K-Bar Ranches. About 1000 irrigated acres are and productivity the Bare family began in the
dedicated to the production of alfalfa and orchard Local customers from Grants Pass to Eugene, 1950’s.
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