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AUGUST 2022
Volume 39
48 Pages
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SHAPING A NEW FARM BILL NAWG president Nicole Berg wants to keep farm families in business
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By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press
ATERSON, Wash. — Nicole Berg is the best person to sit next to during a wheat industry meeting. She’s quick with a laugh, a joke or good-natured teasing. It has a calming effect on the rest of the room. Perhaps Berg is so at ease because she knows what she’s talking about during the serious moments: She can easily shift gears and talk to decision makers about what crop insurance or high input prices mean to farmers. A fourth-generation farmer in Paterson, Wash., Berg farms with her father and two brothers. They grow dryland and irrigated wheat, bluegrass seed, field corn, sweet corn, sweet peas, green beans and alfalfa. Berg, 51, took over as president of the National Association of Wheat Growers in March. She will serve a one-year term. See Berg, Page A8
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NICOLE BERG
Nicole Berg, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers, on her farm near Paterson, Wash. Address Service Requested Matthew Weaver/Capital Press
Berg is known for her quick wit.
Age: 51 Occupation: Farmer; president, National Association of Wheat Growers Hometown: Paterson, Wash. Education: Bachelor of science degree in agricultural communications, Washington State University Family: Farms with her father and two brothers Hobbies: Travel, cooking Website: https://wheatworld.org/
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