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Christine Ivory Sutter County

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Mark Chesini Sutter County

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Manpreet Bains

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Do you wonder what we are doing to work to bring value to your Farm Bureau membership?

Following are some of the recent efforts put forth by Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau over the last couple of months in an effort to document the value of your Farm Bureau membership.

Outreach & Education

• 2017 Scholarship Applications were sent to High School Counselors and FFA Advisors. Scholarships are due April 7th.

• Hosted the Annual Spring Fling Fundraiser for Agriculture Education (article in this issue).

• Hosted Financial Workshop with Ryan Wealth Management.

• Awarded eighteen FFA jackets to Blue Jacket Bonanza applicants.

• Promoted Farm Bureau memberships at the Colusa Farm Show.

Commitment to Community

• Continue to participate on the committee for the Yuba-Sutter Visitor’s Center inaugural Harvest Dinner, a unique event that features food and products grown and produced from all corners of Yuba and Sutter counties.

Responding to Critical Issues

• Continue to participate on the Advisory Committee for the Conservation Strategy, a companion document to the 2017 update of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, to represent the interests of agriculture. The Draft Memo from the Advisory Committee to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board is currently being reviewed and revised.

• Continue to participate on an Ag Floodplain Ordinance Task Force that is working to address the substantial

changes FEMA has made to the Flood Insurance Rate Maps that are used to administer the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The Task Force is seeking to identify improvements to FEMA’s administration of the NFIP which could have the dual benefit of promoting wise use of the floodplain and helping agriculture avert disastrous impacts, and exorbitant flood insurance premiums, of FEMA’s floodplain mapping under current policies and regulations.

• Participated at Congressman Garamendi’s Ag Advisory Council Meeting.

• Met with Congressman Garamendi to talk about the Oroville Dam Spillway effects on agriculture in the Yuba-Sutter area, specifically along the Feather River.

• Met with Senator Nielsen and Assemblyman Gallagher to discuss the Oroville Dam Spillway situation.

Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition

• Sent High Vulnerability designations out to landowners/farmers. Those in HVA were also sent a Nitrogen Summary Report to be completed and returned to coalition.

• Worked on entering Farm Evaluation Survey and Nitrogen Management Summary Report data.

• Sent out Focused Outreach Surveys to landowners/farmers in Pine Creek area for the Chlorpyrifos and Copper management plans.

• Worked with landowners/farmers who received a Directive Letter from the California Central Valley Regional Board requiring compliance with the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program. Staff assisted landowners/farmers achieve compliance with the state mandated program enroll in BYSWQC. • Working with Larry Walker & Associates, Sacramento Valley Water Quality Coalition and the Regional Water Board to prepare a Chlorpyrifos Management Plan for Pine Creek as a result of recent pesticide exceedances.

• Welcomed Hillary Miller, Sutter County Resource Conservation District, as the new BYSWQC Education & Outreach Coordinator for Yuba and Sutter Counties.

• Hosted three Nitrogen Management Plan Self Certification Trainings for landowners/farmers needing Certification on their Nitrogen Management Plans.

• Participated with Butte-Yuba-Sutter members and the Regional Water Board on On-Farm Inspections.

Farmers Volunteer to Monitor Levees

By Ching Lee, Assistant Editor of Ag Alert, California Farm Bureau Federation utter County farmer Mike Daddow checks on a boil that Reclamation District 1001 identified this winter through regular patrolling of levees along the Sacramento and Feather rivers. Daddow serves on the district’s board and, like many farmers who live and farm near levees, he volunteers his time to patrol the levees and report problems that could lead to flooding.

As with many farmers, Mike Daddow typically spends the winter months making repairs to equipment and other preparations for spring planting. But lately, the Sutter County farmer has spent some of that time driving along the levees of the Sacramento and Feather rivers, checking for signs of danger.

Specifically, he’s inspecting the land side of the levee for boils, weak spots where water is bubbling up out of the ground. If it’s clear water running through, he’s not too worried, he said, as seepage is normal. But if the water is murky and it’s pulling sand with it, the boil could lead to internal erosion of the levee, eventually causing the earthen barrier to collapse if left unfixed.

“You get used to looking for moving water or a different coloration, material that’s moving,” Daddow said. “It gets really difficult if it’s raining and the wind is blowing, but you still got to do it. It’s a babysitting job.”

When river levels are high, he said it doesn’t take much to round up enough volunteers— most of them farmers—to patrol the levees.

At what is known as the “monitor” stage, patrolling is done 24/7, said Joe Henderson, general manager of Reclamation District 1001.

The district maintains some 60 miles of levees in the Sacramento Valley. All five of the district’s board members are farmers, including Daddow, and they all participate in levee patrol, as do others in the district, Henderson said, noting that he has a list of 40 to 50 farmers who have volunteered.

“Everybody has been here for a very long time and they know that when high waters come in, they’re called to duty. We got phone calls of people offering their assistance,” he said. “They’re out there in the middle of the night, they’re out there as the sun comes up, they’re out there as the sun goes down. We were at monitor stage for so long at various rivers that we couldn’t have done it without them.”

Farmers bring with them multi-generational knowledge about the levees and they know what to look for, Henderson added. For example, Daddow is the third generation in his family to sit on the RD 1001 board, 2

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following his uncle and grandfather. He said he’s gotten good at spotting problems, even in the dark.

Usually working 12-hour shifts, RD 1001 volunteers drive back and forth along their assigned stretch of levee, looking for holes and boils. Sometimes they have to do it by foot to get a closer and more-thorough inspection, especially if tall grass obstructs their view. If the river goes above the monitor stage and reaches flood stage or the next level, danger stage, more volunteers are dispatched to increase frequency of the monitoring, Henderson said.

Daddow would sometimes bring along his wife or his son during one of his shifts, usually at night. With this being the slow season for farming, it’s easy to find volunteers, he said, “because you can’t farm when it’s raining.”

Plus, when the river gets high, he added, “people don’t like to sit at home and wonder about the levees. They want to see what’s going on.”

“We have a vested interest,” said Daddow, who grows rice and walnuts. “All of our houses and crops and everything are right there.”

As a result of the levee patrols, the district so far has identified some 30 to 40 boils and other trouble spots. Rings of sandbags are placed around the boils to contain them. To stop some of the through seepage, fabric and rocks are laid against the levee to help stabilize it. Henderson noted that these are merely temporary repairs until engineers can figure out a permanent fix.

Formed under the state water code, reclamation and levee districts are responsible for operating and maintaining the levee system within their jurisdiction—and they are as diverse as the state’s agriculture, said John Paasch, chief of the flood operations branch for the California Department of Water Resources. The special districts range in size and budgets, with funding generally coming from property taxes on land they protect.

Larger districts have full-time staff that conduct levee patrols during flood season and year-round maintenance. Smaller districts tend to rely more on their communities, Paasch added.

“You’ve got the rural ones out there that are real limited in their budgets, so I could see outfits like that leaning on the landowners or the trustees themselves to do those patrols,” he said.

Although Sutter County walnut farmer Brian

Fedora has done his share of levee patrol in the past, this year he decided to put four of his employees on the job to help Reclamation District 70 manager Andy Duffey, who had trouble filling the positions, which are eighthour shifts, seven days a week.

“We’re all interested; we all have a stake,” Fedora said. “A lot of growers have their shops, their equipment, their homes around the levees.”

He said he couldn’t work the full-time shifts, but he has no problem having his employees help during this slow season, and will keep them on levee patrol for as long as the district needs them.

“That helps me out because being so wet, I was running out of shop work,” he said. “You can only sweep the floors so many times. So really, it’s been a win-win.”

With 44 miles of levees to monitor in the Meridian basin, Fedora noted it takes about two hours driving at 15 mph to make the entire loop. There is no lunch break during the eight-hour shift. Meals are eaten in the vehicle in order to keep moving. If his employees find boils or other potential problems, they place a stake on the spot, log it and then report it to the district manager, who then notifies DWR to further assess the problem.

Unlike farmers who already have extensive levee expertise, Fedora’s employees had to go through training by riding with district staff, so they know what to look for. Now they, too, are experts, Fedora said.

DWR provides on-site group training at no cost and now has an online video training program at musrflood.com/index.php for emergency levee workers. A handbook on flood fighting and guidelines for levee threat monitoring also are available, Paasch said.

At RD 1001, Henderson said not only have farmers been willing to contribute their time, but landowners on whose property levee repairs must be made have been 100 percent cooperative in allowing any work that needs to be done.

“They didn’t say, ‘Go around that tree,’ or ‘Don’t ruin my ramp,’ or whatever it was,” Henderson said. “It was, ‘Do whatever you need to do, because there’s a bigger picture here.’ People know that it’s not just them that the levee protects.”

Able Riders 4-H Club Provided by Sutter and Yuba Counties 4-H Program he Sutter-Yuba 4-H Youth Development Program in 2016 included over 1200 youth members that were supported by 200 amazing adult volunteers. Youth are engaged in 4-H activities through traditional 4-H clubs, afterschool programs and in-school classroom enrichment. 4-H provides members the opportunity to develop critical life skills, create positive relationships with adults, contribute to their communities, and make healthier choices while participating in various activities. There are hands-on, learn-by-doing, opportunities for everyone.

4-H clubs can base their interests on the needs of their members and develop their own pathway. Able Riders 4-H Club has done just that. Able Riders is a therapeutic horseback riding program for children and youth with special needs.

Able Riders is a 4-H Club operated by Family SOUP to provide an opportunity for children with disabilities to benefit from the therapeutic effects of horseback riding.

Therapeutic horseback riding is the use of horses and equine-assisted activities in order to achieve goals that enhance physical, emotional, social, cognitive, behavioral and educational skills for people who have disabilities. It not only focuses on the therapeutic riding skills but also the development of a relationship between horse and rider. It

uses a team approach in order to provide treatment for the individual with the guidance of riding instructors.

Horses provide a unique neuromuscular stimulation through their one of a kind movement. Horses move in a rhythmic motion that mimics the human movement of walking. While riding, the horse’s stride acts to move the rider’s pelvis in the same rotation and side-to-side movement that occurs when walking. The gait of the horse prompts riders to constantly adjust to achieve the desired pelvic motion that promotes strength, balance, coordination, flexibility and confidence.

Therapeutic horseback riding is a fun and motivating way to provide therapy for individuals with physical, mental or emotional disabilities. They welcome new volunteers as part of the program. They offer training and seek people who want to truly make a difference in the lives of children with special needs.

Able Riders is recruiting responsible youth 14 and older and adults to volunteer with their 4-H program. They are always looking for individuals to help sidewalk, lead, and groom horses.

While horse experience is desired, it is not necessary. To learn more about volunteering, please call Able Riders at 530-7519526 or the Sutter-Yuba 4-H Office at 530-822-7515.

Farmers Discuss Issues with Legislators

By Kevin Hecteman, Assistant Editor Ag Alert, California Farm Bureau Federation cores of farmers, ranchers and others with an agricultural interest made the rounds at the state Capitol in Sacramento to discuss a range of legislation with ramifications for how California agriculture does business. The legislative visits, which focused on topics including employment, transportation, water and wildlife, came last week during the annual California Farm Bureau Federation Leaders Conference.

Chelsea Molina, CFBF political affairs manager, said approximately 100 Farm Bureau members took part, meeting with about 95 legislative members and their staff. “It’s always great to see so many farmers and ranchers take time away from their operations, because they recognize the importance of sharing their story of how policy made in Sacramento affects their farms and ranches all throughout the state,” Molina said.

“The more we continue to make our voices heard at the Capitol like these leaders did, the more we can make a difference influencing policy.”

Those who visited with Assembly members and senators said they found the day to be time well spent. “I think it’s very productive,” said Al Stehly, who grows avocados, citrus and winegrapes in northern San Diego County. Stehly said the sight of farmers in business suits led to some interesting observations. “One assemblywoman says, ‘You don’t look like a farmer.’ I said, ‘I got calluses,’” Stehly said with a laugh. On a more serious note, he added: “It’s also good, I think, for us to see that we aren’t the only game in town, which we know. There’s other people up there doing the same thing we are. We just have to think of new and better ways to do it ourselves.”

Hannah Gbeh, who farms garlic and honey near the San Diego County town of Jamul, said she sees a disconnect between agriculture and some of the politicians whose legislation affects farmers. “They don’t understand our issues that we’re going through, so it’s crucial to have a seat at the table and have these face-to-face conversations,” Gbeh said. “They’re very receptive once we are able to explain how some of these regulations that are intended for larger corporations are really stifling small businesses in the agricultural community.”

Some in Sacramento see that information gap, too, such as Assembly Member Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, who spoke to the Leaders Conference before the Farm Bureau members made their legislative visits. “It’s my feeling that there’s this disconnect between urban residents and rural residents, because people don’t know where their food comes from,” said Caballero, who chairs the Assembly Agriculture Committee. “I had someone ask me once if strawberries grow on trees. That’s a huge disconnect.”

An attorney by trade, Caballero told the conference that, as a 4

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business owner, she knows what it’s like to be regulated and takes a practical approach to bills. “If I think that I can’t do it, I’m not going to ask anybody else to do it,” Caballero said, adding that she wants to address regulations that work at cross purposes. “It’s clear to me and has been over the years that there are different departments that issue rules that, if you follow them to the T, would put you at odds with other departments within the state,” she said. “And so I’m very interested in looking at those and making sure that we can fix them.” She wants to hear from farmers who find themselves in this fix. “If there are situations where you have two regulations and you can’t comply with both of them because they’re at odds with each other, please let me know,” she said. “I want to solve that problem.”

She also described agriculture as crucial to the country’s safety. “It’s my opinion that the ability for this country to produce its own food is critical to our national security,” she said. “The last thing we need is for some country to decide they don’t like us for some reason, any reason, and to withhold our food supply.”

Caballero praised the farmers and ranchers who took time off work to travel to Sacramento for the conference. Working at the Capitol is all about building relationships, she said. “I also want to make sure to thank you for your advocacy, because it’s not easy to come to Sacramento and get your voices heard,” she said. “The more that you’re here, the more that you’re doing outreach and the more that you’re reaching across the aisle, I think the better the product is going to be.”

Pierre Sleiman, who grows organic lettuce in Encinitas, said he was encouraged by the visits he made to legislative offices.

“It seems to me that Farm Bureau, its reputation precedes it,” Sleiman said. “I think that the strides that we made today were in bridging the disconnect in where we have common goals, and how we can work together.”

The Leaders Conference also included meetings of nine CFBF Issue Advisory Committees. One of them, the Agricultural Labor Issue Advisory Committee, discussed the many employment issues that, as committee chairwoman Janet Kister put it, keep farmers awake at night.

“They had issues with labor availability, immigration reform,” Kister said. “They’re really anxious for immigration reform to happen, that we have some sort of guestworker program.” Kister, co-owner of a nursery in Fallbrook, cited uncertainties about immigration enforcement and said the committee encourages farmers to be prepared for Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities, including audits of I-9 work-authorization forms.

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Join Our Annual Calendar Photo Contest The Sutter Buttes Regional Land Trust has begun planning for the 2018 Sutter Buttes Calendar and invites you to participate by submitting photos for consideration. Deadline for submissions will be Friday, April 14, 2017.

Every year, we receive hundreds of photos from extremely talented photographers in the Northern California area, and it is this high caliber of artistic photos that have helped make this annual calendar fundraiser a huge success. Proceeds from the sales of this calendar help to fund the efforts of the non-profit organization to protect the land and natural resources of the Sutter Buttes and surrounding region for present and future generations.

of the Sutter Buttes and surrounding region. Scenes should include, but are not limited to, the Sutter Buttes Mountains, local farm lands highlighting farming operations or activities in and around the Sutter Buttes, native fauna and flora, geological features, waterfowl habitats, unique natural or weather aerials or landscapes of the Sutter Buttes.

All submissions are judged for originality, expression and quality.

Each month features a full-page photo and several thumbnails.

All featured photographers will receive full recognition as well as complimentary calendars. Photos will be chosen and photographers contacted by May 15, 2017.

Please note that some of our submission guidelines have been updated. Be sure to sign and return the release form as well.

If you have any questions, please contact us at (530) 755-3568 or by email at Photos@SutterButtesLandTrust.org.

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Family-Business Overlap Can Create Conflict

By Kevin Spafford, Ryan Wealth Management reg Wilson is the president and sole owner of Wilson Irrigation, Inc. (WII). He’s 59 and has two children working in the business. His daughter Katy is responsible for marketing and sales. His son Bill is in charge of operations and installations. Greg has begun the succession planning process, but he doesn’t believe his children are ready to manage the business. At this time, he feels it’s in the best interest of the business to transfer management control to one of his key employees.

Due to the overlap between family and business, Greg’s decision may create bad feelings among his children and dissension in the family. Even though Greg is making a decision based on what he believes is best for the business, the children may perceive their father is being disloyal to them.

There are three stages of development in the life cycle of a business— entrepreneurial, managerial, and corporate (or professional). A company’s

stage of development influences the level of family-business overlap.

The entrepreneurial stage is the initial stage of the business and when a majority of the business decisions are made and controlled by an owner. This stage is characterized by a strong owner who builds the business largely through hard work and determination. Owners of most businesses in the entrepreneurial stage spend significant amounts of time working to develop the business. They typically perform all business functions and learn through trial and error.

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tend to reflect the owner’s values and attitudes.

The managerial stage is the mid-stage of business development. This stage is often characterized by a gradual shift of management authority from the owner to other key employees. Typically, the business outgrows the owner’s ability to manage all aspects of the operation and the owner is forced to transfer responsibility to others. In addition, the owner may exercise more discipline over the operation’s financial resources to accommodate future growth. These factors tend to reduce the influence of the family over the business and its resources as the business takes on a life of its own.

The managerial stage is often viewed as a transition stage for the business.

The business is transitioning from the entrepreneurial stage, where it is heavily influenced by the family and its goals, to the corporate stage, where family influence is minimal. As this transition

occurs, the goals and needs of the business begin to take priority over the goals of the family.

The corporate, or professional, stage is the final stage of an operation’s development. In this stage, business decisions are based on what is best for the business. There is little, if any, family influence over the enterprises.

Instead, the family is forced to conform to the policies of the business. This stage is characterized by a highly structured management team, marketbased strategic planning, and specific corporate policies and procedures.

In family business, the owner must balance the needs of the business with the needs of the family. An owner’s emphasis on family and/or business needs can be determined by understanding the principles an owner may use to make decisions, i.e.: the following opposing principles: If a business owner is: • Business—High; Family—Low Many owners place their emphasis on developing the business. This is especially common among entrepreneurs and business founders.

Their daily activities are focused exclusively on developing and expanding the business. They are consumed with a passion to create a successful business. Although their primary motivation may be to provide for their family financially, they often neglect their family’s emotional needs in the process.

• Business—Low; Family—High Some owners believe the role of the business is to provide for the family.

These owners often run the business like a family. They believe each family member has a right to work in the business, regardless of the member’s qualifications. They also believe all members should be treated equally and design their compensation strategy accordingly. Unfortunately, these businesses tend to perform poorly due to their lack of professional operation.

• Business—High; Family—High There are an increasing number of family business owners who strive to achieve both a successful family life and a successful business. These owners operate their business in a professional business-like manner. They implement policies and procedures that ensure the business will not become a tool to serve the family. They also hire qualified employees to help manage the business.

At the same time, they make time for their family and attempt to raise their

children to respect the business boundaries of the family enterprise.

• Business—Low; Family—Low The worst approach of all occurs when the owner places a low priority on both the family and the business. In these instances, the owner devotes little attention to either, causing both to suffer. Fortunately, this approach is not too common. It is typically found in companies that are run by second or third generation owners who do not have the skills or motivation to effectively manage the business or their family.

For owners, the best approach may be a clear and intentional focus on what’s important. Specific goals and family employment policies will help the owner and the family emphasis what’s important and how the family and the business function together.

Kevin Spafford, CFP®, works with farmers, ranchers and family business owners and is available at Ryan Wealth Management in Yuba City at 530-671-2100 or Kevin@ RyanWealth.com.

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Key Insecticide for Growers at Risk Provided by David Eddy The producers of such insecticides as Brigade WSB, Hero, and Mustang Maxx think the many growers who depend on those products to protect their crops may want to let the EPA know how much their success hinges on them.

The pesticides contain the active ingredient bifenthrin, and EPA is considering eliminating currently approved uses or imposing further restrictions, says John Cummings, manager of FMC North America Crop Regulatory Affairs.

“Growers need to weigh in on how those products are actually used,” Cummings says, because many EPA staff members do not have experience in production agriculture. “Being located in Washington (DC), EPA does not fully understand how important these products are for growers’ production.”

Bifenthrin is used on 14 million acres nationwide, much of that on Midwestern field corn, but is also critical for fruit and nut growers’ IPM programs. For example, it’s widely used by California tree nut growers.

Even more urgently, in recent years it has become a crucial weapon in berry growers’ arsenals to control spotted wing drosophila (SWD), which is now a nationwide menace. In fact, it’s estimated that 70% of all raspberries grown in the U.S. are treated with bifenthrin.

Sound Science Needed Bifenthrin, and the entire pyrethroid class of insecticides, has come under fire from EPA, Cummings says, because it’s not being fairly evaluated, and a preliminary risk assessment released in November did not include the best available science.

The Pyrethroid Working Group, of which FMC is a member, developed a robust data set to evaluate risk to non-target aquatic organisms. Cummings says EPA did not use this data in the current assessment and only used the standard laboratory data which overestimate the actual risk.

which they’re supposed to do,” he says.

“Unnecessarily taking a tool out of the grower’s toolbox is a problem, especially with a shrinking toolbox.” • How To Sound Off Growers who want to let the EPA know how much they need bifenthrin should check out the website www. defendbifenthrin.com. For the actual EPA docket, go to Regulations.gov.

FMC’s John Cummings suggests growers explain exactly how they responsibly use products containing bifenthrin on their farms, what benefits

“They’ve run simplistic models for what may happen in the environment,” he says, “without considering any of the real-world data.”

Several years ago, FMC was required

by EPA to put aquatic and vegetative buffers on the labels of products containing bifenthrin. But EPA hasn’t incorporated these buffer zones into their risk assessments, Cummings says.

“They’re taking a very short-sighted approach, and it doesn’t sound like they’re taking growers into account,

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The 60-day comment period is scheduled to close March 31.

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CVP Farmers Face Uncertainty on Water Supplies

By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor Ag Alert, California Farm Bureau Federation e have this question mark out there of what we’re going to do”—that’s how farmer Dan Errotabere describes the uncertainty facing many farmers who buy water delivered by the federal Central Valley Project.

In its initial water announcement, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the CVP, said it could not yet make a specific allocation for water service contractors south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

The CVP was able to allocate 100 percent supplies to water users in its Friant Division on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley, and had earlier allocated 100 percent supplies to Sacramento River settlement contractors and San Joaquin River exchange contractors.

For south-of-delta contractors, however, the bureau said only that it expects to deliver a minimum of 900,000 acre-feet of water through a combination of 2017 CVP supplies and water carried over from last year.

Errotabere, who farms in Riverdale and serves on the Westlands Water District board, said the lack of specificity hamstrings farmers “because there’s no number that they can work with for planting.”

By this time of year, he said, farmers should already have crops in the ground, adding that a fair amount of land could be left idle as a result of the delayed CVP water allocation.

“Everybody who farms has to farm ultra-conservatively, and that’s not necessarily in the best interest of their operation,” Errotabere said. “Whether it be tomatoes, garlic or other crops, you’ve already made those commitments and decisions, so there is no last-minute switch. “ Rod Cardella, who farms in the Westlands district near Mendota, said the district estimated the ultimate CVP allocation could be between 35 and 40 percent.”You look at the dams and the situation, why shouldn’t it be 60 or 70 (percent)? How do you play this thing?

If you plan on 60 or 70 percent, you may not have enough water to finish your crops. So we can do some planting but we can’t maximize our efficiency because we don’t know what they are going to give us. Personally, I’m very frustrated,” Cardella said. “If we plant too much and we don’t have the water, we’re in trouble, and then if we don’t plant enough, we lose money because we’ve got such a big overhead with the land rents and tractor payments,” Cardella said. “The only way to cover that is you try to farm all of your acres.”

The lack of a specific allocation also affects CVP contractors north of the delta, such as Glenn County dairy farmer Gilbert Goedhart of Artois. “We are basically in limbo,” Goedhart said. “Do I need to buy more feed from the neighbors that do have water? Or do I feed more hay or more grain?” he said. “We’re going to plant corn silage anyway, with or without the district water. I may have to fallow some land, but it just depends.”

Mike Vereschagin, who farms in Orland within the Orland-Artois Water District, said he believes the district could ultimately receive

a full allocation from the CVP. “(The bureau) said they have to work out the ESA (Endangered Species Act) issues, but it doesn’t make any sense with everything overflowing right now,” Vereschagin said.

The CVP announcement came a day before the state Department of Water Resources issued its March snow survey results, which showed the Sierra snowpack at a near-record 185 percent of average for the date. Most of the state’s key reservoirs hold higher-than-average supplies of water.”Just look at the numbers,” California Farm Bureau Federation President Paul Wenger said. “If the CVP can’t assure full supplies to all of its customers this year, what would be needed for that to happen?”We understand this is a fish-first system now,” he continued, “because federal fisheries agencies have the first and last call on CVP water. We know the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act that Congress passed last year will help. But we obviously need to take further action to modernize our water system, our laws and our policies.”

Jason Peltier, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority executive director, said “ever-increasing environmental demands” on the CVP have had “real consequences for people and the economy.”

Bureau officials told CVP agricultural contractors to expect an initial water allocation in mid-to-late March, as federal agencies assess hydrological factors, river flows and accumulation of rainfall and snowpack.

“Other things that come into play are where we are with the storage, what are our needs going to be to get through the summer with delta operations, water quality, meeting other water right obligations and continuing to protect endangered species and other fishery resources,” CVP Operations Manager Ron Milligan said.

The announcement of 100 percent supplies for the CVP Friant Division came as welcome news for Tulare County farmer Zack Stuller. In the summer of 2015, Stuller faced a second year of no CVP water deliveries, which combined with a lack of groundwater supplies to lead to abandonment of some citrus groves on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley. “One-hundred percent is good news down here. It’s the first time we have seen it in a long time,” said Stuller, who works for Sun Pacific, a grower, packer and shipper of citrus and other crops.

“It is a winter like this that shows all of us how unprepared we are for crazy weather events and how much additional water that we could potentially put to more beneficial uses, rather than sending it to the ocean in an uncontrolled manner,” Stuller said.

On the Westside, Errotabere said the lack of an allocation of surface water deliveries will also affect recovery of the region’s groundwater table. “Groundwater management works only with surface water deliveries,” he said. “If we get a lower allocation number, there’s still going to be groundwater pumping, and we shouldn’t be doing any of that this year. So, we can’t even find recovery when it comes.”

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Before Traveling Make Sure These 6 Things are on Your To-Do List Provided by Paulla Hyatt-McIntire As the Spring and Summer months approach, travel ideas begin to blossom. With any great vacation, it starts with planning the destination and creatinag checklists of ideas to do and see.

Of course, we create a to-do list of things we must do before departing for sunshine and relaxation.

Many of us neglect to plan for the possibility that we may not return due to death or illness. The heart of this procrastination lies in a dread of thinking about death. Most of us accept the inevitability of death, but prefer to simply not think about it.

Before any trip make sure you have these things in place in the event you don’t return or become unable to make decisions for yourself. These will help avoid confusion for your loved ones.

1. Have a well-planned estate in place. Let’s face it, thinking about our mortality is not enjoyable. But not planning for something that is unpredictable can cause confusion for our loved ones. Take the time to prepare for death even though you think that you have years before it becomes an issue.

2. R eview and update your existing will. Factors that can change information about your beneficiaries include death, divorce, birth, and adoption. As your family structure and assets change, it is likely that your estate plan will require changes as well.

3. Ensure that your children are well planned for. Many people take a lot of time deciding what to do with their assets and forget that they need to appoint guardianship for their children. There are many details to take into consideration when it comes to guardianship.

4. H ave an Advance Directive in place.

At the very minimum, everyone in your family over the age of 18 should have an Advance Directive, which gives another person legal authority to make healthcare decisions if they are unable to make the decision themselves.

5. Review and Update Insurance.

Before traveling is an excellent time to consider or update any life insurance policies.

6. Communicate with your loved ones. Make sure that one of your loved ones knows your wishes and plans. They will need to know where to find the necessary information for planning such as, financial information, medical and life insurance policies, contact information for doctors, lawyers, and financial advisors, funeral and burial plans, real estate, estate deeds, birth certificates, marriage licenses, and social security or social insurance cards.

Few of us would own a car without insurance. And we buy all kinds of insurance to cover our health, our home our life, our business and even our travel. If we can just think of estate planning in that same light, we might be motivated to ensure that our estate is properly taken care of when we pass on. It’s just as important as any insurance, especially to your family and loved ones.

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2017 Nesting Cover Studies About to Get Started— Still Looking for More Acres Provided by California Rice Commission The CRC is in its second year of research efforts that could lead to the development of a cost-share program for the planting of cover crops that benefit nesting waterfowl. We have reached out to some of you already but would like to further expand our knowledge of cover crop acreage currently in place.

If you currently have cover-cropped fields and that you have decided to fallow in the 2017 growing season, you could be a valuable partner in this effort to build the case for why beneficial nesting practices should be strongly supported as part of our programs with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Requested Action If you have cover crops that you will idle, please just send a quick note to Paul Buttner at pbuttner@calrice.org. We may even be able to offer a small incentive payment to leave the fields undisturbed through early-July and allow biologists to monitor duck nesting activity in your fields.

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2017 Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Distinguished Service Award

By Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau staff At Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau’s 99th Annual Membership Meeting on February 27th, Mark Quisenberry was presented with the 2017 Distinguished Service Award. Criteria for this award includes consideration of the candidate’s commitment to ensuring the future of agriculture; the candidate’s positive outlook and ability to discover new alternatives to deal with its ever changing atmosphere; the candidate’s level of involvement in their local communities through school organizations, community organizations, volunteer work, etc.; and the candidate’s leadership ability.

The Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Board of Directors recognizes Mark’s outstanding efforts and valuable contributions towards promoting and protecting agriculture in his 20 years of devotion to the Sutter County Ag Department. The Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau thanks Mark for his commitment to serving the agriculture community.

The Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Board of Directors is honored to recognize Mark with this prestigious award!

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Siller Bros with Jim Staas

By Laurie Johnson, Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Program Coordinator

HOW DID SILLER BROS. GET STARTED? Martin Siller arrived to this area around 1923. Martin and his wife settled and farmed in the Robbins area. This large family included six girls and six boys.

Family members still reside in the Robbins and Township area.

Three of the boys, Martin Jr. “Buck”, Andy and Chuck began logging in Challenge, Forbestown and Dobbins. The brothers also began farming in Dingville on 300 acres of rice. Siller Bros farming operation grew as they leased available ground.

Jim Staas was a friend and college mate of younger brother George Siller. Jim started working for the company in 1958 working as a “flunkie”, doing whatever needed to be done at the time. Initially, crews

worked both in logging and farming.

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and farming operations grew, full crews were hired.

Mill in Camptonville. Sillers also purchased many timber properties.

Back on the logging side, Jim Staas was a tail hooker, meaning he attached the bell hook to logs to be loaded onto trucks and hauled to the mill in Oregon House.

At the end of the day, when trucking was done, he drove a water truck until dark preparing dusty logging roads for the next day.

Jim Staas had purchased his own farm, and continued working for Siller Bros.

Soon, realizing he was about to be drafted, and taking his brother’s advice he joined the Army Reserves. This allowed him to stay close run his farm and drive logging trucks for Sillers.

Staas returned to Siller Bros. after college graduation.

Another Siller brother, Neal had cattle in Frenchtown.

Jim soon became an expert on feeding, branding and vaccinating cattle. Jim also helped in the saw mill until logging began. At this time logs were harvested and hauled from Cascade to the mill in Feather Falls.

Soon after, the company bought the contract to log Little Grass Valley. Siller Bros. was purchasing smaller companies including Georgetown Lumber Co. The following year, which was 1964, this growing company logged Hellhole, French Meadows, Bullards Bar, Oroville and Collins Lake.

They also starting working the Sierra mountain mills and purchased the Cal Ida

In 1976 Jim accepted the position as truck boss. At the time Siller Bros was growing so fast that there were three truck bosses.

Ed ran the logging trucks, Jim ran the fuel, gravel, and low beds trucks and Loren Jansen (Siller’s brother-in-law) ran the farm trucks.

During the 1980’s this family company expanded in all three areas, logging; construction (gravel and equipment) and farming. As the economy changed, logging stopped for a few years and road construction slowed. Jim managed both construction and logging trucks, with Loren managing the farming operations.

At one time Staas dispatched over 125 trucks. There are now only 4-5 logging trucks in the Siller Bros. fleet. Sierra Pacific is one of the remaining lumber mills and receives logs from areas devastated by forest fires.

Jim Staas started with Siller Bros at eighteen, he is now seventy-six.

He admits the logging part at Siller Bros slowing down agrees with him. He would like to hand the reins over to someone with technology savy. When he can share his knowledge with the right person, he will be content to retire. Fifty-eight years with

the same company is something to be proud of! Jim states that Siller Bros. have been good to work for and are always concerned with their employee’s welfare.

More facts about Siller Bros: WHAT IS SILLER BROS. MAIN BUSINESS? Transportation – heavy haul; Farming- rice and walnuts; Logging and Helicopters.

Siller Helicopters Inc. have been in business over forty years. Once used to lift logs from the forest to the service landings, helicopters have grown to include firefighting, hydro-seeding, transmission line construction, ski lift construction, power grid expansion, HVAC placement, logging and heavy lift operations around the world. Each sky

crane goes out with its own fuel tanker and maintenance pod.

This story merely touches the operations of Siller Bros. Farming as well as Siller Helicopters Inc. Those are stories we will share in the near future.

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Glazed Easter Ham

By Ree Drumond, Pioneer Woman Here’s the recipe for the yummy glazed ham I made on my show last Saturday—the same ham I’ll be making this Sunday for Easter brunch. It’s totally easy, exceedingly delicious, and results in a purty and glossy ham that’ll make your guests say “Oooooooh!” with wide, expectant eyes and, hopefully, hearty appetites because this ham could feed an army.

Here’s how I made it.

Get a big honkin’ bone-in ham. Fully cooked.

Use a really sharp knife to score a diamond pattern all over the surface of the ham: First cut lines in one direction…

Then cut in the other direction.

Grab a handful of cloves and poke them into the center of each diamond…

And keep going until the whole surface is dotted. I do this for looks more than flavor: I just think it looks lovely and traditional when it’s all done baking.

Cover the ham with foil, then put it into the oven to warm it up. I do 325 for at least 2 to 2 1/2 hours, but I’d say just look at the instructions on the package and follow those.

Some hams say to go 3 to 4 hours, some at a lower temperature. The whole goal here is just to heat the ham slowly…and it takes awhile to do that.

While the ham is in the oven, you can make the glaze: Throw 3 cups of brown sugar into a saucepan…

•A long with 1/2 cup of grainy, spicy mustard for a nice tang…

• 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar for a little bite…

And the star of the show!

A whole can of Dr Pepper.

You can use Coke.

Heck, you could probably even use root beer. But please, for the love of all things good and caramelized, do not use diet pop. (It’s the sugar we’re after here.)

PREP TIME: 20 Minutes

Amen.

• 1 whole Fully Cooked Bone-in

Bring this mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat…

DIFFICULTY: Easy COOK TIME: 3 Hours SERVINGS: 18 Servings INGREDIENTS Ham (15-18 Pounds)

And simmer it for a good 15-20 minutes until it’s gotten darker and thicker.

• Whole Cloves

After the ham has cooked for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, brush the surface with some of the glaze. Then pop it back into the oven, uncovered, for another 20 minutes or so.

• 1/2 cup Spicy Brown Mustard

Pull it out and brush on more glaze, then pop it back in the oven.

Then pull it out and brush on more glaze! Keep doing this until the ham is fully heated and the glaze is really gorgeous and glossy.

Note: On my Food Network episode, I only glazed it once because I had been at church and didn’t want to add too much more time before we ate. It was still totally delicious, but glazing the ham 2 or 3 (or 4) times really results in more of a masterpiece in terms of gorgeous surface.

“Enjoy, guys. This ham’ll take you far in life.”

• 3 cups Brown Sugar • 1 can Dr Pepper Or Coke • 3 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar INSTRUCTIONS Preheat the oven to 325 F. Score the surface of the ham in a diamond pattern about 1/8-inch deep. Place cloves in the middle of each diamond.

Place the ham in a large

roasting pan with a rack, tent it with foil, and bake for 2 to 2/12 hours—or longer, depending on the package directions.

(Some hams may require 3 to 3 1/2 hours at a lower temp; just check the package.)

Heat the brown sugar, mustard, vinegar and soda in a small saucepan until bubbly. Cook until reduced and a bit thicker, about 15 minutes.

After about 2 hours of baking time, remove the foil and brush the glaze on the ham in 20 minutes intervals (put the ham back in the oven, uncovered, in between) until it’s nice and glossy. Remove from the oven and allow to rest 15-20 minutes before carving.

Immigration Enforcement and Tips for Employers Provided by Bryan Little, Farm Employers Labor Service ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents might take two types of enforcement actions at an employer’s workplace:

Take reasonable steps to resolve doubt arising from credible information you receive about an employee’s identity or employment eligibility.

A “raid” in which the agents already have reasonable cause to believe that persons not eligible to be employed or not lawfully present in the United States are in the workplace. To enter areas of the employer’s premises that are closed to the public and more than 25 miles from the U.S. border, the agents must have (a) the employer’s consent to enter, (b) a search warrant based on reasonable cause that authorizes their entry for a specific purpose, or (c) reasonable cause plus exigent (i.e., emergency) circumstances that would mean the suspect would elude capture or evidence would be lost or destroyed if the agents were to take the time necessary to get a warrant.

Designate and authorize a management representative to meet and talk with ICE agents when they visit your business.

Educate the representative on appropriate procedures, such as when to call you or the company’s attorney.

A Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) audit, which requires the agents to give the employer three days’ notice of the intent to audit.

Here are some pointers for employers: Review your employment eligibility verification practices and procedures to ensure they comply with the law.

Ensure your staff consistently implements those practices and procedures, such as by periodically auditing the Forms I-9 they help prepare. Review your recordkeeping policies and practices to ensure Forms I-9 are kept for the longer of three years after employment starts or one year after it ends.

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Train employees to refer inquiries from ICE agents to the representative.

Train the representative to be polite and assume an attitude of cooperation with ICE agents, but also to ask them for proper identification if they do not offer it first.

In the event of a criminal investigation, as evidenced by the issuance of a search warrant authorizing the seizure of computer records or other employment-related documents, review the search warrant to ensure that only those items listed in the warrant are taken, and then inventory what is taken.

Call the company’s attorney as soon as possible to seek advice and determine how much you and other employees should cooperate, particularly as to interviews.

FELS Newsletter subscribers are eligible for FELS Group Legal Service program benefits with our program partner firm, Barsamian & Moody. Please call FELS at 800-753-9073 or email us at info@fels.net for a referral.

Immigration Enforcement Resources from FELS Provided by FELS resident Trump’s recent immigrationrelated executive orders have created much confusion among workers and employers about exactly what they mean. A few things are clear at this point: • Department of Homeland Security agencies, particularly the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service, conducted large operations in January 2017 to apprehend aliens who they deem to be dangerous enough to detained and deported as soon as possible. These “sweeps” occurred in several areas around the country, including Southern California.

• The executive orders expand the classes of people who are not in the U.S. legally who enforcement agencies will focus on in their attempts to find and deport them. This include those who have committed crimes, those who have engaged in conduct that may be criminal, or those immigration agents deem to be a threat to the public interest or national security. This is a broad scope, and many worker advocates worry that this could include some who may have been convicted of relatively minor offenses like drunk driving or driving without a license.

• To our knowledge, the agencies have not begun worksite enforcement; ICE has not initiated large-scale I-9 workplace audits, the Social Security Administration has not resumed sending employers “No-Match’ letters, or undertaken any other administrative actions.

• DHS has announced plans to hire 10,000 new ICE agents and 5000 new Border Patrol agents.

Resources for Employees: • American Civil Liberties Union has extensive information on their webpage for workers or others who feel threatened by the renewed emphasis on apprehending expanded classes of aliens who did not previously seem to be in danger of apprehension.

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• In particular, ACLU is providing information on what someone should to do if detained by immigration agents.

• San Diego County has published readynowsandiego with various resources that could be helpful to farm employees.

Resources for Employers: Farm employers in California will want to take the time now to review their past practices in creating and storing Forms I-9 so documents can be provided to immigration officials if or when they start to conduct worksite audits, or other reviews of the validity of an employer’s efforts to properly vet employees at the time of hire to ensure they are who they say they are, and they are elibigle to work in the U.S.

•U SCIS also publishes a very thorough Form M-274 Handbook for Employers (Spanish) giving employers useful guidance about the proper use, completion, storage, and retention of Forms I-9, samples of legitimate identity and work eligibility documents, and guidance to help you avoid unintentionally descriminating against anyone on the basis of their immigration status.

•U SCIS also maintains a helpful website with frequently-asked questions and general information about I-9-related issues, I-9 Central.

• I f you should be subject to ICE enforcement, you might receive a letter that looks like this one, with instructions as to how to respond to the the letter’s request for information.

• FELS has provided extensive resources for farm employers at this page.

• I -9 Form Inspection Overview, from the USCIS website.

• FELS has published an I-9 self-audit document, giving farm employers guidance on the proper creation, handling and storage of Forms I-9 at the time of hire, as well as practical information about the limits of audits, what erroneous or missing information you can correct on an existing I-9, and other useful information (NOTE: this self-audit document is intended for use with the Form I-9 Rev. 03/08/13 and earlier versions; FELS will make a self-audit form for the Form I-9 Rev. 11/16/2016 available soon);

•H ow to Respond When ICE Shows Up at your Ranch, Farm or Business, Monte Lake, CJ Lake.

• Employers were required to use the newest version of the Form I-9 (Rev. 11/16/2016) as of January 22, 2017; you can find that form at this link from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS).

Sometimes, I-9 issues may create the need for legal counsel; if you are a FELS Newsletter subscriber, you have access to the FELS Group Legal Services program, providing you an hour of free legal service per year, and a discounted rate on our legal service plan partner, Barsamian and Moody.

Farmers and their employees may find themselves in the most challenging environment they have encountered in many years. FELS is here to help; you can call 800-753-9073 or email us at fels@fels.net.

Spring Fling 2017

By Yuba-SutterFarm Bureau Executive Director, Jessica DeCoito n March 10, Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Fund for Ag Education held their 7th annual Spring Fling event at the YubaSutter Fairgrounds. It was another successful event, selling out to a crowd of 600 plus folks from within the community and surrounding areas. The proceeds from this event are used to meet the mission of the Fund for Ag Education which is to encourage and support the teaching and study of agriculture by the general public, and in all institutions of public and/or private education through programs for teachers and educational programs for students; to maintain and administer a scholarship program; to direct financial assistance to selected organizations for purposes

DIAMOND SPONSORS Colusa Casino Resort Far Horizon Insurance Farm Credit West Flying U Rodeo Nelson Manufacturing Co. Inc. Paulla Hyatt-McIntire, Attorney at Law PG&E Rabobank Recology Sunsweet Growers, Inc. GOLD SPONSORS Beeler Tractor Co. Butte Basin Management Co. California Valley Nut Company Cordi Winery Dale Investments Johl Orchards Lakeview Petroleum Mitchell Dryers LLC Oso Nut Company NorCal Pump & Well Drilling River Valley Community Bank Rue & Forsman Ranch Sanchez Insurance Siller Brothers, Inc. Tenney and Company CPAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Umpqua Waltz Farms Wilbur-Ellis TABLE SPONSORS Bank of Feather River Bear River Supply Big Valley Ag Services Conant Orchards Inc.

consistent with the mission; and to encourage and assist in the safety training and education of agricultural employers and their employees in the Yuba and Sutter area.

The program included a live and silent auction, raffles, catered dinner by Silver Sage Catering, service by local FFA & 4-H members and music by Cover Me Badd.

A big thank you to everyone to came to support our Fund for Ag Education efforts. We would also like to thank our generous sponsors. The success of the event is a direct result of their continued support!

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Farm Credit West Announces 2016 Financial Results Provided by Farm Credit West Today, Farm Credit West announced strong financial results for 2016 with continued growth in net income, earning assets and capital. 2016 is the first full year of combined earnings with Farm Credit Services Southwest since Farm Credit West’s acquisition of Southwest on November 1, 2015. The combined entity has benefited from strong earnings as well as geographic and commodity diversity.

Highlights: •

Net income for 2016 was $206 million. This compares with $169 million in 2015 which included only two months of earnings from Southwest as a result of the timing of the merger. 2016 earnings were positively impacted by the exceptional loan growth experienced last year as well as a full year of earnings from the Southwest subsidiaries.

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Earning assets grew to $9.6 billion by the end of 2016 from $9.1 billion at the end of 2015. Average earning assets were $9.2 billion for 2016 compared to $7.6 billion for 2015. The average earning assets in 2016 included a twelve month average of $0.9 billion for Southwest’s average loan volume whereas 2015 included only two months. Total assets were $10.0 billion at December 31, 2016.

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Asset quality declined slightly to 96.3% non-adversely classified loans at year-end 2016 compared with 96.8% at year-end 2015.

Nonearning asset volume increased to $142 million at the end of 2016 compared to $120 million at the end of 2015. While there were significant pay offs of nonearning assets, there were several large loan complexes that were moved to nonaccrual loans during 2016 mostly due to stress in the nursery industry.

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Total capital at the end of 2016 was $1.9 billion compared to $1.8 billion at the end of 2015. Maintaining a strong capital position is critical to

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ensure the association is protected from unexpected future losses and enhances Farm Credit West’s overall financial strength.

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These positive results contributed to the Farm Credit West Board’s decision to declare a record cash patronage distribution of $79.5 million, which was paid to eligible customer-owners in February 2017.

Mark Littlefield, President and CEO of Farm Credit West said, “We are very pleased with Farm Credit West’s success in 2016 and the successful integration of Southwest’s operations.

We were especially honored to be able to celebrate the Farm Credit System’s 100th year anniversary in 2016 with our fellow 73 associations and four funding banks located across the United States.

Our mission for 100 years has not changed – to ensure that farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses would always have a consistent, affordable and reliable source of funding – in good times and bad.

Farm Credit West is proud to serve agriculture today as it has for the last 100 years.”

Farm Credit West, including recently acquired wholly-owned subsidiary, Farm Credit Services

Southwest, are lending institutions of the Farm Credit System with California branch offices in Bakersfield, Carpinteria, Dinuba, Hanford, Imperial, Santa Maria, Templeton, Tulare, Ventura, Woodland and Yuba City and Arizona branch offices in Tempe, Safford, and Yuma. The corporate headquarters is located in Rocklin, California. The Farm Credit System is a nationwide network of borrower-owned lending institutions and specialized service organizations created by Congress in 1916. The System provides loans, leases, and related services to farmers, ranchers, rural homeowners, agribusinesses and agricultural and rural utility cooperatives nationwide. Visit www.farmcreditwest.com.

Orchard Notes

E-mail Extra – March, 2017

2017 Flooded Orchards – What to do and Resources In our counties, there are two main issues that are related to the 2017 storms: 1- Orchards outside the levees along the rivers that are or have been flooded from river seepage due to high river flows and/or overflowing ditches/canals.

2- Orchards inside the levees next to riverbanks that had sloughing (slippage) when the high water in the Feather River was suddenly dropped in late February.

Depending on where your orchard is located will determine what programs may or may not be available.

What to do now Keep records and take photos of flooded orchards and damage. It is important to have this information to prove that damage or losses occurred from a particular storm event. This includes:     

When water was first seen, length of time standing in orchard, when it drained, etc. When the rivers rise again, if water returns and for how long.

Leafing, flowering, fruit/nut set dates Note dates if/when symptoms are seen that could indicate waterlogging and/or Phytophthora crown and root rot: a lack of terminal growth, small, yellow and drooping leaves, sparse foliage, dieback, or a general collapse of the tree Note dates if symptoms of aerial Phytophthora are seen: cankers on branches and trunk (walnuts tend to bleed, peaches, prunes, and almonds will gum).

Within the levees, assess the number of trees uprooted or lost from sloughing.

Reporting damage/losses:  

File a report of loss with your Agricultural Commissioner. Even if you do not know the extent of losses yet, documenting the flooding in orchards outside the levees and physical damage and tree losses inside the levees is advised.

Links to the forms: o Sutter County: https://www.co.sutter.ca.us/weatheragriculturaldamage o Yuba County: Call 530 749-5400 or pick up the form in the office at the Yuba County Government Center.

Determining Damage: It likely will take months before the extent of losses from disease and/or waterlogging can be assessed. As the trees become active and the weather warms up, we can expect to start seeing losses that could continue through the hot Cooperative Extension Sutter-Yuba Counties  142A Garden Highway, Yuba City, CA 95991-5512 Office (530) 822-7515  Fax (530) 673-5368  http://cesutter.ucanr.edu/

Rodent Control

An Esssential Part of Food and Feed Safety

The following information is provided by Nationwide.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, rodents destroy an estimated one-fifth of the world’s food supply each year. Additionally, rodents carry diseases that can pose serious health risks to the public and present serious economic risk to food and feed processors.

To help prevent product contamination or destruction, your company’s Integrated Pest Management Program should include a written rodent control program and a binder containing thirdparty information, such as: • Pest control services contract • Pest control operators (PCO) license • Certificate of insurance • Facility maps, including trap and bait station locations • Service log • Material data sheets (MDS) The PCO service log and facility trap inspection log should be utilized for trend analysis. Consider placing your weekly trap inspection log in the same binder.

Rodent-proof covered garbage containers should be available where trash is generated, such as parking lots, break areas and shipping docks.

These areas should be paved to allow effective cleaning and to help prevent rodents from burrowing underneath the containers.

expanded our relationship offering workers’ compensation coverage for farm and ranch members. Nationwide is the #1 farm insurer in the U.S.* and a leading provider of insurance and risk management solutions for commercial agribusinesses.

Minimize storage of equipment, pallets and other materials outside the facility.

When outside storage is necessary, store items on paved or graveled areas only, using racks for off-ground storage and regularly inspect for pest activity.

The information included in this article was obtained from sources believed to be reliable, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and its employees make no guarantee of results and assume no liability in connection with any training, materials, suggestions or information provided.

It is the user’s responsibility to confirm compliance with any applicable local, state or federal regulations. Information obtained from or via Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company should not be used as the basis for legal advice or other advice, but should be confirmed with alternative sources. Nationwide and the Nationwide N and Eagle are service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. © 2017 Nationwide. *Source: 2015 SNL Financial Report.

Based on statutory data. **”Farm Bureau” and the “FB” logo are registered service marks of American Farm Bureau Federation and are used by California Farm Bureau Federation under a license agreement between the two organizations.

Read our full-length article on MyNSightOnline.com to learn how to help control and eliminate rodents inside your facility and discover the most common signs of rodent activity.

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Maintenance, sanitation, housekeeping and pest management can significantly enhance rodent control efforts in and around your facility.

The first line of defense against rodents is maintaining the building grounds.

Rodents avoid open areas, using buildings and vegetation to hide from predators. To help eliminate hiding places, building perimeters should be paved or have a rock border. Keep grass and fields well-trimmed and avoid planting: • Bushes or shrubs next to buildings • Ground-crawling plants, such as evergreen and juniper bushes • Fruit or nut-producing vegetation (a food source) Your company’s Master Cleaning Schedule (MCS) should include frequent patrol of the grounds to remove garbage or windblown debris and clean up spills or leaks from production equipment or transfer systems. If neglected, these areas can harbor rodents and provide nesting materials.

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Revision to the Proposed Regulations of Agricultural Pesticides

By Scott Bowden, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner of Sutter County On March 16, 2017, the California Department of Pesticide Regulations (CDPR) announced a revision to the proposed regulations regarding agricultural pesticide use near schools and child day-care centers. These revisions were based upon feedback from industry and the public regarding the proposed regulations that were released on September 30, 2016.

The proposed regulations would prohibit the use of pesticides within a quarter mile of all public K-12 schools and child day-care centers while school is in session. This would be defined as Monday through Friday, from 6am until 6pm. All aerial, sprinkler, air-blast sprayer, powder, and fumigant applications would be prohibited by these regulations within one quarter mile of a school site. Ground-rig applications would be prohibited within 25-feet of the school property during the same time period.

The March 16th revisions deleted the 48-hour notification requirement to schools and the Commissioner’s office prior to pesticide applications within one quarter mile. The annual notification to schools and the Commissioner’s office would still be in effect. The proposed regulations would require this annual notification to be submitted to the school principle or child day-care center administrator by April 30th of each year.

Each annual notification would include: a map of the proposed site with the distance to the school property; the pesticide name and EPA registration number, and active ingredients of all pesticides to be used at that site during the year; grower and Commissioner contact information; the website address to the National Pesticide Information Center; and specific boiler-plate language regarding the use of pesticides not listed on the annual notification list.

CDPR anticipates these regulations will become effective on January 1, 2018. There will be a 15-day public comment period starting March 20, 2017. Comments can be sent to dpr16004@cdpr.ca.gov or mailed to:

Ms. Linda Irokawa-Otani

Regulations Coordinator

Department of Pesticide Regulation

1001 I Street

P.O. Box 4015

Sacramento, CA. 95812-4015

For more information regarding these proposed regulations, contact Scott Bowden, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Sutter County.

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What a Difference Distribution Uniformity Makes Provided by the Almond Board of California

lanting a new orchard with a professionally designed and installed irrigation system should result in uniform distribution throughout the field and a good wetting pattern around the trees.

But as self-described ‘experimental micro-farmer’ Aim Khan found out, “You cannot rely on the design [of the system]; in reality, the water pressure could be different from what was expected,” he explained.

Khan, who has been a Silicon Valley high-tech manager for 35 years, recently decided he also wanted to get into farming, so he followed through by purchasing about 40 acres in Stanislaus County to begin his ‘experiment.’ Two years ago, he planted Nonpareils with Aldridge and Wood Colony on 20- by 16foot spacing. “I hired a company to come up with an irrigation system designed to work best for this orchard, and had the whole system installed,” he said.

Too Much, Too Little In the first season, Khan saw that some parts of the field were getting too much water and other parts not enough.

“Leaves were turning yellow because they were getting too much water,” he noted, “and in other areas, the trees were not even growing.”

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Last year, Khan asked Irrigation Matters, a service-based irrigation and water management company, to perform a distribution uniformity (DU) test on his system.

“After noticing large differences in the wetting patterns and standing water in some areas of the field, we decided that our next step would be a DU test,” said John Denlinger, water agronomist for Irrigation Matters. He went on to say, “By evaluating the DU of the field, we were able to determine that the issue was in the design of the irrigation system, which did not compensate for elevation changes across the field.”

“We found, after doing the test, that the design and the system don’t match,” reported Khan. “As a result, 70% of the field had above-average pressure, while 30% of the field had average or belowaverage pressure. Where ideal pressures would have been 20 and 26 pounds per square inch, instead, we were getting 16 psi and 42 psi, respectively.”

Switched Microsprinklers The original system had Nelson R10 0.5 gpm FC nozzle P4 9-degree plate sprinklers, and according to Khan, about 30% of the sprinklers were not functioning properly in the first year.

“Some of the trees were getting no water, and some trees were getting flooded because the sprinklers were broken and water was gushing out,” he said. “So last year, just to be sure each tree gets some water, we changed to Rivulis D2000 microsprinklers, which have a little more consistent output with flow control.”

The next step for Khan is to have the system retrofitted to allow even distribution of water across his orchard, putting in a flow meter, and monitoring pressure “from one end to the other to be sure we have uniform pressure throughout the field.”

Once the infrastructure has been retrofitted, and with information from two real-time soil moisture sensors installed last fall, Denlinger will work with Khan to determine when to irrigate, using evapotranspiration and soil moisture information gathered from his real-time soil moisture and weather station.

“I would definitely recommend a DU test, even for a new system,” Khan said in retrospect. “I wish I had done this two years ago, when the system was first installed. The trees have suffered, and I wasted so much money. Testing is a benefit all the way around by resulting in less water use and having more uniform tree growth,” he concluded.

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requirements and important information.

The Application Instructions and “From Concept to Application – Considerations for Applicants” documents can be accessed at the California water Commission’s website.

To further assist potential applicants, the Commission has scheduled an application assistance workshop on March 30, 2017, at 9:30 a.m., in the Klamath hearing room on the second floor of the California Environmental Protection Agency located at 1001 I Street, Sacramento. The Commission will schedule additional webinars, targeting specific application elements, to further assist applicants.

Water Storage Investment Program: From Project Concept to Application The California Water Commission is now accepting applications for the Water Storage Investment Program. The application period will be open from March 14, 2017 to August 14, 2017.

The Commission recently launched an Application Resources page which contains a link to the Department of Water Resources submittal site GRanTS, a web-based tool for managing funding applications and related documents, as Commission will the application well as documents thatopen will provide applicants withperiod program for

Considerations for Applicants

For more information about the California Water Commission,

ornia Water the Water please visitStorage our website at: www.cwc.ca.gov nt Program (WSIP) on March 14, 2017, with applications due by August 14, 2017. application requirements are spelled out in detail in the program regulations, Waterwhen Storage Investment Program: ve applicants should consider the following determining whether to apply for the WSIP funding.

From Project Concept to Application

Considerations for Applicants

Ecosystem Improvement Benefits: The Key to Funding. As specified

by Proposition 1, a project’s ecosystem improvement benefits are critical to The California Water Commission will open the application obtaining WSIP funding.

Thinking about a project’s ecosystem benefits in theperiod for the Water Storage Investment Program (WSIP) on March 14, 2017, with applications due by August 14, 2017. following ways may help prospective applicants.

Although application requirements are spelled out in detail in the program regulations, prospective applicants should consider the following when determining whether to apply the WSIP funding. ants must demonstrate that Eachfor project must provide stem improvement benefits make up measurable improvements st 50% of the requested amount of to the Delta’s ecosystem Ecosystem Improvement Benefits: The Key to Funding. As specified ng. The remainder may be made up of or its tributaries, although

by Proposition 1, a project’s ecosystem improvement benefits are critical to public benefits. not all ecosystem benefits obtaining WSIP funding.

Thinking about a project’s ecosystem benefits in the need to occur within the following ways may help prospective applicants.

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Applicants must demonstrate that DFW must find that the claimed ecosystem improvement benefits make up stem improvement benefits meet50% theof the requested amount of at least ements of Proposition 1,funding.

ChapterThe 8. remainder may be made up of public benefits.

Relative Environmental sition 1 also requires theother applicant Value, a project scoring er into a contract with CDFW for the component, is determined istration of the ecosystem benefits. by how well a project’s quently, CDFW will require assurances, ecosystem improvement s an eventual change of water The CDFW must find that the claimed benefits meet the ct or water right, to ensure that the ecosystem improvement benefits meet the priorities of the California tied to the benefit will not be used or requirements of Proposition 1, Chapter 8. ed from the system before the benefit Proposition 1 also requiresDepartment the applicantof Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). nifest. to enter into a contract with CDFW for the administration of the ecosystem benefits.

Consequently, CDFW will require assurances, such as an eventual change of water contract or water right, to ensure that the water tied to the benefit will not be used or removed from the system before the benefit is manifest.

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Each project must provide measurable improvements to the Delta’s ecosystem or its tributaries, although not all ecosystem benefits need to occur within the Delta.

Relative Environmental Value, a project scoring component, is determined by how well a project’s ecosystem improvement benefits meet the priorities of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW).

WSIP: From Project Concept to Application

Considerations for Applicants â&#x20AC;Ś continued

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Quantification of Benefits. The regulations require the use of CalSim-II for the public benefits located in the Delta. For public benefits located outside the Delta, other models may be used. However, data furnished by the Commission must be incorporated.

Applicants should have the capacity to perform these analyses during the application period.

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Discussions with Commission Staff. Staff is available and willing to answer questions about the program and discuss assurances of ecosystem benefits. Prospective applicants may want to meet with staff before they decide to prepare an application. To ask questions or to schedule a call or meeting with staff, send an email to CWC@water.ca.gov.

For Additional Application Assistance Visit https://cwc.ca.gov/Pages/ApplicationResources.aspx This page includes the WSIP schedule, upcoming workshop and webinar schedules and related information, as well as the WSIP regulations and the Technical Reference Document.

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Preventing Common Farm-Vehicle Accidents Provided by Nationwide Safely navigating large agricultural equipment over rural roads to and from the fields is a challenge for even the best drivers. Nationwide reminds you to consider the following rules on the safe operation of your equipment to help reduce the number of farm-vehicle accidents on America’s rural roadways.

The basics Most states allow leeway regarding the use of implements of husbandry on public roadways. For the most part, regulations for size and type of equipment don’t apply when you operate agricultural equipment on roadways. But you need to be aware of bridge and road embargos to help prevent serious injury and damage to roadways and equipment.

slow-moving vehicle. The same is true during afternoons and early evenings as schools let out and people are returning home from work.

Don’t forget about the trailer. When pulling trailers, operators often rely on the lights from the power unit as their warning system. This can increase the risk of collision because these lights can become obstructed by the roadway curving or the large loads being pulled, such as large hay bales.

Recommendations for avoiding farmvehicle accidents Before pulling onto the road, you must understand the hazards of driving and the importance of sharing the road with others. Never allow an

Left-turn collisions The left-turn collision is one of the most common accidents involving articulating farm vehicles, such as a tractor pulling a tool bar and nurse tank.

When attempting to make a left turn, equipment operators commonly pull to the right in order to make a wide left turn. Motorists behind the equipment may view the movement of the equipment to the right as permission to pass.

Accidents may be prevented if equipment operators use equipped turn signals or hand or arm signals when operating older equipment. Before committing to the turn, operators should pay close attention to oncoming traffic and check all mirrors or look over their shoulder to ensure motorists are not trying to pass.

Rural bridges Large farm equipment and old bridges don’t mix. Before crossing a rural bridge, make sure your vehicle weight will not damage the bridge or cause it to collapse.

The increase in size of agricultural equipment makes it almost certain that portions will extend left of center when operated on public roads. Courts have generally upheld the right of equipment operators to use public roads, but that doesn’t give immunity from liability should you have an accident when the size of your equipment is in direct violation.

Accidents are more prevalent at certain times of the day. Operating in the morning presents an increased risk as people head off to work and school. Drivers are usually in a hurry and often lack the patience to follow a

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inexperienced or untrained driver to get behind the wheel. Regulations require drivers to be trained on how to operate the specific equipment they are assigned to use and to how to navigate the equipment in the environment they’re operating in.

Because the potential for accidents is high, we offer common-sense tips to road safety and other preventive measures to common farm-vehicle accidents to help keep America’s rural roadways safe.

Let’s look at the following scenarios to learn more:

Because rural bridges are often very narrow, allow oncoming traffic to clear the bridge before starting across. This reduces the total weight on the bridge and gives you more space to maneuver.

Tractors, combines and sprayers have high wheels with tires that have large lugs to facilitate traction. If you pull right to cross the bridge with oncoming traffic, your tires can easily come into contact with the guardrail and subsequently cause your equipment to climb the rail or even tip off the bridge.

Passing cars When driving a slow-moving vehicle, there will always be other motorists wanting to pass. You should never wave a driver to pass. Ultimately, it’s the passing driver’s responsibility to pass – not yours.

You shouldn’t drive with half of your vehicle on the shoulder either. As the passing vehicle straddles the center line, your equipment may sideswipe it if you have to swerve to avoid an oncoming mail box, road sign or other obstruction.

sure your vehicle’s warning devices, such as SMV signs, are clearly visible. When moving large ag equipment on heavily traveled paved roads, you should utilize an escort vehicle.

Always drive with the left side of your vehicle to the centerline, even though the width of your equipment extends onto the shoulder. If a vehicle needs to pass, the driver will have to make that decision based on the law and safe opportunity to do so.

surprised by a larger, slower-moving vehicle, especially around a sharp bend or after the crest of a hill. It’s difficult for drivers of faster, smaller vehicles to judge the speed and gap distance of a larger piece of equipment.

Rear-end collisions On contouring roads, it’s easy for a car traveling at higher rates of speed to be

You can help avoid rear-end collisions by monitoring your mirrors for fastapproaching vehicles and making

Single-vehicle accidents Single-vehicle accidents typically occur when an operator drives on the road’s shoulder, which may be soft, wet or steep, causing the vehicle to tip over. Accidents also occur when operators strike stationary objects such as mailboxes, guardrails, signs or telephone poles.

Driving on the shoulder is often hard to avoid. But you can reduce the chance of an accident by knowing where shoulder hazards are before you start out.

YSFB Upcoming 2017 Event and Training Calendar Heat Illness Training: Wednesday, April 12 Heat illness prevention and care for all agriculture employees and supervisors.

Training provided by MVP Supervisor Trainings: 8-9:00 a.m. English 9:30-10:40 a.m. Spanish Employee Trainings: 1:00 -2:00 pm Spanish 2:30-3:30 pm English Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Board Room RSVP to Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau at (530) 673-6550 Respirator Fit Testing: Wednesday, April 19 Training provided by MVP Attendees must notify YSFB of the type of mask they will bring, and have a Medical Clearance Form approved by a doctor (form is good for 5 years- call YSFB for details). Fitting takes 20 minutes per person. Fit testing required annually by Cal/OSHA and good for one year.

8:00 a.m. - Noon Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Board Room RSVP to Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau at (530) 673-6550

Forklift Training 3-Year Certification: Wednesday, June 14 Training provided by MVP Certification and Recertification- good for 3 years Approximately 2 hours per class.

7:00 a.m. Spanish; 9:00 a.m. English Henson’s Huller, 2665 Colusa Highway (frontage rd.), Yuba City RSVP to Yuba- Sutter Farm Bureau at (530) 673-6550 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training: Wednesday, July 19 Training provided by MVP Sexual harassment prevention training for supervisors (AP 1825) Certification good for 2 years 8-10:00 am English 10:30 am -12:30pm Spanish Yuba Sutter Farm Bureau Board Room RSVP to Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau at (530) 673-6550 Train the Trainer Pesticide Safety: Thursday, November 16 - English Friday, November 17 – Spanish Both days 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Covers laws & regulations – CE Units (4) No expiration on training Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Board Room RSVP to Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau at (530) 673-6550 CROP TALK | VOLUME 1 1 NO. 6

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Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau Business Members Directory Support these businesses and let them know you are a Farm Bureau member!

Call the Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau at 673-6550 for information on becoming a Business Member.

AERIAL APPLICATION Twin Cities Aviation 94 2nd St., Yuba City • (530) 673-4578 Sutter Butte Dusters, Inc. P.O. Box 213, Live Oak (530) 695-2294 AGRICULTURAL ADVISING Agricultural Advisors 3995 E. Butte Rd., Live Oak • (530) 674-1255 Gall Busters LLC Yuba City • (800) 330-5521 • Cell: (530) 301-9398 APIARIES Strachan Apiaries, Inc. 2522 Tierra Buena Rd., Yuba City • (530) 674-3881 ASSOCIATIONS California Canning Peach Association 335 Teegarden Ave.,Yuba City • (530) 673-8526 City of Yuba City 355 Teegarden Ave., 1201 Civic Center Blvd., Yuba City (530) 822-4762 Prune Bargaining Association 355 Teegarden Ave., Yuba City • (530) 674-5636

Sutter Buttes Business Services PO Box 1464, Yuba City, CA 95992 (530) 216-7394 Tenney & Company, CPA 1528 Starr Drive, Ste A, Yuba City, CA 95993 (530) 674-4211 Umpqua Bank 1221 Bridge St., Yuba City • (530) 790-2136 BROKERAGE SERVICES Farm and Trade Inc. 9287 Midway, Durham • (530) 345-4140 CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER COMPANIES Wilbur Ellis 900 North George Washington Blvd, Yuba City 95993 (530) 673-0921 CONSTRUCTION Hilbers Inc 1210 Stabler Ln., Yuba City • (530) 673-2947 Slater & Son 3753 Morehead Ave., Chico • (530) 893-3333 CUSTOM FARMING Niesen Ranch niesenranch@yahoo.com • (530) 695-1741

Reclamation District #70 1138 4th St., Meridian • (530) 696-2569

Walnut Harvesting Grey Foster • (530) 822-6144

YS Economic Development Corp 1227 Bridge St., Yuba City • (530) 751-8555

EQUIPMENT

AUTOMOTIVE & DIESEL Hust Brothers Inc. 710 3rd St., Marysville • (530) 743-1561 Les Schwab Tire Center-Linda 5998 Lindhurst Ave, Linda • (530) 743-7818

Beeler Tractor Co. 887 E. Onstott Rd., Yuba City • (530) 673-3555 Bianchi Orchard Systems, Inc. 1221 Independence Dr., Gridley • (530) 846-5625 Pape Machinery-Sacramento 2850 El Centro Rd. Sacramento, CA 95833 • (916) 563-1272

BANKING/FINANCIAL

SWECO Products Inc. 8949 Colusa Hwy, Sutter • (530) 673 8949

Baird Private Wealth Management Dave Schmall • (530) 271-3024

Valley Truck & Tractor 1549 Colusa Hwy., Yuba City • (530) 673-8283

Bank of Feather River 855 Harter Pkwy, Yuba City • (530) 790-2551

FARM LABOR SERVICES

David C. Behr, CPA 1650 Sierra Ave., Yuba City • (530) 671-9505 Farm Credit West 900 Tharp Rd., Yuba City • (530) 671-1420 Gold Country Bank 519 D. Street, Marysville • (530) 742-3800 Jimerson Financial 855 Harter Pkwy, Ste 310, Yuba City • (530) 713-1265 Moratto Accountancy Corporation 1445 Butte House Road, Suite A • Yuba City, CA 95993 (530) 777-3101 Rabobank 1600 Butte House Road, Yuba City, CA 95993 (530) 645-5127 River Valley Community Bank 1629 Colusa Ave., Yuba City • (530) 821-2460

Sunrise Ag Labor 436 Colusa Ave., Yuba City • (530) 822-7777

FARM MANAGEMENT JS Johal & Sons, Inc. 5020 Garden Hwy, Yuba City • (530) 682-3600 Parker Equipment & Services www.parkerequipmentandservices.com • 530-301-4532 PR Ag Services LLC 688 Scirocco Dr., Yuba City • (530) 682-6900 FARM SAFETY MVP Consolidated 201 East Street, Woodland • (530) 665-4422 FARMS, RANCHES & INDIVIDUALS BGH LP 6394 Larkin Rd., Live Oak, CA 95953 LT Farms Tom Shalz • (530) 301-3741 Louis Shalz • (530) 300-1379 RiceTec Inc John Shetley • jshetley@ricetec.com9 • (281) 678-5935

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FUEL EnviroPro Energy Company, LLC 1700 E. Street • Williams, CA 95987 • 530-784-4427 JS West Propane (530) 346-6608 • www.jswest.com Lakeview Petroleum 317 4th St. Marysville, CA 95901 • (530) 742-7614

Sunsweet Growers 901 Walton Ave, Yuba City • (530) 751-5379 Sun Valley Orchards, Inc. 94 Township Rd., Gridley • (530) 682-9558 Taylor Brothers Farms 182 Wilkie Ave., Yuba City • (530) 671-1505 PUMP & WELL

Ramos Oil Co. 418 13th St., Marysville • (530) 743-4647

Nor Cal Pump & Well Service 1325 Barry Rd., Yuba City • (530) 674-5861

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

CCI Insurance Services Inc. 1110 Civic Center Blvd., Ste. 204-C, Yuba City, CA 95993 (530) 751-0831

Far Horizon Insurance 1130 Bridge St., Yuba City • (530) 674-1340 Fletcher & Associates 300 4th St. Marysville • (530) 741-0441 Huntley Bravos Zall Insurance Brokers 520 Olive St., Marysville, CA 95901 • (530) 743-9264 RC Boden Insurance 5842 Lonetree Blvd 2nd FL Rocklin 95765 • (916) 626-3305 Robert M. Galligan & Associates 419 6th St., Marysville • (530) 742-3243 Sanchez Insurance Inc. 440 N. Palora Ave, Yuba City • (530) 673-6277 SSR Insurance Services Sandi Ramirez, AFIS (916) 631-1965 LOCAL MEMBER BENEFIT

REACH Air Medical Services 1524 East Street, Redding, CA 96001 • (530) 492-4217

Coldwell Banker Commercial Valley Brokers 1307 Franklin Road, Yuba City • (530) 673-6614 Edwards, Lien & Toso • Kyle Dalrymple kyle@eltappraisers.com • (530) 870-2732 Farm & Ranch Realty P.O. Box 564, Woodland • (530) 908-4689

Intero Real Estate Services 868 Richland Rd., Yuba City • (530) 682-0533 Stromer Realty Company 591 Colusa Ave., Yuba City • (530) 671-2770 Byron Shinkle 1550 Adams Rd., Yuba City • (530) 870-6876 United Country RE-Great West www.UnitedCountryRE.com • (530) 701-6674 SERVICES - OTHER Legacy By Design www.legacy-by-design.com • (530) 345-7411 PAYCHEX - Payroll • HR • Retirement • Insurance mcudney1@paychex.com • (425) 200-8817

LEGAL SERVICES

Placer Communications 3360 Industrial Drive, Yuba City • (530) 751-9131

Law Office of Anthony Van Ruiten 980 9th St., 16th Floor, Sacramento 95814 • (916) 449-9949

SOLAR

Jones Dyer 1800 J St. Sacramento, CA 95811 • (916) 552-5959 Law Office of Paulla Hyatt-McIntire 950 Tharp Rd., Ste. 701, Yuba City • (530) 674-9761 LIVESTOCK Richards Land and Cattle Company PO Box 145 • Oregon House, CA 95962 (530) 692-1470 MANUFACTURING Nelson Manufacturing 2860 Colusa Hwy, Yuba City • 530-673-0919 NURSERY

Guillaume Grapevine Nursery 21208 State Rte 113 • Knights Landing, CA 95645 530-735-6821 Sierra Gold Nurseries 5320 Garden Hwy., Yuba City • (530) 674-1145 PROCESSING & DRYING ADM Rice Inc. PO Box 990, Arbuckle, CA 95912 • 530-476-2662 Catlett Warehouse 2138 Catlett Road, Pleasant Grove • (530) 674-2380 Diamond Foods, Inc. P.O. Box 1727, Stockton • (209) 467-6202 District 10 Dryers LLC 9000 Mathews Lane, Marysville • (530) 742-3116 Miki Orchard, Inc. 803 Boyer Rd., Marysville • (530) 743-4402 Mitchell Dryers, LLC 10139 Garden Hwy, Yuba City • (530) 671-3397 Montna Farms Dryer 12755 Garden Hwy., Yuba City • (530) 674-2837

Sacramento Packing Inc. 833 Tudor Rd., Yuba City, CA 95991 • 530-671-4488 Van Dykes Rice Dryer 4036 Pleasant Grove Rd., Pleasant Grove • (916) 655-3171 Shoei Foods 1900 Feather River Blvd., Olivehurst • (530) 742-7866

Alternative Energy Solutions 13620 California 99, Chico • (530) 345-6980 JC Electric Jason Chambers www.jcelectric.info • (916) 343-4220 SUPPLY California Industrial Rubber Co., Inc 1690 Sierra Ave.,Yuba City • (530) 485-1487 Sutter Orchard Supply 573 Bridge St., Yuba City • (530) 673-8068 Union Lumber 401 B. St, Marysville • (530) 743-4621 TECHNOLOGY

Sitech West 4221 Northgate Blvd, Ste 7, Sacramento, CA 95834 916-921-0550 TRUCKING Gee Agri Transport Inc. Yuba City • (530) 674-7443 D H Transportation Inc. Yuba City • (530) 674-5746

NEB Transportation & Construction 2505 Rice Ave., West Sacramento, CA 95691 • 916-372-2342 UTILITIES

Bi County Irrigation 1280 Reed Rd., Yuba City • (530) 674-3272 Calpine 5029 S. Township Rd., Yuba City, CA 95993 • 530-821-2072 Chico Electric 36 W Eaton Rd, Chico • (530) 891-1933 Garden Hwy Mutual Water Corp.

12755 Garden Hwy, Yuba City • (530) 674-2837 Meridian Farms Water Co. 1138 4th St., Meridian • (530) 696-2456 PG&E 29 4th St., Marysville • (530) 634-6430 WINERY Cordi Winery 10401 Ingram Ln, Live Oak • (530) 695-1785 Lucero Vineyards & Winery P.O. Box 244, Dobbins • (530) 692-1141

YUBA-SUTTER FARM BUREAU

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475 N. Palora Avenue, Suite A Yuba City, CA 95991

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4 Annual Tri-Tip Drive-thru Dinner th

Fundraising efforts for YF&R Scholarships

When: Thursday, April 20, 2017 Time: Pick up meals between 4:30pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7:30pm Where: Farm Credit West, 900 Tharp Road, Yuba City, 95993 Prices: $15 for 1 Meal

$50 for 4 meals

$60 for 5 meals Meal

Includes: Tri-Tip, Rice, Bread, Salad & Dessert To purchase tickets: Contact YSFB @ 530-673-6550 or yubasutteryfr@gmail.com