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FA R M B U R E A U P R O G R A M S Young Farmers & Ranchers Program: YF&R is a group within Farm Bureau specifically for agriculture producers between the ages of 16 and 35. The focus is on improving leadership skills, networking, agriculture advocacy, travel — and having fun! OFB Scholarships: At the state and county level, Farm Bureau awards about $80,000 worth of scholarships to students every year. Many have deadlines starting in March. Ag Education, Health & Safety, & Women’s Advisory Council: These volunteer-led committees focus on outreach and education about Oregon agriculture to the general public and provide useful resources and workshops to Farm Bureau members. Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program: This agricultural heritage program recognizes Oregon farm and ranch families who have worked the same land for at least 100 years. A Sesquicentennial Award is open to family farms and ranches in operation for at least 150 years. Summer Ag Institute: SAI is a three-credit, week-long, graduate-level class through Oregon State University that educates 2021 COLORING CONTEST WINNER K-12 teachers about Oregon agriculture and how to incorporate Congratulations to Brooke Glaser, age 16, of Shedd for agriculture into classroom lesson plans. winning 1st place overall in the 2021 OFB Coloring Contest. Brooke’s artwork (above) earned her a cash prize and FEELDS: OFB’s Farm Employer Education & Legal Defense Service inclusion in this Oregon’s Bounty Calendar. (FEELDS) offers human resource management consulting to help agriculture employers and a legal defense benefit for certain The 2nd place overall winner was Gracie Godfrey, age types of demand letters. 9, of McMinnville, and the 3rd place overall winner was For information Dublin Jensen, age 10, of Bend. about these programs and Oregon Farm Additional age division winners were Martin Curley, age 6, Bureau, please visit of Redmond and Landon Burke, age 3, of Sisters. OregonFB.org or call OFB Thank you to the many artists who entered the 2021 at 800.334.6323. coloring contest, which was organized by the OFB Ag Every year the OFB Women’s Advisory Council donates Education Committee. thousands of dollars’ worth of groceries to fill the pantries of Oregon’s four Ronald McDonald House Charities, which Find the 2022 coloring contest entry form at OregonFB.org/ provide a home-away-from-home for the families of sick children being treated at a nearby hospital. coloringcontest.
Farm Bureau members save big! How to use your Farm Bureau membership benefits: Get the instructions immediately after registering on the members-only website at members.OregonFB.org. Or request an instruction sheet by emailing heather@oregonfb.org with the name your Farm Bureau membership is under — or call OFB at 800.334.6323. Members receive $500 in Bonus Cash toward the purchase or lease of an eligible Ford vehicle or $750 in Bonus Cash toward an eligible Lincoln. Visit FordFarmBureauAdvantage.com. COUNTRY Financial offers insurance for auto, farm, home, life, crop, identity theft coverage, and more. COUNTRY’s insurance and other services are available exclusively to Farm Bureau members. While on a trip in the United States or abroad, Farm Bureau members can save 20% at 7,000 Choice Hotels, including Sleep, Comfort, Clarion, Cambria, Suburban, EconoLodge, Mainstay, Quality, and Rodeway hotels. The Wyndham Hotels program offers a 20% discount off the best available rate at 8,000 hotels worldwide, including AmeriHost Inn, Baymont, Days Inn, Hawthorn, Howard Johnson, Knights Inn, Microtel, Ramada, Super 8, Travelodge, Wingate, and Wyndham hotels. Members get up to 30% off base rates for Avis and Budget car rentals. Save 20% off truck and mileage rates on all reservations made through Budget Truck Rentals. With Farm Bureau Bank, members can take advantage of a wide variety of banking services with great rates, generous rewards, exceptional customer service, and more. Best friends and Farm Bureau members Bentley Egger (right) and McKinley Mosier (left) enjoy Oregon’s autumn agricultural bounty at The Pumpkin Patch AgriPlan (for farmers) and BizPlan (for small business owners) allow businesses in Portland. Find farm stands near you all year long with the Oregon’s Bounty to deduct 100% of their family health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical, Farm Stand Guide at OregonFB.org/oregonsbounty. Photo by Amy Mosier. . vision, and dental expenses not covered by insurance. ClearValue Hearing saves members up to 60% off MSRP on all Starkey Hearing Instruments, and significant savings on other hearing needs, including ear protection and ear molds from Westone EarMold Laboratories. Designed for members without existing prescription coverage, the OFB Prescription Discount Program gives an average savings of 30% to 75% on brand and generic prescription drugs at 551 pharmacies in Oregon. There is no red tape and everyone is eligible. Pacific Building Systems and Pure Energy Group will offer members a $1,000 combined discount on a new building and solar package, or a $500 discount on a new building or new solar project.
Life Line Screening allows Farm Bureau members to take advantage of mobile health screenings in their own community at a reduced price. Farm Bureau members get special member prices on selected categories and brands from Grainger, as well as free standard parcel shipping on all standard Grainger products. Life Flight Network can quickly dispatch an emergency transport team, bringing the ICU to you, with no cost for medically necessary emergency flights. The discounted rate for Farm Bureau members is $59 a year. An application is required. REACH Air Medical Services, Cal-Or Life Flight, and AirLink Critical Care Transport — Alan Fujishin, president of Lincoln County Farm Bureau, spoke at the OFB three of Oregon’s preeminent air ambulance providers — along with the AirMedCare House of Delegates, a grassroots group of farmers and ranchers from around Network, offer group membership coverage for a reduced rate of $65 per year. the entire state that meets to develop and vote upon OFB policy. OFB policy guides our organization’s advocacy efforts.. John Deere: Farm Bureau members are eligible for a complimentary John Deere Rewards upgrade (Platinum 2 status), which unlocks the best loyalty rewards, including valuable equipment discounts. Register at JohnDeere.com/FarmBureau. Farm Bureau members get a $300 to $500 discount with Case-IH on Farmall and Maxxum tractors, hay tools, and Scout utility vehicles. Farm Bureau members can save up to $5,000 on eligible CAT machines. On top of that, members receive an additional $250 credit on work tool attachments with new CAT machines. Supervised Fuels, a division of Mid-Columbia Producers Inc., offers qualified voting and supporting Farm Bureau members wholesale fuel pricing at Pacific Pride and CFN card-lock stations statewide. Malheur County Farm Bureau members served a biscuits-and-gravy breakfast and answered questions about Farm Bureau during a AmeriGas gives Farm Bureau members a 5-cents-per-gallon discount on propane membership drive at the local county fair last summer.. and offers an automatic delivery option, 24/7 emergency service, and a variety of payment programs. Joe Hobson, Attorney at Law: Farm Bureau members enjoy a 15% discount from Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Attorney Joe Hobson, who specializes in agriculture, natural resource, and business law. FEELDS is OFB’s Farm Employer Education & Legal Defense Service, offering human resource management consulting to help agriculture employers and a legal defense benefit for certain types of demand letters. Members receive the award-winning Oregon’s Bounty Calendar ($20 value) in December Lane County Farm Bureau President Tiffany Monroe was a guest on and, in April, the Oregon’s Bounty Farm Stand Guide ($5 value) to roadside stands, OFB’s FRED (Farming & Ranching Every Day) Talks video series, which u-picks, and harvest festivals. Find farm stands near you all year long at OregonFB.org/ are conversations with farmers about a wide range of topics related to agriculture. Check out our library of FRED Talks at OregonFB.org/videos. oregonsbounty. For more information, contact OFB at 800.334.6323 or heather@oregonfb.org. Benefits are subject to change without notice.
No matter the amount of acreage worked, farming method At Farm Bureau, we are proud to used, or number of animals raised, Oregon’s farmers and January represent and advocate for Oregon’s ranchers share core values: a deep respect for the land, an farm and ranch families to keep them incredible work ethic, and an immense pride in their work. viable, vital, and sustainable. Photo by Joe Hudspeth, taken near Moro. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 December 2021 February 2022 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 New Year’s Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 American Farm Bureau Convention 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 American Farm Bureau Convention, Atlanta 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Martin Luther King Day 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Farmers and ranchers care Eggs are Oregon’s #17 agricultural February deeply about and depend upon commodity by production value, the health, safety, and welfare and poultry products are Oregon’s of their animals. Healthy #10 agricultural export. animals mean healthy food. Photo by Lori Ann Norton, taken in Crabtree. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Groundhog Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 OFB Board of Directors Meeting 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Oregon’s Birthday Valentine’s Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Presidents’ Day 27 28 S M January 2022 T W T F S S M T March 2022 W T F S 1 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 31 30 31
This tractor is preparing the ground to plant wheat. Keeping the soil fertile and Spring wheat is planted in the spring and is March healthy is essential to the harvested in the fall. Winter wheat is planted in success of any farm. late fall and is harvested in the summer. Photo by Karen Kirsch, taken in Marion County. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Mardi Gras OFB Scholarship Deadline Ash Wednesday 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Daylight Savings Time Begins St. Patrick’s Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 First Day of Spring National Ag Day 27 28 29 30 31 S M February 2022 1 T W 2 T 3 F 4 S 5 S M T April 2022 W T F 1 S 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 27 28 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
The moderate Willamette Valley climate is ideal After a long, dark winter, the April for farms growing a wide variety of flowers, vibrant colors of spring flowers including tulips, irises, dahlias, and lilies. are a welcome sight. Photo by Barb Iverson, taken at Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday S M T March 2022 W T F S S 1 M 2 T 3 May 2022 W 4 T 5 F 6 S 7 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 April Fool’s Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Good Friday Palm Sunday Passover Begins 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Easter Earth Day Oregon Ag Fest, Salem 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 oragfest.com
One of the oldest agricultural heritage programs in the nation, May The Hood River Valley comes OFB’s Century Farm & Ranch Program honors the families who alive in spring with the blooms of have worked the land and farmed for generations. pear, apple, and cherry orchards. Photo by Mitch Schreiber Papatography, taken in Hood River. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 May Day Century Farm & Ranch Program Deadline Cinco de Mayo 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mother’s Day OFB Board of Directors Meeting 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Armed Forces Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 S M T April 2022 W T F S S M T June 2022 W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 Memorial Day
Oregon is a specialty crop state, which During the summer in the Willamette Valley, a drive through the June means we have farmers who grow country can reveal a wide array of colors, thanks to fields of crops for seed, as well as nuts, fruits, yellow mustard or turnip, white meadowfoam, and crimson clover. vegetables, and foliage. Photo by Joshua Bagby, taken near Perrydale. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Flag Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Father’s Day Juneteenth First Day of Summer 26 27 28 29 30 May 2022 July 2022 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Agriculture is a fascinating blend These large machines shake and comb blueberries (and July of cutting-edge technology and other types of berries) off of the bushes. Berry harvest, the timeless tradition of growing specifically for fresh market sales, is also done by hand. crops out of the soil. Photo by Heath Locke, taken in Woodburn. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 June 2022 August 2022 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Independence Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
A large apple tree can take eight to 10 97% of Oregon’s farms and August years to grow its first fruit. Oregon is the ranches are family owned #8 producer of apples in the United States. and operated. Photo by EmmaLee Demianew, taken in Milton-Freewater. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 July 2022 September 2022 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Hop cones grow on bines (not vines) that Oregon hops are to thank for September can extend up to 30 feet. The bines twist some of the best beer in the around wires held up by large trellises. world. Oregon is the #2 U.S. There are 75 known varieties of hops. producer of hops. Photo by Emily Iverson, taken in Silverton. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 August 2022 October 2022 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 TBA: Oregon Farm Bureau PAC Golf Tourney 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Labor Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Oregon’s Bounty Calendar Patriot Day OFB Board of Directors Meeting Photo Contest Deadline 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 First Day of Autumn 25 26 27 28 29 30 Rosh Hashana Begins
Find pumpkin patches, farm There are dozens of varieties of pumpkins that October stands, and on-farm harvest events come in an assortment of colors and sizes. Certain near you with the Oregon’s Bounty types are ideal for carving, cooking, or decorating. online directory at OregonFB.org/ Photo by Bryan Andresen, taken in Junction City. oregonsbounty. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 September 2022 November 2022 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Yom Kippur Begins 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Columbus Day Indigenous People’s Day National Farmers’ Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween
This season, take a moment After the hectic months of harvest die down, November to give thanks for the farm farmers get a chance to catch up on work in the and ranch families who office. Taking care of the books, contracts, and grow our food and other ag equipment is also part of life on a farm or ranch. products for society. Photo by Ulrich Burkhalter, taken in Pratum. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Daylight Savings Time Ends Election Day Veterans’ Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Thanksgiving 27 28 29 30 October 2022 December 2022 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 31
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Oregon Farm Bureau wishes Cattle and calves consistently rank as a top ag December you and yours a festive holiday commodity for Oregon agriculture. Ranchers work year- season and a happy, healthy, and round to care for their animals. Most cattle ranchers prosperous year ahead. Thank are based east of the Cascade Mountain Range. you for your membership! Photo by Charity Morris, taken in Ritter. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday S M November 2022 T 1 W 2 T 3 F 4 S 5 S 1 M 2 January 2023 T 3 W 4 T 5 F 6 S 7 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day OFB Board of Directors OFB Convention, Hood River Meeting 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hanukkah Begins First Day of Winter 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Christmas Day Kwanzaa Begins New Year’s Eve
Thank you! OFB sincerely thanks the 136 photographers who entered this year’s Oregon’s Bounty Calendar Photo Contest. As always, it was extremely difficult to select the featured images. The deadline to submit photos for the 2023 Oregon’s Bounty Calendar Contest is Sept. 15, 2022. Learn more at OregonFB.org/calendar. Please enjoy the award-winning Oregon’s Bounty Calendar, valued at $20, as thanks for your membership in Farm Bureau. We appreciate you very much! Photographers (top left to bottom right): William M. Carnes, Scott Jacobson, Jamie Kenagy, Laurel Stone, Manoj Kumar, Megan Buck. Oregon Farm Bureau • 800.334.6323 • OregonFB.org
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Oregon’s Bounty 2022 CALENDAR F R O M O R E G O N FA R M B U R E A U Oregon Farm Bureau is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization representing farm and ranch member families in the public and policymaking arenas. With county roots dating back to 1919, OFB was established as a statewide organization in 1932. OFB’s primary goals are to promote educational improvement, economic opportunity, and social advancement for our members and Oregon’s agriculture and natural resources communities as a whole. Farm Bureau believes that all of Oregon’s 220-plus agricultural commodities, differing farming methods, and spectrum of operation sizes are valuable and essential for helping farms and ranches remain viable, vital, and sustainable. Proudly working on behalf of over 6,500 farm and ranch families, Farm Bureau is dedicated to protecting, promoting, and strengthening Oregon agriculture. Anne Marie Moss, OFB Communications Director Cheryl McLean, Graphic Designer, ImPrint Services Month photos by: Joe Hudspeth, Lori Ann Norton, Karen Kirsch, Barb Iverson, Mitch Schreiber Papatography, Joshua Bagby, Heath Locke, EmmaLee Demianew, Emily Iverson, Bryan Andresen, Ulrich Burkhalter, Charity Morris RETAIL PRICE $20 52000 Oregon Farm Bureau Federation 1320 Capitol St. NE, Suite 200 Salem, OR 97301 1 040590 910401 800.334.6323, OregonFB.org
Oregon’s NON-PROFIT ORG. PERMIT NO. 526 U.S. POSTAGE SALEM, OR PAID Bounty 2022 CALENDAR F R O M O R E G O N FA R M B U R E A U Oregon Farm Bureau is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization representing farm and ranch member families in the public and policymaking arenas. With county roots dating back to 1919, OFB was established as a statewide organization in 1932. Oregon Farm Bureau Federation 1320 Capitol St. NE, Suite 200 800.334.6323 • OregonFB.org OFB’s primary goals are to promote educational improvement, economic opportunity, and social Salem, OR 97301 advancement for our members and Oregon’s agriculture and natural resources communities as a whole. Farm Bureau believes that all of Oregon’s 220-plus agricultural commodities, differing farming methods, Retail price: $20 and spectrum of operation sizes are valuable and essential for helping farms and ranches remain viable, vital, and sustainable. Proudly working on behalf of over 6,500 farm and Oregon Farm Bureau Federation ranch families, Farm Bureau is dedicated to protecting, 1320 Capitol St. NE, Suite 200 promoting, and strengthening Oregon agriculture. Salem, OR 97301 800.334.6323, OregonFB.org Anne Marie Moss, OFB Communications Director Cheryl McLean, Graphic Designer, ImPrint Services Month photos by: Joe Hudspeth, Lori Ann Norton, Karen Kirsch, Barb Iverson, Mitch Schreiber Papatography, Joshua Bagby, Heath Locke, EmmaLee Demianew, Emily Iverson, Bryan Andresen, Ulrich Burkhalter, Charity Morris
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