tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76313702537085921632012-01-05T09:32:54.181-08:00A blog by the staff of the Capital Press agriculture newspaper, which covers West Coast farming, ranching and agribusiness.Gary Westnoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631370253708592163.post-85538261259617663582007-03-20T23:30:00.000-07:002007-03-20T23:38:06.920-07:00

I had hoped that we might be able to utilize this blog, once our original site got back up and running, to offer another angle on agriculture blogging.Perhaps some day we may be able too, if we get more team members contributing from the Capital Press staff. However, for now, our current team members have their hands full producing our regular weekly paper, periodic special section, our primary

Gary Westnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631370253708592163.post-71562289732828033882007-01-12T18:31:00.000-08:002007-01-12T18:45:12.857-08:00

Our original blog is back up and running. The technical problems we were having on the Blogriculture site have been fixed by the folks at Blogger.It's nice to have the original site back. Even during our down time at Blogriculture, we were still getting visitors based on the content of are archive posts and the different material people were searching for.It's been a big more difficult to build

Gary Westnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631370253708592163.post-68060757201125359562007-01-08T22:06:00.000-08:002007-01-09T08:57:48.538-08:00

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — While the American Farm Bureau Federation is a serious, powerful farm lobbying group, those who come back year after year know it’s more than just the grassroots’ representatives deciding policy.The annual meeting is a display of passion and humor, show business flair, and a chance to learn, vent and network.President Bob Stallman as usual stirred members to be proud of

Elaine Sheinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631370253708592163.post-67858117678683640962007-01-08T14:29:00.000-08:002007-01-08T14:59:12.200-08:00

There was a change in plans about who would be the keynote speaker at this year's American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Salt Lake City.ABC newsman Sam Donaldson was picked to substitute for actor and former-U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson. According to the Farm Bureau, Thompson was "called away to shoot the TV series Law & Order," on which he costars as the gruff by lovable district

Gary Westnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631370253708592163.post-2484397263523410672007-01-05T18:42:00.000-08:002007-01-05T19:19:46.891-08:00

At times over the last two years, I've played at being a rodeo reporter. I've posted updates from the Pendleton Round-Up in 2005 and 2006 and made some blog posts from the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas last month. But if would like to see some regular updates on what's happening in professional rodeo, here's your chance to speak up.Veteran radio/rodeo man Butch Thurman of Pendleton, Ore., is

Gary Westnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631370253708592163.post-14473032846315788242007-01-02T15:07:00.000-08:002007-01-16T19:15:11.582-08:00

By Elaine SheinReading Gary’s blog about how a political cartoon he suggested for Capital Press led to the executive director of the National Agricultural Aviation Association being offended reminds me of times in the past when we in the media have offended people whether we intended to or not.Sometimes it’s the subject matter, sometimes it’s a factual error, and sometimes it’s a typo, bad

Elaine Sheinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631370253708592163.post-42086186001333266082007-01-02T12:05:00.000-08:002007-01-02T12:57:20.244-08:00

We received a letter-to-the-editor over the weekend from Andrew Moore, the executive director of the National Agricultural Aviation Association.Mr. Moore was not too happy with the editorial cartoon you see here, which we published in the Capital Press last month. Here's what Mr. Moore had to say:In the Capitol Press Ag Weekly December 1, 2006 edition, your publication ran a cartoon on page 7

Gary Westnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631370253708592163.post-67684901917499059272006-12-29T15:09:00.000-08:002006-12-29T15:42:30.608-08:00

Sometimes it has been difficult to be a Beaver Believer. Oregon State has been the perennial underdog for, well, seemingly forever. But this year has been a year of redemption for OSU fans, who have weathered many difficult sports seasons over the years.Not that Oregon State hasn't had some good teams over the years. When I was a student at OSU it was tough to get into a basketball game, as Coach

Gary Westnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631370253708592163.post-35221493690718109512006-12-29T09:43:00.000-08:002006-12-29T10:17:38.258-08:00

I'm glad you found us.Surprised, but glad.I've spent much of this week, off and on, trying to figure out what's wrong with our primary blog site. We started the process to migrate to the new version of Blogger. It has not gone well.We have been unable to create, save and publish any new posts since Wednesday. So, until that gets sorted out and corrected, this will be our new blogging headquarters

Gary Westnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631370253708592163.post-21332128475295483192006-12-27T09:00:00.000-08:002006-12-29T08:51:40.754-08:00

He did not serve the nation long in the White House, but he did jobs that needed to be done.President Gerald R. Ford, who died last night at 93, did the dirty work for a nation. He cleaned up the messes of other presidents and never got the chance to establish his own legacy agenda by serving a full term in office. I had the honor of meeting President Ford once. I was working for The Desert Sun

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