Feed Ingredient and Grain Sales Reports from the OFGA

PNW EXPORT WHEAT SALES -- March 8, 2010
Note - be sure and review the Industry Notes at the Bottom of this column)

WHEAT: Japanese Food Agency was the only export wheat buyer last week.
That nation purchased
*	16,000 metric tons of maximum 10.5 percent protein western white wheat
*	25,000 metric tons of minimum 11.7 percent protein hard red winter wheat
*	4,000 metric tons of 14 percent protein dark northern spring wheat
*	all for shipment April 21st to May 20th


CORN/ SOYBEANS:
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Quotes: For February shipment
White Wheat any protein $4.60
White Club Wheat, any protein $8.27
No. 1 Hard red winter wheat-ordinary and 10 percent $4.63
	11 percent $5.12
	11.5 percent $5.38
	12 percent $5.57
	12 percent $5.49
	13 percent $5.87
No. 1 dark northern spring wheat 12 percent $NA
	13 percent $5.77
	14 percent $6.77
	15 percent $7.83


Oregon Feed and Grain Convention Dates : The 2010 annual meeting of the
Oregon Feed and Grain Association will be held April 30th to May 2nd at The
Riverhouse Resort, Bend, Oregon. Room reservations should be made directly
with the River House, Bend, Oregon at 800-547-3928. Cut off date is March 29,
2010. Indicate you are with the Oregon Feed and Grain group.

The program is in the process of being finalized. Speakers confirmed at this
time include Richard Sellers, American Feed Industry Association; Sonny
Sonny Ramaswamy, dean, college of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State
University ; Representative Gene Whisnant, District 53, Sunriver, Oregon ;
Oregon candidate for Governor Allen Alley ; and Richard TenEyck, Oregon
Department of Agriculture. The association is awaiting confirmation on an
animal rights speaker, and two others. The association will see the return of the
popular casino night following the annual banquet on Saturday. Golf will be
played at the River House course Saturday at noon. Other social functiions will
include an opening reception, Saturday a.m. breakfast and Sunday a.m. closing
breakfast and meeting.

Board of Directors Conducting Membership Campaign: The Board of
Directors of the Oregon Feed and Grain Association has challenged its
members to a membership drive.

Each board member will recommend 10 new members and send them
applications for membership. Then they will follow up with the assistance of the
association office. Thus far thirteen new members have signed up. They are
Scott Koehn, Balchem Corp, and Brian Wilkins, Arm and Hammer Animal
Nutrition; Brandon Foote, Redmond Minerals, Inc., Redmond, Utah; and Matt
Gottbers, Kemin Industries, Meridian, Idaho; Bob Murtha, Matson Integrated,
Tualatin, Ore.; Keith Moring, Brenntag, Portland, Ore.; Sam Melamed, Valudor
Products, Rancho Santa Fe, Cal.; and Fred Nye, Min-Ad, 3131 Bell St., Suite
101, Amarillo, TX; Bob Buckley, Standlee Hay Co., Eden, ID.; Elias Zegarra and
Tim Evans, Novus International, Santa Rosa, Cal.; Rick Cordiga, North American
Salt, Stanwood, WA. Blake Palen, Westway Feed Products, Hood River, OR.;
Bryce Purtzer, J&D Fertilizer, Ltd., Canby, OR. Welcome to all new members.

Scholarship Raffle Winner : Don Sneddon of Evonik Degussa is the winner of
the annual scholarship raffle for tickets to a Portland Trail Blazer NBA basketball
game.

Death Claims Rich Pennell: Long time member of the Pacific Northwest grain
trade, Rich Pennell passed away on February 20th at the age of 82. He was
born in Craigmont, Idaho. He began his career with Kerr Grain Corporation, and
North Pacific Grain Growers. This was followed by working as an editor for the
Commercial Review for a few years. He then returned to North Pacific Grain
Growers. At one point he was executive vice president of the National Grain and
Feed Association in Washington, DC.

USDA Announces Rule Detailing Access To Pasture: The U.S. Department of
Agriculture has unveiled the final rule addressing access to pasture for organic
livestock operations. This brings to a close a process that started in 2005 when the
National Organic Standards Board recommended that ruminants obtain a minimum
30 percent dry matter intake for at least 120 days. The main components of the rule
include:
*	Animals must graze pasture during the grazing season, which must be at l
	east 120 days per year;
*	Animals must obtain a minimum of 30 percent dry matter intake from grazing
	pasture during the grazing season
*	Producers must have a pasture management plan and manage pasture as a
	crop to meet the feed requirements for the grazing animals and to protect soil and
	water quality, and
*	Livestock are exempt from the 30 percent dry matter intake requirements
	during the finish feeding period, not to exceed 120 days. Livestock must have
	access to pasture during the finishing phase.

The final rule becomes effective June 17, 2010. Operations that are already
certified organic will have one year to implement the provisions. Operations that
obtain organic certification after the effective date will be expected to
demonstrate compliance.