Oregon Commissions Looking for Volunteers

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has 63 positions on 23 ag and fishing commissions that they are hoping to fill this summer.

Some of the commissions looking for help are involved with beef, blueberries, hops, potato and cherries.

ODA Director Alexis Taylor appoints commissioners to decide how producer assessments are spent on promotion, education, and research projects funded by each commodity commission.

The deadline to apply is May 15^th.

·      Oregon Albacore Commission – 2 producers, 1 handler

·      Oregon Alfalfa Seed Commission – 1 producer

·      Oregon Beef Council – 1 beef producer, 1 dairy producer

·      Oregon Blueberry Commission – 2 producers, 1 handler

·      Oregon Clover Seed Commission – 3 producers

·      Oregon Dairy Products Commission –1 Willamette Valley producer (Lane, Linn, Benton, Marion, Polk and Yamhill), 1 North coast producer, 1 handler (all counties except Lake)

·      Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission – 2 producers

·      Oregon Fine Fescue Commission – 2 producers statewide, 1 producer Union County, 1 handler

·      Oregon Hazelnut Commission – 2 producers, 1 public member

·      Oregon Hop Commission – 2 producers

·      Oregon Mint Commission – 1 producer, 1 public member

·      Oregon Orchardgrass Commission – 4 producers

·      Oregon Potato Commission – 1 Central Oregon producer (Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Jefferson, Sherman, Wasco, and Wheeler counties), 1 Willamette Valley producer (Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Yamhill, and Washington counties)

·      Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission – 2 producers, 1 handler

·      Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission – 3 producers, 1 handler

·      Oregon Ryegrass Seed Commission – 1 Linn County producer, 1 Marion or Polk County producer, 1 state-at-large producer

·      Oregon Salmon Commission – 1 Northern Oregon border to Cascade Head producer, 1 Cascade Head to south of Florence producer, 1 handler

·      Oregon Sheep Commission – 2 producers of lamb

·      Oregon Strawberry Commission – 1 producer, 1 handler

·      Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission – 3 Wasco or Hood River county producers, 1 brine handler

·      Oregon Tall Fescue Commission – 1 producer, 1 handler

·      Oregon Trawl Commission – 1 producer, 1 handler

·      Oregon Wheat Commission – 1 Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman, Wasco and Jefferson counties producer, 1 handler

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