Washington Growers Clearing House Association National Extension Risk Management Education Conference. APRIL 17-18, 2007 PHOENIX, AZ

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 Tree Fruit Cost of Production Calculator

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 Washington Growers Clearing House  Established in 1941, a non profit Tree Fruit Grower Association funded by 2,200 growers from all major tree fruit areas  Managed by a grower board of directors representing 24 districts  Information for growers including marketing, shipments and prices  Represents growers in Legislative and Regulatory issues (state and federal)

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 USDA RMA GRANTS  Washington Growers Clearing House has partnered in both Education and Research grants to develop and expand the Cost of Production Calculators.  The partnerships have included Washington, Oregon and Idaho grape and potato producers along with grower organizations.

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 THANKS RMA!  RMA Spokane Regional office Dave Paul Dave Paul Mary Jo Casey Mary Jo Casey Jo Lynne Seufer Jo Lynne Seufer

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 TIMELINE  The first Tree Fruit COP Calculator was developed in 2003 with a RMA grant from Washington State Department of Agriculture  The calculator was designed in partnership between WGCH and Washington State University

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 TIMELINE  2004 – Added cherries and updated the apples and pears  Organic COP Calculator Apples Apples Pears Pears Cherries Cherries

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 EDUCATION  In the winter of 2003/04, educational presentations were made at district grower meetings around the state and at the Washington State Hort Convention  Education seminars continued for the COP calculator in 2005, 2006, 2007 and are planned for the 2007/08 winter meetings

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 TEMPLATE/ADOPTION  Washington, Oregon and Idaho grape growers have completed calculators for: Organic Organic Conventional Conventional Multi-Year Multi-Year Wine Wine Juice Juice

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 TEMPLATE  Washington Potato Growers are researching options to develop their own version of the Cost of Production Calculator

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 NEXT STEP  Oregon State University has developed the next step after the COP Calculator with A Growers TEAM (Technology Economic Assessment Model) and also TEAM Lite  Allows growers to do “what if” scenarios for many decisions such as plant more trees, buy a tractor, and other issues  aterials/files_agt.php aterials/files_agt.php aterials/files_agt.php

Washington Growers Clearing House Association 2007 DEMONSTRATION

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