NE Washington Hay Growers’ Association 2026 Annual Meeting
Schedule
Sat Jan 31 2026 at 08:00 am to 03:00 pm
Location
315 E Crawford Ave, Deer Park, WA 99006-5338, United States | Deer Park, WA
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8:00 am – Registration, Coffee, and Pastries8:30 am - Welcome
8:45 am – “Precision Agriculture: Mapping and
Autosteer”, Evan Gray, Pape’ Machinery, Four
Lakes, WA
9:30 am – “Problem Plants for Production
Animals, Pets, and People”, Patricia A. Talcott,
MS, DVM, PhD, Professor Emerita WSU College
of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA**
10:30 am Break and Vendor engagement
11:00 am – “Lime, Gypsum, and Compost – A
Soil Amendment Approach”, Lamar Hege, Hege
Farms, Williams Valley, WA
11:30 am – Annual Meeting – Jon Paul Driver,
President: Treasurer’s Report, Election of New
Board Members, Update from WSHGA Meeting
12:00 pm – Lunch catered by Deer Park FFA –
Vendor Sponsored Door Prizes
12:45 pm – “Weather Reporting” – Ron Miller,
Weather and Climate Consultant
1:00 pm – “Farm Stress Resources” – Jon Paul
Driver, Washington State University Extension,
Newport, WA
1:15 pm – “Annual Planting and Fertilizing
Schedule Changes and Adjustments” – A Panel
Discussion Facilitated by Tanner Reisenauer:
Panelists Lamar Hege, Hege Farms, Williams
Valley, WA; Garrett Hanson, Dairy Lane Farms, Elk,
WA; and Dennis Urbat, Urbat Farms, Clayton, WA.
2:00 pm – Break and Vendor Engagement
2:30 pm – “Fall Inputs that Pay in the Spring”,
Cole Crider, Certified Crop Advisor, The McGregor
Company, WA **
3:30 pm – Adjourn
** Two Pesticide Applicator
recertification credits for
attending both sessions
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