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Keeping it together
at home
Karl Scronce gets so busy
buzzing around in his new position with the National
Association of Wheat Growers, he hardly has time to think
about his own farming operation, he said.
“Thank God my equipment is
in decent shape,” he said. “I think everything’s pretty well
set. I know what I’m doing for
the next two months.”
Farmers across the Basin are preparing to
plant their crops, and anxiously awaiting news of irrigation
deliveries and lake levels. So far, the news hasn’t been
very good. Scronce said he thinks the farming year will be
extremely volatile.
“Is fertilizer going to be affordable? Is
there going to be water?” The questions are endless.
In a press release, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden,
R-Ore., congratulated Scronce on his election and said he
looks forward to continuing his relationship with Oregon’s
agricultural interests.
“From expensive agriculture inputs like
fuel, fertilizer and chemicals, to adequate access to water,
farmers and ranchers are facing many challenging issues,”
Walden said.
Scronce said the danger of limited water
deliveries could increase the amount of grains farmers
choose to plant in the area this year because wheat requires
less water than some other popular Basin crops. Wheat is one
of Oregon’s largest exports.
“I think that’s a good alternative crop,”
he said. Regardless, local farmers should be preparing for a
rough year.
“What a person doesn’t need is getting your
crop planted and then getting the water shut off. That would
be the worst,” he said.
“If you’re a farmer, you better be thinking
of ways to minimize use of water on your farm.”
Water agreement
Scronce has been an advocate of the Klamath
Basin Restoration Agreement, a broad agreement concerning
water levels, irrigation, endangered species, power rates,
dam removal and more.
“I think this could
be a test for the KBRA,” Scronce said. 
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