The Oregon Wheat Foundation was formed in 1980 to raise funds for specific projects.
Board of Directors
CHAIR: Tom Winn, Helix
VICE CHAIR: Eric Orem, Heppner
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Jerry Terjeson, Helix
MEMBERS
Bill Jepsen, Enterprise
Brad Anderson, Arlington
Dana Tuckness, Ontario
Ernie Moore, Moro
Staff/Administration
Oregon Wheat Growers League provides contract administration to the Foundation.
Phone: 541-276-7330
Email: info@owgl.org
Programs
Scholarship Program
Providing higher education assistance to high school seniors of wheat producing families/employers.The Annual Auction & Wine Pull held in conjunction with the Tri-State Grain Growers Convention is the major fundraiser of the year for the scholarship program.
Future Leaders of Agriculture Program (FLAG)
The Foundation sponsors one wheat producer to attend the annual winter U.S. Wheat Associates/National Association of Wheat Growers meeting and Hill day visits with the Oregon Wheat Growers League. This sponsorship allows the next generation of wheat producer leadership to become acquainted with the policy and legislative process in the nation’s capital and visit with Oregon legislators and federal agency representatives firsthand.
Warren E. Kronstad Crop Science Memorial Graduate Fellowship
Established in honor of former OSU Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics Dr. Warren E. Kronstad, the Kronstad Fellowships support graduate student work and interaction between the Wheat Breeding Program at Oregon State University and the CIMMYT research facility in Mexico.
Bushels for Betsy
Since 2007, the Oregon Wheat Foundation’s Bushels for Betsy Program, has partnered with Farmers Ending Hunger to join the fight against hunger in Oregon.
Other Grants
The Annual Oregon Wheat Foundation Golf Scramble is held in the spring to benefit all Foundation projects, including grants to the Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation, Century Farms and Ranches Program, and others as needed.
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Contact Information
Oregon Wheat Foundation
115 SE 8th Street, Pendleton, OR 97801
Tax ID#: 93-0785430
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