This article sponsored by Jamieson Produce and Y-1 Farms.
Jamieson Produce is an onion packing shed located in Vale, Oregon that packs and ships onions across the United States 12 months of the year. It has been in operation for nearly 40 years and currently employees about 50 people. Over the years our business has grown and to date we pack and ship over 100 million pounds of onions each year. We appreciate the quality onions our growers provide and the hard work our employees do every day. Jamieson Produce is owned by Doug and Terrie Maag and managed by Jeff Stubbs.
Y-1 Farms is located in Jamieson, Oregon and is owned by Doug and Terrie Maag and Corey and Mandi Maag. Various row crops such as onions, sugar beets, silage corn, alfalfa, and wheat are grown on nearly 2000 acres. The feed crops are used to provide feed for the feedlot they operate. Up to 12,000 head of cattle can be fed at Y-1 Farms. Y-1 Farms was established in 1985 but the Maag Family was farming before that. Doug farmed with his father, Warner Maag, for several years prior before purchasing his own farm. Y-1 Farms employs about 20 full-time employees to assist in operating the farm. We are extremely grateful for our employees and the hard work they provide.
John L. Braese
WILSONVILLE – A report has been released from the OSAA on the closed session of the Football Ad Hoc Committee meeting held Dec. 14.
Pertaining to eastern Oregon teams, Enterprise is heading back to the 2A ranks. This announcement comes as no surprise due to the number of games the Outlaws won last season and the fact Enterprise was victorious in a playoff game.
Eastern Oregon teams possibly moving down due to winning less than 22% of their in-class games over the past two years includes Grant Union (currently 2A down to 1A 8-man), McLoughlin (currently 3A down to 2A) and Pilot Rock (currently 1A 8-man down to 1A 6-man).
Finally, the big news numerous of you have spoken with EOS about over the last few months.
The committee is advising changing the cutoff for 1A 8-man from the current 60-74 student population to a new 50-74 student population. If approved this change would add 11 teams from the 6-man ranks up to the 8-man program. This list includes Echo, Joseph and Wallowa in eastern Oregon.
For the complete update, see https://www.osaa.org/docs/committees/football/12142023update.pdf.
