Fourteen Young Farmers & Ranchers program leaders from Washington enjoyed the 2008 YF&R Leadership Conference in Baltimore.
Soft white wheat is a leading grain crop in Washington, with much of the crop exported. Photo by John Conniff.
Washington is second to only California in the number of agricultural products that it produces - over 230. Photo by Danielle Jensen.
6:30 p.m. Social, 7 p.m. Dinner
The Liberty Theater (116 West Main, Puyallup)
Speakers: Gary Joiner, WFB director of Organization; Boyd Johnson, cowboy poet
Farmers have higher than average rates of cancer because they apply synthetic pesticides.
Fact: As a whole, farmers do not have higher rates of cancer. Farmers have higher rates of skin cancer, but this is due to sun exposure and not pesticides.
