The 10-member State Board of Agriculture advises the Oregon Department of Agriculture on policy issues, develops recommendations on key agricultural issues, and provides advocacy of the state's agriculture industry in general.
State law requires that seven of the appointed members be actively engaged in the production of agricultural commodities; two board members must represent consumers; and, the tenth member is the chair of the Soil and Water Conservation Commission. The ODA Director and Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University serve as ex-officio members of the board without the right to vote.
The board issues a biennial report to the Governor and Legislative Assembly regarding the status of Oregon's agriculture industry. The board meets quarterly at various locations around the state.
Next Meeting:
December 3-5, 2025 - Hood River, OR
Location - Best Western Hood River Inn - Columbia Room
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Board Meetings
Ways to Provide Comment to the Board
The Oregon State Board of Agriculture welcomes public participation and comments. Public comments may be written or provided verbally on topics related to general agriculture, food, and fiber issues. Written comments and requests to provide verbal comments may be submitted via email to the Board Coordinator at BoardAgriculture@oda.oregon.gov or via the online form below, prior to each quarterly meeting.
Refer to individual meetings below for specific deadlines to submit public comment.
This meeting will be held in person with a virtual option to attend. See agenda for details.
Public Comment
The State Board of Agriculture welcomes written and verbal public comment on any agenda item or general agriculture, food and fiber topic. Public Comment Submission Closes at 5 pm on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
Written comment and requests to make verbal comments may be submitted via email to the Board Coordinator at BoardAgriculture@oda.oregon.gov or through the online form below. Written comments submitted by the deadline will be provided to the board in advance of the meeting. Verbal comment is limited to three minutes and will be heard on each day of the board meeting. See agenda for details.
Location:
Best Western Plus Hood River Inn
1108 E Marina Dr.
Hood River, OR 97031
Agenda:
Final Agenda - as of December 1, 2025
Materials:
E-Book as of December 1, 2025
This meeting will be held at the Inn at Cross Keys Station in Madras, OR, with a virtual attendance option. See agenda for details.
Location:
Inn at Cross Keys Station
66 NW Cedar St.
Madras, OR 97741
Public Comment
The State Board of Agriculture welcomes written and verbal public comment on any agenda item or general agricutlure, food, and fiber topic. Public Comment Submission closes at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
Written comment and requests to make verbal comments bay be sumitted via email to BoardAgriculture@oda.oregon.gov or thorugh the online form below. Written comments provided by the deadline will be provided to the Board in advance of the meeting. Verbal comment is limited to three minutes and will be heard on each day of the Board Meeting - see the agenda for specific dates and times.
This meeting will be held in person at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond, OR, with a virtual attendance option. See agenda for details.
Location:
Deschutes County Fairgrounds
3800 SW Airport Way
Redmond, OR 97756
Public Comment:
The State Board of Agriculture welcomes written and verbal public comment on any agenda item or general agriculture, food, and fiber topic. Public Comment Submission closes at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
Written comments and requests to make verbal comments may be emailed to BoardAgriculture@oda.oregon.gov or thorugh the online form below. Written comments submitted by the deadline will be provided to the Board in advance of the meeting. Verbal comments are limited to three minutes and will be heard on each day of the Board Meeting - see the agenda for specific dates and times.
This meeting will be held in person with a virtual option to attend. See agenda for details.
Public Comment
The State Board of Agriculture welcomes written and verbal public comment on any agenda item or general agriculture, food and fiber topic. Public Comment Submission Closes at 5 pm on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Written comment and requests to make verbal comments may be submitted via email to Board Coordinator Karla Valness. Written comments submitted by the deadline will be provide to the board in advance of the meeting. Verbal comment is limited to three minutes and will be heard on each day of the board meeting. See agenda for details.
Location
Oregon Department of Agriculture
635 Capitol St NE, Suite 350
Salem, OR 97301
Newsletter
Updates from the Board - Spring 2025
Action Items
Board of Agriculture HB2548 Letter
Board of Agriculture public comment on Eastern Oregon Solar Siting Possibilities OAR 660 (4,6,23,33)
Agenda
Meeting Agenda - Updated 3/5/2025
Meeting Recordings
March 12, 2025 - Part 1 of 4
March 13, 2025 - Part 2 of 4
March 14, 2025 - Part 3 of 4
March 14, 2025 - Part 4 of 4
Minutes
Resolutions under review
Resolution packet for March 2025
Pre-meeting Materials
E-Book for March 2025 as of 3/5/2025
Meeting materials
Agenda item 2
League of Women Voters of Oregon handout
Oregon Cattlemen's Association handout
Oregon Climate and Agriculture Network handout
Oregon Friends of Family Farmers handout
Agenda item 3
ODA Strategic Plan Quarterly Update
Oregon Agriculture commercial
Agenda item 5
Working Lands in Oregon presentation
Agenda item 6
OAHC Conservation Management Planning presentation
Agenda item 9
OSU Statewide Public Service Programs handout
Agenda item 10
ODA Plant Protection & Conservation Division presentation
Agenda item 12
OWRD Integrated Water Resources Strategy Update
Board Members
Term Expires: 9/18/2027
First Term
Chad Allen is the owner/operator of Victor Dairy LLC in Tillamook, Oregon. Allen grew up on his family's dairy farm in Tillamook. After working in Australia and attending Oregon State University, where he graduated in 2000, he returned home and partnered with his father to form Victor Dairy. Allen and his wife Adrienne have five children, one girl and four boys. Allen serves or is a member with many groups including the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association Board of Directors, Tillamook County Creamery Association Board of Directors, Oregon Ag Heritage Commission, the Oregon Farm Bureau, and the Tillamook County Planning Commission.
Term Expires: Ex-Officio Voting Member
Soil and Water Conservation Commission Chair
As chair of Oregon’s Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Barbara Boyer is automatically a member of State Board of Agriculture. However, her interests and experiences go far beyond conservation issues. She’s part of a small business. She’s involved in community supported agriculture and the local farmers’ market. She is an organic producer but has grown conventionally. She’s involved in nutrition issues and is a passionate supporter of farmland preservation through land use efforts.
So it’s fair to say, Barbara Boyer hopes to bring more than just a conservation perspective.
Born and raised on the east coast, Boyer graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in plant science. She was also a scholarship athlete as part of the women’s gymnastics team. After graduation, Boyer set sights on Oregon’s nursery industry, which was booming in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Barbara and her husband Tom took over the family farm’s operations in 1999 and also created two businesses from their farm– a company called Gourmet Hay and a small community supported agriculture operation where families are paying to grow organic vegetables. Boyer is clearly an advocate for local agriculture. In 2000, Boyer co-founded the McMinnville Farmers’ Market.
In 2004, Stan Christensen, who had been a director with the Yamhill County Soil and Water Conservation District for more than a half century, decided to retire. One of his last duties was to knock on Barbara Boyer’s door and ask her to run for his position at the SWCD. Just as it was when she was recruited by UConn to be part of the gymnastics team, Boyer said yes to Christensen and was elected.
The Yamhill County SWCD is considered cutting edge and many other districts around the state often seek its advice on a number of issues, especially farmland preservation. It’s not surprising that many of the tasks performed by the SWCD involve key issues facing the Board of Agriculture, including water quality and land use.
Term Expires: 03/31/2029
First Term
Michael Dill, Director of Advocacy and Sustainability at Organically Grown Company (OGC) earned a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology and Minors in degrees in Horticulture and Chemistry from Oregon State University. In addition to his job at OGC, Dill holds leadership roles across the organic industry. He was recently appointed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC). He also serves as Chair of the Oregon Organic Coalition, Vice-Chair of the Organic Trade Association's Produce Sector Council, and Organic Produce Wholesalers Coalition Coordinator. In addition, Dill sits on the Coalition for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture governing council and the Organic Farming Research Foundation board.
Term Expires: 10/31/2026
Partial Term
Ellie Norris is a second-generation blueberry farmer with Norris Farms located in the Umpqua Valley in Southern Oregon. She graduated from Oregon State University with earned degrees in biology and chemistry. After graduation, she worked in marine biology, then made the jump to outdoor apparel companies REI and Arc'teryx, where she specialized in opening new stores and developing training programs. In 2014, Ellie came home to the family blueberry farm and began the transition to owner/operator. Since returning, she has been active in the Oregon Blueberry Commission, the US Highbush Council, and the North American Blueberry Council.
Term Expires: 12/03/2029
Second Term
Lopez was born and raised in Oregon and is building an impressive career in the state’s wine industry. He started in the vineyard, working along-side his father a vineyard manager. After graduating high school, he earned a full-time job at a vineyard and earned a scholarship to attend the Chemeketa Eola Northwest Viticulture Center. There he earned an associate degree in winemaking. After several years of winemaking at several Willamette Valley vineyards he moved into management, and sales. In 2017, Lopez and his sister formed Red Dirt Vineyard Management Company. The business provides vineyard consultation from design to install, promotion, budget development, spray program management and winemaking expertise from vineyard to bottle.
Term Expires:10/28/2028
Second Term
Elin Miller and her husband, Bill, own Umpqua Vineyards and farm hazelnuts in Douglas County. She currently serves as the co-chair of the Oregon Wine Council and is a member of the Fall Creek Farm and Nursery Board. Elin is keenly interested in water quality, agricultural trade and how Oregon’s agricultural diversity is promoted to buyers around the world. Miller’s path to farming in Oregon is unique. Raised in Mesa, Arizona, Miller’s lifelong career in agriculture began when she joined FFA in high school, which led to executive positions in government, corporate and not-for-profit organizations and volunteer work up and down the west coast, Africa, China, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
Term Expires: 12/03/2029
Second Term
Orem grew up in Morrow County and earned an associate degree in Marketing and Business Management from Blue Mountain Community College. He is a first-generation farmer. In 2001, he began leasing a 2400-acre dryland wheat farm from a farmer he worked for in high school. Since then, he has grown his farm to 7000 acres. Orem converted all acres to direct seed – no till practices to conserve the topsoil and utilizes GPS and other technologies to reduce overlap of fertilizers and chemical treatments. He runs a 120 cow and calf operation, grows hay, and provides custom seeding and spraying.
Term Expires: 12/19/2028
First Term
Kirk Maag, an environmental and natural resources partner at Stoel Rives law firm, is an active member of Oregon’s agriculture community, with deep, personal roots that connect him to it. He grew up working on his family’s farm and feedlot in rural eastern Oregon. He was recently selected as the 2024 Alumni Fellow for the College of Agricultural Science by the Oregon State University Alumni Association based on his commitment to cultivating community in the next generation of agribusiness and forest products industry leaders. The OSU College of Agricultural Sciences also recognized Maag as its 2024 Alumni Luminary—an award given to an individual who has made early career and community contributions that identify the recipient as a future leader.
Term Expires:10/31/2026
Partial Term
Tyrel Kliewer is a third-generation Klamath Basin farmer, rancher, and part-time brewer. He graduated from Henley High School and Oregon State University, earning a degree in animal science. In addition to farming forage crops and raising Angus, Gelbvieh, and crossbred cattle, Kliewer is the owner and founder of Skyline Brewing Company. He is currently in the process of opening a taproom to showcase local agricultural products. As an active community member, Kliewer volunteers his time with the Klamath County 4-H and the local chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA).
Term Expires: 10/28/2028
Second Term
Josh Zielinski is a manager and owner of a mid-sized nursery and farming operation in the Willamette Valley. Zielinski provides a voice for the production of many crops including: grass seed, specialty seed, vegetable row crops, hops and hazelnuts. A native of Oregon, Zielinski grew up working on his family’s farm. After attending college in southern California and studying a year abroad in Argentina, he returned home to join the family business. When he is not running the family farm, Zielinski serves on the Oregon Association of Nurseries Board and Chemeketa Community College Horticultural Advisory Committee. He enjoys camping, hiking and gardening with his wife Kattie, who works in the wine industry.