Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

The Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission funds production research for six vegetables used for processing: snap beans, broccoli, table beets, carrots, cauliflower and sweet corn. Research funds come from assessments paid by growers, collected by processors and remitted annually to the Commission.

Eleven members comprise the Commission – seven producers, three processors representatives and one public member. The director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture appoints commissioners who can serve a maximum of two consecutive three year terms. 

State law (ORS Chapter 576) governs the operation of Oregon commodity commissions like the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission. The law creates the Commission and establishes the maximum assessment rate the Vegetable Commission can levy, .5% of the value of the commodity. All of Oregon's 26 commodity commissions are under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Department of Agriculture.

Meeting Dates:

March 8, 2012, 1:30 PM, Natural Resource Center, 3415 Commercial Street SE, Salem, Oregon

April 26, 2012, 7:30 PM, Natural Resource Center, 3415 Commercial Street SE, Salem, Oregon BUDGET HEARING

Commission Members

Members of the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Gary Hull, Chairman, Producer, Lebanon – Term expires 6/30/2012
Kenny Hendricks, Vice Chairman, Producer, Stayton – Term expires 6/30/2012
Kurt Metzger, Treasurer, Public Member, Salem – Term expires 6/30/2013
Matt Vandehey, Processor, Forest Grove – Term expires 6/30/2014
Corey Dickman, Producer, Silverton – Term expires 6/30/2014
Scott Zielinski, Producer, Salem – Term expires 6/30/2014
Jim Gill, Processor, Stayton – Term expires 6/30/2012
Scott Setniker, Producer, Independence – Term expires 6/30/2014
Gary Horning, Producer, Monroe – Term expires 6/30/2012
Neil MacInnes, Processor, Albany – Term expires 6/30/2013
Jeff Page, Producer, Jefferson – Term expires 6/30/2011