Leadership program seeks wheat growers

DAVENPORT -- What do Alex McGregor, Aaron Esser, Rusty and Sandy Jamison, Sen. Mark Schoesler, Brett Blankenship, Brian Baumann, and Ben Cochrane (just to name a few) all have in common?

They are all Washington AgForestry Leadership Program alumni.

And with another class looming, more wheat growers are being sought to participate.

But this year, the leadership program has been condensed to nine months with 22 seminar days.

Applications for Class 47 is open through April 30. The class runs from September through next may.

Wheat growers interested in participating must have lived or worked at le...