Ben Barstow voted as president of Washington Wheat Growers

Whitman County's Ben Barstow last week was voted in as president of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers.

A farmer in the county since 1993, Barstow said he looks forward to a year of advocating agricultural issues in both Olympia and Washington, D.C.

As president, he'll lobby agriculture in both political arenas, conduct the association's 10 annual meetings, organize the annual Wheat Growers Convention and work to educate the public on farming issues.

Barstow was officially voted president at the Wheat Grower's annual convention last week at the Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights....