362 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine ENTREPRENEURS is proud to have earned numerous accolades, including a Distinguished Service Recognition from the Agricultural Communicators Network in 2023, a Diamond Pioneer Award from Oregon State University in 2022, and a Farm Family of the Year Award from the Linn County Farm Bureau and Oregon Farm Bureau in 1989. Outside of his primary endeavors, Mr. Wirth also served within the Oregon Ryegrass Commission, a nonprofit organization that promotes ryegrass marketing and research into the growth and sustainability of temperate species. Additionally, he has sat on the board of directors of the Northwest Farm Credit and AgWest Farm Credit. Similarly dedicated to civic advocacy, Mr. Wirth has been a stalwart supporter of several regional groups, including the Oregon Women for Agriculture. Looking ahead, he aspires to continue his lifelong commitment to education and to thrive amidst whatever challenges still await. Having distinguished himself throughout five decades in the field of agriculture, Donald R. Wirth found success as the chief executive officer at Saddle Butte Seeds until his retirement in 2019. Established as a familyowned and operated forage and cover crop seed distribution company, Saddle Butte Seeds offers a wide variety of proprietary and standard forage and cover crop products on behalf of local markets, as well as to international and domestic wholesale customers. During his leadership tenure at the company, Mr. Wirth managed a staff of eight talented employees, four of whom worked throughout the Midwest to promote and support cover crop seed sales. Additionally, as a researcher, it was his responsibility to maintain a keen eye for the small details and to call attention to issues that others had not seen. Prior to his work at Saddle Butte Seeds, Mr. Wirth took up farming alongside his wife, Maryanne, after his parents rented a property to him in 1968. Several years later, he founded Cala Farms, a family-owned farming corporation – more than two decades later, he and his wife went on to establish Saddle Butte Seeds in 1995. Wellregarded for his accomplishments, Mr. Wirth DONALD R. WIRTH CO-FOUNDER, RESEARCHER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (RETIRED) Saddle Butte Seeds Tangent, OR
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