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May 24, 2009 - Oregon’s battle with gypsy moths enters detection phase

By Oregon Department of Agriculture, About 15,000 gypsy moth traps will soon be placed statewide. By the end of the month, roughly 15,000 bright orange and green tent-like cardboard traps will be placed in trees and shrubs throughout Oregon as state officials go about the annual process of looking for […]


May 23, 2009 - Mexico, Canada File Complaints on US origin label regulations

Mexico and Canada File WTO Complaints Regarding U.S. Country-of-Origin Labeling Regulations By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, In formal complaints filed last week with the World Trade Organization (WTO), Mexico and Canada claim that the U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law appears to be inconsistent with U.S. obligations under the WTO. The […]


May 22, 2009 - Whatever Happened to the WOPR?

Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Do you remember OFS staff writing you about the BLM WOPR – Western Oregon Plan Revision?  We asked you to contact your Senator and Representative and also members of the Committees where House Resolution 3 and Senate Joint Resolution 24 were housed.  Our thanks to […]



May 21, 2009 - Green Communities Act introduced

By Curt Kipp, Daily Digger Blog Oregon Association of Nurseries The Oregon Association of Nurseries, and numerous other green industry trade groups, are getting behind the Green Communities Act, a federal bill introduced recently by U.S. Rep. Alyson Schwartz (D-Penn.). The bill would direct the U.S. Department of Commerce to […]


May 20, 2009 - Anglers, hunters contribute $2.5 billion to Oregon’s economy

By Department of Fish and Wildlife, Salem, Ore.— Fishing, hunting and wildlife viewing enthusiasts contributed $2.5 billion to Oregon’s economy in 2008 according to a new study conducted by Travel Oregon and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Residents and nonresidents spent more than $1 billion on trips and […]


May 20, 2009 - Ag Census Data Now Available by Congressional District

By Census of Agriculture To see data by Oregon Congressional District Click Here WASHINGTON, May 8, 2009 – Information from the 2007 Census of Agriculture is now available at the congressional district level in online profiles published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).


May 19, 2009 - OWGL visit Washington DC. Tackle crop insurance

Oregon Wheat Grower’s League Oregon Wheat Newsletter 5/2009 The OWGL recently traveled to Washington, DC to begin again the building of relationships within both the offices of our Congressional Delegation and the numerous agencies that implement policies affecting this industry. With every change in Administration, there are new relationships to […]


May 19, 2009 - Trucker manual highlights safe trucking during farm season

By AFTC, Arlington, Va. – The American Trucking Associations’ Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference (AFTC) recently released the Manager’s Guide to Safe Trucking During Agricultural Planting and Harvest Season. Available free for download at AFTC’s webpage, this guide provides educational resources for truck drivers and their managers in the agricultural […]


May 18, 2009 - BLM doles out Stimulus cash

Natural Resource Report, The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) provides a handy pipeline for doling out Stimulus cash in Oregon.  The state is set to receive $18.648 million dollars to fund 30 projects on BLM lands. Oregon’s largest expenditure takes place in Jackson, Josephine, Curry and Douglas counties funding nine […]