A NW feedlot company, Easterday Ranches, filed a and lost a suit against the USDA over the COOL laws. Cattle Network reports in detial the ruling. In a memorandum sent Friday to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), R-CALF USA explained that the U.S. District Court for the […]

Oregon Farm Bureau Legislative Bulletin 2/12/2010 We’ve hit the halfway mark of the February special session. Thursday marked the last day a bill could pass out of the committee of the chamber of origin. This has substantially reduced the number of bill moving that your government affairs staff has been […]

By Alex Moore, Cascade Harvest Coalition A lot of my peers (I’m about 30 years old) have spent more than half of their lives in a US with certified organic products and view the National Organic Program (NOP) as a sort of birthright. From time to time I hear grumbles […]

Roseburg BLM Announces Collaborative Forestry Project Bureau of Land Management, Roseburg, OR –The Bureau of Land Management’s Roseburg District is initiating a public process to apply principles of “collaborative forestry” in the District. The initial scoping meeting for the Roseburg Collaborative Forestry Pilot project is scheduled for Wednesday night, February […]

Oregon Small Woodlands Association, Forestland owner Gary Springer and conservation group director Sybil Ackerman have been appointed to the Oregon Board of Forestry. They replace board members Bill Hutchison and Larry Giustina, whose second terms will expire this spring. Active in Oregon environmental causes since the 1990s, Ackerman is currently […]

OSU receives $1 million gift for hops breeding and chemistry research Shaun Townsend CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon’s vibrant craft beer industry received a major boost this week with the announcement that a new aroma hop breeding program will be created in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University.  […]

By Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manger Oregon Associated Loggers, Diesel Climbs to High: US retail prices of diesel fuel surged January’s first week, soaring an average 6.5 cents to $2.80 per gallon, its highest level in over a year.  At press time, the US average rose further to $2.91/gal.  By […]

NCBA Files Petition for Reconsideration and Stay of EPA’s Endangerment Finding National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, WASHINGTON (Feb. 12, 2010) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is petitioning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its finding that human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are an endangerment to public health […]

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AFBF Asks Ag Committees to Back Aggressive Trade Agenda By American Farm Bureau Federation, WASHINGTON, D.C,  – Combined, the Colombia, Panama and Korea free trade agreements represent almost $3 billion in increased U.S. agricultural exports. Congressional action to approve those agreements would help set an aggressive trade agenda that is […]