By Oregonians for Food and Shelter FSMA Produce Safety Listening Sessions with FDA Meeting Objectives: To discuss the current proposed standards for Produce Safety, including specific aspects of the proposed rules such as agricultural water and alternatives and variances. Registration is required. For online registration, please visit: http://foodsafety.wsu.edu/fsma/index.html There will […]

By Daily Digger Oregon Association of Nurseries Presently, Oregon remains officially Japanese-beetle free, thanks to the efforts of the state’s insect pest prevention and management program. According to an in-depth story recently published by The Oregonian, workers for the Oregon Department of Agriculture use pheromone and scent traps to catch […]

National Corn Growers Association Allowing America to be pro-choice when it comes to fuel is what the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is all about and a new ad campaign directed at Washington policy makers is making that point as the oil industry ramps up its anti-choice effort to repeal the […]

By Oregon State University Extension office Photo: Chemist Staci Simonich examines a vial containing air pollutants at her lab at OSU. (Photo by Tiffany Woods) Oregon State University aims to test new technologies for measuring the toxicity of environmental chemicals to determine their health risk and see if cleaning up […]

Rate of shattered baseball bats 50 percent less, thanks to Major League Baseball, Forest Service  By USDA Forest Service As the 2013 Major League Baseball (MLB) season slides into the All-Star break, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the results of innovative research by the U.S. Forest Service, […]

FBI Calls Destruction of GMO Crop Sabotage By Oregon Family Farm Association The destruction of two genetically-engineered sugar beet crops in Jackson County has been called economic sabotage and a violation of federal law by the FBI. In overnight acts of vandalism in two separate fields on June 8 and […]

Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn, PhD Coquille LLC A correction in wood products seems to have found a floor, interest rates are trending down, and real estate activity continues at a healthy pace, despite slower starts. Seven-year trend of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage statistics are shown below. Interpretation […]

Congressman Kurt Schrader Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR)  expressed pleasure with the Oregon and California (O&C) Railroad Grant Lands Trust, Conservation, and Jobs Act being included in the passage of H.R. 1526, the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, in the House Natural Resource Committee. “It is very encouraging to […]

National Corn Growers Association Creative naming practices have been an essential tool for many in the marketing field for centuries. The practice of carefully selecting a name that will appeal to consumers has become an art form that heaps lucrative rewards on those truly skilled in this craft. While exaggeration […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation The American Farm Bureau Federation and more than 400 leading U.S. businesses and advocacy organizations called on the House to enact immigration reform legislation. The letter, sent today, was signed by a broad cross section of industries that includes agriculture, housing, retail, tourism, hospitality, technology, […]