By American Farm Bureau Federation With the launch of a new oversight subcommittee focusing on the administration’s energy and environmental policies and House passage of the Regulatory Accountability Act (H.R. 185), House lawmakers are putting the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies on notice: Business as usual is over. In […]

Low Carbon bill further handicaps family farms By Oregon Family Farm Association Farming in Oregon is becoming more difficult than other states. Oregon’s net cash farm income was down by 10%. This downturn occurred while the same income was rising nationally by 24%. Oregon is sinking while other states are […]

Healthy Forest, Healthy Communities Sen. Ron Wyden recently announced the reintroduction of his O&C federal forest legislation, pledging once again to “double” timber harvests as a way to create desperately-needed jobs in rural Oregon.  However, a recent report commissioned by Oregon’s affected counties indicates that the Wyden plan would actually reduce harvest […]