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March 6, 2015 - EPA official apologizes to ethanol

By Cindy National Corn Growers Association Last year at the National Ethanol Conference in Orlando, EPA’s Director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality told the ethanol industry that the agency intended to finalize the volume requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) by the end of spring 2014. […]


March 4, 2015 - 18 new Ag bills surface

By Oregon Farm Bureau Wednesday was the deadline for members and committees to submit legislation. After Wednesday, each new bill introduced will count against the five bills that members are allotted for the remainder of the session. Because of this deadline, nearly 500 new bills were introduced this week alone, […]


March 2, 2015 - Oregon fish 1st in nation delisted from Endangered list

By Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Photo by Rick Swart/ODFW- The Oregon chub today became the first fish in the United States to be taken off the federal Endangered Species List as the result of population recovery. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the delisting  during a ceremony […]