By Rick Sohn, PhD Umqua Coquille LLC Like last winter, extreme weather has hit again, this time in the form of a hot weather and serious localized forest fires. Markets and demand for wood products are continuing to improve. Trends of lumber, home construction, and housing markets, are compared to […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation Micheal Clements of Farm Bureau talks about recent stock market downturn. Clements: Following Monday’s large drop on Wall Street and a selloff in China, commodity markets are performing “as expected,” according to Farm Bureau deputy chief economist John Anderson. Anderson: Well I think ag markets […]

Pinot Noir Winemaker Files Lawsuit By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation Willamette Valley Vineyard has filed a lawsuit against Five Cent Farm, Inc. They are claiming damage to their crop due to an herbicide drift onto the vines. Willamette Vineyard leases property from Elton Vineyard, which sits east of the […]

Wildfire Damage Housing Relief Now Available For Oregon Wildfire Victims By House Republican Leader Mike McLane Individual Assistance Grants Provided Through Wildfire Damage Housing Relief Account House Republican Leader Mike McLane (R-Powell Butte)  announced that critical relief for wildfire victims is now available and accessible through the Wildfire Damage Housing […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association As massive wildfires blaze across the West this week, the need to address the increasing wildfire threat is even more apparent. According to the Agriculture and Interior Departments, there are currently 19,000 interagency personnel fighting wildfires across 13 states. The Soda Fire that burned across southern […]

NBC News showcases the 106 uncontained large fires that rage across Western America.  Sometimes it takes a picture to speak volumes.

By Oregon State University Extension  Office Oregon State University’s three statewide public service programs received a boost from the Oregon legislature with $14 million additional funds to support up to 40 new positions and stimulate new research and extension projects across the state. The new funding package increases the programs’ […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation Grain farmers should brace for a drop in net incomes this year as the prices for corn, soybeans and wheat have fallen significantly from recent years, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The latest Agricultural Prices report, released last week by the National Agricultural […]

California Farm Bureau By Chris Scheuring There has certainly been a great deal of furious legislative and administrative activity in the halls of government in this season of drought—some of it essential and very timely, and some of it simply opportunistic. The Farm Bureau team in Sacramento has been front […]

By Oregon Department of Ag. One of the earliest blueberry harvests in decades is now underway in Oregon and, by the end of the season, it could be one for the record books. A mild winter and spring has led to excellent growing conditions. Combined with an increase in acres […]