By Oregon Family Farm Association, His family has farmed in Clark County for 150 years, but now that livelihood is threatened after the Washington State Department of Ecology denied Bill Zimmerman’s application for farm water rights. Zimmerman’s ancestors dug the well serving BiZi Farms in 1900, before the state ever […]

Zippy Duvall, President American Farm Bureau Federation, Credit: AFBF Photo/Terri Moore Spending several days along our southern border will teach you a lot. I did so recently and left with new perspective about both the unfolding humanitarian crisis and the security crisis. To be honest, as a Georgia farmer, I […]

By Bryan Little California Farm Bureau, California’s hot summer growing season and an ongoing drought feeding out-of-control wildfires pose challenges for farm employers. The 700,000-acre-and-counting Dixie Fire and the devastating Caldor Fire have conspired to funnel smoke in agricultural production areas just as summer temperatures have soared into triple digits. […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The US Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will be revoking all food tolerances for chlorpyrifos, effective 6 months after the final rule is published, which is expected soon. In addition, the agency will issue a Notice of Intent to Cancel under the Federal […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, Like many other farmers and ranchers, Tennessean Mike Brundige is worried a proposed change in tax policy will keep him from passing the family’s farmland on to his children and grandchildren. Brundige farms with his two sons in Weakley County, in the northwestern part of […]

By Oregon Small Business Association The Bonneville Power Administration is dropping the cost of its electricity generated by 31 federal dams and a nuclear power plant—the first rate decrease in a decade. The federal agency will drop the Tier 1 purchase price sold to consumer-owner utilities by 2.5 percent beginning […]

By Tom Sharp, President Oregon Cattlemen Association,   Letter to: Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources Sub Committee on National Parks Oregon Cattlemen’s Association Opposes S. 192 River Democracy Act, amending the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association respectfully offers this letter in opposition to S. […]

National Cattlemen Beef Association The beef cattle industry is bouncing back from the pandemic, and continued progress is expected in 2022. Beef prices are near record high, and consumer and wholesale beef demand are both at 30-year highs as the U.S. and global economy recover. While drought remains a significant […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Florida state officials issued a consumer alert warning about hemp grown in Oregon containing rocks, sticks, and other foreign material accompanied by fraudulent certificates of analyses. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which regulates and inspects the cultivation and sale of hemp, issued […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association Employers must do more to protect Oregon farmworkers and others who labor outside during intense heat and smoky skies, according to the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which adopted two new temporary rules to make that happen. When the air quality index tops 100 […]