By Andrea Cantu-Schomus October 20, 2023 Oregon Department of Agriculture, On October 19, 2023, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) confirmed the first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial flock in Union County. […]

Labor Shortage Met with More Automation By Oregon Family Farm Association Hood River, OR- Pears have typically been viewed as difficult to sort en masse due to their oblong shape. Unlike many nuts and fruits, their sensitivity and inability to roll properly have built a perception that grading and processing […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau Press Release, Oregon amongst the funding recipients. 9.12.23 In a significant step towards bridging the digital divide in rural Oregon, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has been awarded a substantial Rural Development investment of $24,966,775 by the Biden-Harrison Administration’s “Reconnect Program.” This investment is poised to transform the […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Eighteen makers of beer and hard cider are campaigning to help older Oregon farmers protect their land from development today and in the future, and they’re holding events to raise awareness of disappearing farms and ranches. Generations of families eking out a living from the […]

By Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation In an effort to boost Oregonians’ switch to electric vehicles the Oregon Department of Transportation is granting $1.75 million in rebates to priority businesses, nonprofits, and governments to install EV charging stations. This is just part of $100 million dedicated to building Electric Vehicle […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter Legislators were back in the Capitol last week for interim Legislative Days, the first major activity in the building since the session adjourned in June. The biggest news around the building was the election of a new Republican leader in the House. Vikki Breese […]

Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., this week asked the Biden administration to collect and publish data that would help identify and address the water and sanitation needs of communities around the country. “We are writing to request that you take […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter,   This week we are sharing THREE important opportunities to engage on current issues, from statewide to federal.   EPA’s Herbicide Strategy – individual sign-on letter: As you have heard here, EPA has a comment period open for the recently released Herbicide Strategy. This will […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Wineries in the Willamette Valley want PacifiCorp to pay $20 million for damage to grape crops caused by 2020 Labor Day wildfires. Lawsuits filed in Yamhill, Polk, and Lane counties contend that negligence on the six-state utility’s equipment sparked wildfires and its Oregon operation, Pacific […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, This week, several outlets reported the news of a final signed settlement agreement in the longstanding case against US EPA filed in 2011 by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Pesticide Action Network of North America, commonly termed the “Mega” case. Some headlines […]