Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn, PhD Coquille Lumber Extreme weather is credited with a near-term reduction of new homes, but otherwise statistics remain quite strong, with a 12-year October record for studs and a seasonal record for logs. Recent trends of lumber, logs, home construction, and housing markets, are […]

Secretary Perdue Launches Veteran Resources at USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the launch of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resources to provide comprehensive and timely support to veterans interested in opportunities in agriculture, agribusiness, and in rural America. The resources include a new […]

Counties, timber group want to resume Cascade-Siskiyou litigation Oregonians for Food and Shelter Timber and county groups want to re-activate litigation over the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, but for now lawsuits remain on hold until Dec. 1. Groups representing Oregon counties and timber companies want to resume litigation against the federal […]

Greg Walden applauds passage of Resilient Federal Forests Act Helps advance forest management reform through House for fifth year in a row Congressman Greg Walden For the fifth time in five years, Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) voted to pass legislation to improve federal forest management and reduce the risk […]

USDA Invests $2.5 Billion in Rural Electric Infrastructure Loans Will Help Create Jobs and Spur Business Growth in 27 States Weldon Freeman U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that USDA is investing $2.5 billion in rural electric infrastructure improvements to help create jobs and support […]

Don’t Buy “Climate Change” Argument Associated Oregon Loggers Federal agency representatives and certainly our liberal political representatives are already touting “climate change” as the cause of this summer’s catastrophic wildfire season. They point to rising temperatures, extended drought and a lengthening fire season as the reasons for the unusually large […]

Reps. Peter DeFazio and Greg Walden Fight for Oregon Timber Jobs Before International Trade Commission Congressman DeFazio Oregon Members Testify to the International Trade Commission in Support of Investigation into Unfair Chinese Hardwood Plywood Imports In testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Reps. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) and Greg […]

Wall Street Editorial Board, 10,23,17 The bipartisan pull of corporate welfare—also known as the swamp—is powerful. Last week it swallowed up no less than Donald Trump and his fearless Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt. They caved under pressure from the ethanol lobby and political extortion from Republican Senators Joni […]

Exotic wood boring beetles knocking on Oregon’s door Oregon Department of Agriculture  It’s been 20 years since the Oregon Department of Agriculture placed its first traps for exotic wood boring insects in the vicinity of a railroad tie creosoting plant in The Dalles. A lot has happened since amid the […]

Portion of Oregon coast closed to recreational crab harvesting Oregon Department of Agriculture The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have announced the immediate closure of all recreational crabbing from Cape Blanco on the southern Oregon coast to the California border due to elevated […]