By Rick Sohn, p.H.D Umpqua Coquille LLC Spring has finally sparked some recovery in wood products. Not a big spark, and none too soon. Mortgage rates are trending down, homebuilding is trending up, and new uses of wood are in the works. Statistics from recent years for recent lumber manufacturing, […]

By American Farm Bureau federation With 218 co-sponsors – more than half of the House of Representatives – on board, legislation to repeal estate taxes is ripe for floor action, the American Farm Bureau Federation said today.

Oregonians for Food and Shelte Myth: GM farmers “drown” crops in “dangerous” glyphosate. FACT: Farmers use eye droppers – Genetic Literacy Project I have to laugh sometimes; it’s all I can do when I run across this sort of misinformation. There are people out there who truly believe that we […]

By James Bovard Author of “Attention Deficit Democracy” The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture taking 47% of a farmer’s harvest does not violate the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause as long as the government aims to drive up crop prices. The May 9 […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The U.S. House voted 274 to 144 to pass a handful of tax extenders, including the expiring section 179 expensing provisions for small business. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President and Victoria, Texas cattleman, Bob McCan says this is a victory for rural America. “The passage of […]

Natural Resource New Note: Source: U.S. Drought Monitor

Farmers fear summer drought Natural Resource News Note The Medford Mail Tribune reported on growing concerns about Oregon’s excessive dry summer. The effects of historically low snowpacks and below-average rainfall are being felt by farmers across Southern Oregon who depend on streams and irrigation ditches to sustain their crops. And […]

by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Threatened Forest Lawsuit Concerns Governor: In February, an environmental group filed a legal notice of its intended lawsuit challenging Oregon State Forest management of coho salmon in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests. State Dept. of Forestry officials say such a […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest greenhouse gas proposal will harm the nation’s economy, rural communities and America’s farm and ranch families if implemented, the American Farm Bureau Federation said today. The EPA’s attempt to impose a 30-percent reduction in carbon dioxide on the nation’s power […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate The purpose of a permit is to make sure a proposed facility or project is disclosed to the appropriate agencies and the proper predictable, predetermined standards and safe guards are employed. Unfortunately, permitting has, for many years, too often been used by third […]