By Cindy National Corn Growers Association Chick-Fil-A announced that, like so many others before it, the company will make the myth-based marketing maneuver to remove high fructose corn syrup from its sauce. Instead of standing for sound science and maintaining the current quality of its astoundingly popular products, these big […]

By Associated Oregon Industries The Governors of California, Oregon and Washington, along with the Premier of British Columbia, signed a Proclamation entitled “Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy.” The Proclamation consists of a preamble and a long set of agreements. For the most part these are statements supporting […]

Wyden Bill – Next Step in O&C Land Discussions Oregon Senator Ron Wyden released his long-awaited legislative proposal for reforming the management of Western Oregon’s O&C forest lands. It follows the recent passage of the bipartisan O&C Trust, Conservation and Jobs Act resulting from a compromise forged by Congressmen Peter […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation For more information on Newsline, contact: Johnna Miller, Director of Media Development, American Farm Bureau Federation [email protected] . Miller Farmers and ranchers – along with most of the rest of the population – are hard-pressed to find much to be thankful to Congress for this […]

By Oregon Department of Agriculture, As the nation’s top producer of Christmas trees, Oregon wants to maintain its reputation for providing a clean and healthy product. With that in mind, officials with the Oregon Department of Agriculture will return to Hawaii next month for a second straight year to monitor […]

Natural Resource Note, Oregon is looking to enact policy changes to the state’s medical marijuana laws. Among the items discussed was security, background checks and a $4,000 license fee. The Oregonian reports, The requirements, crafted by state policy makers, police and marijuana advocates, are designed to provide oversight of an […]

  By Daily Digger Oregon Association of Nurseries ODA to lift temporary dinotefuran rule, replace with label restrictions The Oregon Department of Agriculture plans to lift temporary restrictions on the use of the insecticide dinotefuran, effective Dec. 24. These rules will be replaced with new, Oregon-specific label restrictions. The decision […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation The November World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report released by the Agriculture Department forecasts a record corn crop. November’s WASDE report projected the 2013 corn crop at 13.989 billion bushels will be a record crop, if realized, and more than a 3.2 billion bushel […]

By Barry Bushue, President Oregon Farm Bureau As Oregonians, we all face economic challenges that are difficult to surmount. Tragically, when it comes to economic decline, poverty, hunger, and despair in our rural communities, a substantial amount of the harm comes from our own federal government and its lack of […]

Energy Secretary says he’s not taking over BPA By Natural Resource News Note: Despite hiring scandals at Bonneville Power, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz stated that he is not seeking to take control of the troubled administration despite taking over some of their functions. The Oregonian reports. The […]