By Healthy Forests & Healthy Communities With wildfire season approaching across the American West, there’s increasing pressure on the U.S. Senate to act on measures to restore the health of federal forests while creating jobs in rural communities. A bipartisan coalition of U.S. House members earlier this week sent a letter pressing […]

California Farm Bureau With hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland expected to be left unplanted this year due to water shortages, market analysts and economists say shoppers will likely begin to see higher prices on some food items later this year. And they warned additional impact would come next […]

Oregon Farm Bureau Landowners can diversify income from agritourism and outdoor recreational enterprises Workshop to help landowners embark in agritourism Landowners wanting to expand their businesses and earn extra income from their properties are encouraged to attend an Outdoor Business Workshop on April 29 from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. […]

By National Farmers Union National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson sent a letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Finance leaders expressing priorities for the renewal of expiring tax provisions in advance of the committee’s markup of the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act. Johnson praised Chairman Ron […]

By Oregon Congressman Greg Walden U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) has written to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing concern about a proposed rule that could harm the craft brewing and livestock industries in Oregon. The rule proposes to tightly regulate brewers’ “spent grains,” a byproduct of the beer-making […]

By Daily Digger Oregon Association of Nurseries For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new worker protection standards for the application of pesticides. These new rules would apply on farms, forests, nurseries and greenhouses, and would cover workers who handle and apply pesticides, […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation Statement by Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Regarding H.R. 4432, The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act “As the nation’s largest general farm organization, the American Farm Bureau represents farmers and ranchers who use every type of agricultural production system to provide the […]

Sens. Ron Wyden, Sen. Jeff Merkley,  Rep. Peter DeFazio, Rep. Greg Walden, Rep. Kurt Schrader, & Rep. Suzanne Bonamici Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Reps. Peter DeFazio, Greg Walden, Kurt Schrader, and Suzanne Bonamici applauded the Forest Service announcement that it will soon release $67.8 million in […]

Timber Industry Report March 31, 2014 By Rick Sohn, Umpqua Coquille LLC Strong log prices continue, and relatively stable product prices. Environment for home purchases remains positive, and should for at least a couple of years. Recent lumber manufacturing, home construction, and housing markets are compared to selected years. Interpretation […]

From Family Farms Coalition Our Family Farms Coalition Asks You to Vote YES on 15-119   THE FAMILY FARMS MEASURE PROTECTS FAMILY FARMERS from the serious risk that their crops will be contaminated by genetically engineered crops that are patented and controlled by large out-of-state chemical corporations. There’s no practical […]