By OSU Extension Office Just as it took a small-but-enthusiastic group to invest in wine production more than 60 years ago, today a new group is equally determined to start another new Oregon agriculture industry in the state: olives. There’s a strong passion among the 50 commercial olive growers and […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Oregon ranchers, farmers, tribes, state agencies and nonprofits will receive $31 million to clean toxic pollution from the Columbia River and its tributaries, the last of the $79 million allocated two years ago by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to improve the Columbia River Basin’s […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The New Year is off to a fast start for the OFS team. This week we met with a range of our timber and ag partner organizations to share information on draft bills and concepts that we are aware of, and start prioritizing work […]

By American Forest Resource Council American Forest Resource Council President Travis Joseph had the following to say regarding the U.S. Forest Service’s Notice of Intent (NOI) on Old Growth forests: “The American Forest Resource Council is reviewing the Forest Service’s NOI and will submit substantive comments. On the surface, however, […]

SCOTUS Delivers Private Property Rights Victory in Tyler v. Hennepin County December 11, 2023 By Oregon Property Owners Association, In 2015, a 94-year old grandmother named Geraldine Tyler found herself in a situation that many elderly Americans find themselves in – unable to pay their property taxes. Geraldine had an […]

By American Farm Bureau, The estate tax is back in conversations across Washington, D.C. Chad Smith has more on opposition to the so-called ‘death tax.’ Smith: The American Farm Bureau Federation was part of a letter to Congress expressing opposition to the estate tax. Dustin Sherer, director of government affairs […]

By American Forest Resource Council The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) announced today that 29 members of the U.S. Congress and six organizations have filed amicus curiae briefs in support of AFRC’s and the Association of O&C Counties’ (AOCC) joint petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, PacifiCorp has agreed to pay $299 million to settle lawsuits stemming from the Labor Day 2020 Archie Creek fire in Douglas County, according to the Portland Business Journal. The 463 plaintiffs blamed Oregon’s second-largest utility for the fire. Lawsuits from property owners and residents […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, California-led, and expected to be followed by Washington and Oregon, farmers and motorists on the west coast have been bracing for a 2036 ban on new diesel and heavy-duty trucks. Two prominent cases challenging the phase-out are Ohio v EPA and Texas v EPA. The […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Last week, OFS convened the last of four meetings between members of Marion County Farm Bureau and staff from the Pesticide Program at Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA). Marion County members initially brought up a variety of concerns around the pesticide investigation process and […]