Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn, PhD Coquille LLC A correction in wood products seems to have found a floor, interest rates are trending down, and real estate activity continues at a healthy pace, despite slower starts. Seven-year trend of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage statistics are shown below. Interpretation […]

Congressman Kurt Schrader Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR)  expressed pleasure with the Oregon and California (O&C) Railroad Grant Lands Trust, Conservation, and Jobs Act being included in the passage of H.R. 1526, the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, in the House Natural Resource Committee. “It is very encouraging to […]

National Corn Growers Association Creative naming practices have been an essential tool for many in the marketing field for centuries. The practice of carefully selecting a name that will appeal to consumers has become an art form that heaps lucrative rewards on those truly skilled in this craft. While exaggeration […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation The American Farm Bureau Federation and more than 400 leading U.S. businesses and advocacy organizations called on the House to enact immigration reform legislation. The letter, sent today, was signed by a broad cross section of industries that includes agriculture, housing, retail, tourism, hospitality, technology, […]

Petition To Ban GMO Crops Rejected By Oregon Family Farm Association The Lane County Clerk has rejected a petition to ban genetically modified crops, stating the measure is too broad. The “local food ordinance” does not comply with the Oregon constitutional “single subject” requirement. The petition aims to “create and […]

OPB is reporting about a farmer led-coalition fighting the EPA designating the White Bluffs bladderpod as requiring endangered species protection. A group of farmers in southeast Washington is trying to stop the federal government from giving endangered species protection to a rare plant. It’s called the White Bluffs bladderpod. And […]

David Bolstad By U.S. Food & Drug Administration  Western Mixers Produce & Nut Company of Los Angeles, California is recalling ARO and/or Treasured Harvest Pistachios, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or […]

by Huynh, Hong, Miller Nash Oregon Law Firm SB 476A is one of few environmental bills that the 2013 legislature passed. The bill amends the prospective purchaser agreement statute (ORS 465.325) in the following ways: (1) Requiring the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) to specifically notify potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”), […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation Johnna Miller, Director of Media Development, American Farm Bureau Federation The House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee continue to work towards a comprehensive tax reform bill while farmers and ranchers have been urging Congress to implement a tax code that recognizes […]

Editorial by Washington Examiner, Looming job losses should concern everyone, especially those in an obscure industry like forestry, which, though not as glamorous as, say, oil field wildcatting or tornado chasing, is nevertheless essential to the health of the U.S. economy. Forestry is a crucial industry for the obvious reason […]