Oregon Timber Industry Comments on Senate County Payments Hearing and Outlines Real Solutions By American Forest Research Counci The American Forest Resource Council joined the Carpenters Industrial Council, Siskiyou County, California, and a group of forest products manufacturers and private forest landowners in a lawsuit to overturn the latest Northern […]

Farmers to Receive a Reduction in Direct Payments This Fall By National Association of Wheat Growers Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, alerted the hill on Wednesday that the Department will reduce payments received earlier this year due to sequestration. The reductions are primarily in three programs: Milk Income Loss Contract […]

Congress Keeps the Government Open Newsline with Johnna Miller, Director of Media Development, American Farm Bureau Federation Hooray! Congress averted a fiscal crisis with time to spare! American Farm Bureau budget specialist RJ Karney explains what the “continuing resolution” means for U.S. agriculture in this report from AFBF’s Johnna Miller.

National Farmers Union National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson released the following statement in response to the introduction of the Safeguard American Food Exports Act (SAFE), which would prohibit horse slaughter operations in the U.S. as well as prohibiting transport of the animals across the U.S. border for slaughter […]

Oregon Timber Industry Comments on Senate County Payments Hearing and Outlines Real Solutions By American Forest Research Council The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing in Washington, DC today entitled “Keeping the Commitment to Rural Communities” to review the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter Hearing on four anti-biotechnology bills: HB 2532 & HB 2175 – Requiring the labeling of GE ingredients HB 2530 – A ban on the importation of GE Salmon HB 3177 – Requiring the labeling of GE Salmon Thursday, March 21 at 8:00am at the […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau Hot Good Resolution Heard in Committee Senate Joint Memorial (SJM 7) which would, “…require the United States Department of Labor to adopt standard rules and procedures for the application of the ‘hot goods’ provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act” was heard on Wednesday in the […]

Join OFB at the Capitol for Natural Resources Day on 3/19 On National Ag Day, Tuesday, March 19, Farm Bureau members will get an opportunity to help state lawmakers understand the importance of the natural resources community to our economic well-being. All are welcome to join OFB and other ag […]

Citing the Need to Find Common Ground, ASA Revises Position on Farm Bill By American Soybean Association    In an effort to resolve longstanding differences on new farm legislation and address higher projected costs, the American Soybean Association (ASA) announced today that it will support a 2013 Farm Bill which […]

NCBA Statement on USDA’s Proposed Amendment to Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Rule National Cattlemen’s Beef Association National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Scott George, a cattleman from Cody Wyo., issued the following statement regarding the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed amendment to the mandatory Country of Origin […]