Oregon State University Extension Office Oregon State University will dedicate a new teaching and research facility for animal sciences Oct. 19 to serve increased student enrollment in the field and to delve into new research. With more than 500 undergraduates, enrollment in animal and rangeland sciences at OSU is at […]

Editorial from Wall Street Journal October 12, 2012 The President learns of a grave threat to national security: A shadowy overseas company is attempting to acquire a strategic domestic asset, perhaps to do us harm. He swings into action and hands down a classified edict blocking the sale. That scenario […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau Oregon Farm Bureau prides itself on being a grassroots, policy-driven organization. We advocate tirelessly at every level of government to enact policy developed by our family farming and ranching members. The OFB Board of Directors and OFB Political Action Committee make voting recommendations after significant research, […]

– By Oregonians for Food and Shelter Governor John Kitzhaber spoke at OFIC’s Annual Meeting earlier this week and announced his latest Executive Order designed to promote Oregon’s wood products and sustainable forest management. “Oregon is a leader in products that come from sustainably managed forests,” Kitzhaber said in a […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia has ruled that the American Farm Bureau Federation has a right to join in a lawsuit over the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate poultry and livestock farms under the Clean […]

Renewable Fuels Association Waiving the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in 2013 could actually result in higher net feeding costs for livestock and poultry producers, according to a new analysis conducted by Cardno-ENTRIX and commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). The study found that if a waiver of the RFS […]

by Cathryn Corn Commentary National Association of Wheat Growers Rural America, in large part, votes. With a keen awareness of how government policies and regulations directly impact their operations, farmers head to the polls. While most farmers actively support candidates who value agriculture, understand the impact of over-regulation and who […]

by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Forest Owners React to Fire Suit: The fallout from the punitive US Forest Service lawsuit that extracted over $122 million in a fire damage settlement from Sierra Pacific Industries has Oregon landowners scrambling to prevent similar attacks by Obama administration federal […]

By Idaho Forest Products Commission Had enough of the fire and smoke this summer? Part of the reason for wildfires burning in Idaho this year is because the state’s national forests are overstocked with dead and dying trees, and timber harvest levels are nearly at an all-time low. In hopes […]

Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals Clarifies Permitting Pathways for Wine Businesses on Farmland By Michael Gelardi Davis Dwight & Tremaine LLP Oregon business law firm The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) has issued two important new decisions regarding wine businesses on Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) land. Across […]