By Oregon Small Business Association Seattle’s entrepreneurs have a bright new idea: mine asteroids for the valuable rare earth minerals they contain. The project has some heavyweights on board. Founders Eric Anderson and Peter Diamandis came up with the idea of selling space flights for private individuals, and their new […]

By Cathryn, Corn Commentary National Corn Growers Association Kashi, in a move almost certainly based on a desire to drive profits and not a strong-held belief, joined the legions of companies currently making very public, splashy moves toward non-GMO ingredients. Openly disclosing this action seeks to meet the “ever-evolving needs […]

By Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife A May 2 investigation by ODFW confirmed that four penned sheep (two ewes, two lambs) were killed by a wolf on private land east of Weston, Ore. in northern Umatilla County. One additional lamb is missing and believed to have been killed by […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau All of us get frustrated with regulations and permitting processes that create extra cost and time for businesses and economic developers without a clear indication of the added environmental and social benefits being gained. There is an advisory committee to the Governor on regulatory streamlining and […]

Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn, Umpqua Coquille LLC Spring prices are holding in studs, and unsold home inventory is the lowest in 5 years. Four-year trends of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage statistics are shown below. Information and interpretation. The best news this month is the unsold home inventory, […]

House Bill Introduced to Stop EPA Manipulation of Clean Water Act by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, U.S. Congressmen John Mica (R-Fla.), Nick Rahall (D-W.V.), Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) and Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio)  introduced legislation (H.R. 4965), which is strongly supported by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and […]

Denny Jones passes at age 101 By Oregonians for Food and Shelter (photo) Paulette Pyle and Denny Jones at Jones’ 100th birthday celebration in September of 2010 Former Oregon State Representative, Denny Jones passed away recently. It was our pleasure to have known him and worked with him for many […]

OSU names Dan Arp as dean of Agricultural Sciences Oregon State University Extension Service Dan Arp, a longtime microbiology researcher and science educator who has led the University Honors College program at Oregon State University since May of 2008, has been appointed as the Reub Long Dean of Agricultural Sciences […]

The Power of Grass Roots: Obama Administration Pulls Overbearing Proposed Rules on Child Labor By Oregon Farm Bureau Federation The US Department of Labor issued a statement withdrawing a proposed rule dealing with children who work on farms and ranches. “This is an enormous win for family farmers and ranchers […]

By Free Enterprise, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Region 6 EPA Administrator Al Armendariz released an apology for comparing his agency regulating oil and gas companies to Roman centurions crucifying villagers: I apologize to those I have offended and regret my poor choice of words. It was an offensive and inaccurate […]