Wyden Statement on the Forest Service’s Decision to Withdraw Plans to Close Roads in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Oregon Senator Ron Wyden issued the following statement on today’s decision by the Forest Service to withdraw its plans to close roads in the Wallowa-Whiteman National Forest.“The […]

by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers “No” to Rural Jobs: Oregon Governor Kitzhaber said he supported a jobs package in the 2012 legislature that included natural resource utilization—but he covertly fought against those same bills that would achieve what he claimed to support. The Governor flatly rejected […]

Greg Walden tells Forest Service to scrap travel management plan, start over with local input — Walden to USFS: “Put people in charge who will value the suggestions of eastern Oregon’s citizens” By Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden called on the U.S. Forest Service to start over […]

Timber payments not enough for county losses  Lane County, Ore., is facing a budget gap—and the money the county plans to make from Federal timber payments won’t be enough to close that gap. This is a problem that Washington, D.C., created—and now refuses to solve. Up to a few years […]

GAO Report Triggers Crop Insurance Debate by Ferd Hoefner National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition On Thursday, April 12, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report detailing ways to better target federal crop insurance subsidies. The targeting would aim to get some control on rapidly escalating taxpayer costs while also reducing […]

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By American Farm Bureau Federation Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly during the first quarter of 2012 with protein staples – meats and cheese – showing the greatest increase in price, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost […]

Is Your Farm Truck Legal? — Find out on April 19th! By Oregon Farm Bureau Thurs. Apr. 19th, 6pm 832 NE NE 223rd Ave Wood Village OR 97060 Two farm trucks will be in the parking lot next to the Country Mutual Insurance office for a mock-inspection by Oregon Department […]

By Oregonians For Food and Shelter In a short conference call today, US EPA announced that they are denying the petition of the NRDC to cancel 2,4-D and revoke all its’ tolerances. Stating that the Agency had conducted a thorough evaluation of all the available data, the public inputs submitted […]

Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn Umpqua Coquile  LLC Spring is here! Studs are up. Unsold Inventory is down, and Housing starts/building permits are at or near their highs. Four-year trends of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage statistics are shown below. Information and interpretation. Studs are up $20 since last […]