Voters recall Arizona immigration law author By Curt Kipp Daily Digger Oregon Association of  Nurseries Voters in his Phoenix-area district have recalled Sen. Russell Pearce (R-Mesa, Ariz.), the Arizona senate president who wrote and successfully passed Senate Bill 1070. The state law made unauthorized immigration a criminal offense at the […]

‘Super committee’ shapes the next federal farm bill By Christine Souza California Farm Bureau A group of congressional leaders known as the “super committee” has been meeting behind closed doors to develop recommendations to reduce the federal deficit—including a framework for the 2012 Farm Bill. Farm groups including the California […]

OREGON WOMEN FOR AGRICULTURE OFFER SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING FOR NATURAL RESOURCE COMMUNITY By Oregon Women for Agriculture PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Women for Agriculture (OWA) will present a one-day workshop in January featuring nationally known speaker Michele Payn-Knoper of Cause Matters to train people in natural resource-based businesses on effective […]

Natural Resource News Note: SolarWorld Manufacturing Inc.,headquartered in Hillsboro, has joined other manufacturers to file a trade complaint accusing China of “illegal dumping,”. China blasted the report and accused the United States of engaging in the same practices. Oregon KGW-TV anchorwoman Traci Barry decided to address the Solar World-China trade […]

by Rex Storm, Associated Oregon Loggers “Red Zone:” Symptom of Broken Federal Forest Policy: The Oregon Board of Forestry toured a vast area of dead trees in the Fremont-Winema Nat. Forest on Sept. 8th. The tour was a platform for AOL and other industry groups to ask the Board and […]

Record Biodiesel Production Continues in September — EPA Reports 119 Million Gallons for Month By National Biodiesel Board WASHINGTON – A U.S. record 119 million gallons of Biomass-based Diesel were sold during the month of September, the EPA reported Monday. That marks the sixth consecutive monthly record and is an […]

Senate Approves Ag Appropriations Bill By National Association of Wheat Growers The Senate approved its version of the fiscal year 2012 agriculture appropriations bill this week. The measure was incorporated into what has become known as a “minibus” – a combination of multiple appropriations bills that is supposed to move […]

New Federal Regulations Threaten Oregon Jobs — H.R. 2250 would protect Oregon jobs as well as the environment By Oregon Prosperity Project Congress is considering legislation to address a costly, job-killing rule proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency that will cost American employers more than $14 billion and put […]

Occupy Wall Street, Not My Belly By Cathryn Corn Commentary National Corn Growers Association For more than a month and a half now, Occupy Wall Street protesters have taken over city parks and the national news programs protesting social and economic inequality and corporate greed and power. Within weeks of […]

Ben Doornink Far West Focus Magazine Far West Agribusiness Association Earlier this summer, I was invited to travel to southern Idaho to observe one of our members go through an EPA audit of its Risk Management Plan (RMP). Having never sat through an EPA audit before, I jumped at the […]