By American Farm Bureau Federation Farmers need to commit their time, energy, money and best thinking if they want to stop the proliferation of federal regulations that threaten their businesses, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce official said today at the American Farm Bureau Federation 93rd Annual Meeting. “This isn’t academic […]

Windpower has killed 2,000 golden eagles in California & 500 other birds in Virginia proding conservationist to call for new guidelines. By Oregon Tax News, New federal rules instructing wind companies on how to better monitor and reduce the number of wildlife deaths from wind turbines are being worked on […]

Projects advance solar, wind energy development on public lands; Will deliver power for 112,500 homes, support over 600 jobs and generate millions in local tax revenue Dept. of Interior Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the approval of two renewable energy projects that further advance President Obama’s initiative for […]

By Rick Sohn Umpqua Coquille LLC Weaker log and stud prices are seasonally expected, while homebuilding statistics increased, unsold inventory dropped, and mortgage rates continued near record lows. See below for details and a six-year span of prices and analysis of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage statistics. Information and interpretation.

Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics Wood products demand is far more sensitive to the economy than demand for almost any other product. The outlook for the next two years is moderately positive, at least compared to the weak domestic markets we’ve seen since the downturn began. Log export markets look […]

by Cindy, Corn Commentary National Corn Growers Association Corn growers and the grain-based ethanol industry got a late Christmas present last week when a Federal District Court judge in Fresno, California sided with America’s ethanol industry in ruling that the State of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) violates the […]

Free forestry publication available online By Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon’s budget has necessitated cuts to a lot of programs – including some in forestry and the Oregon Department of Forestry’s flagship publication, Forests for Oregon – but the magazine-turned-newsletter is still available online, and it’s free. In print since […]

Retail Food Prices Moderate Slightly in Fourth Quarter By American Farm Bureau Federation Retail food prices at the supermarket declined slightly during the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can […]

Scientists ID possible cause for honeybee colony collapse By Kurt Kipp, Daily Digger Oregon Association of Nurseries For five years, scientists have puzzled over the origin of colony collapse disorder (CCD), which is believed responsible for a decline in the honeybee populations that many agricultural producers depend upon. Now it […]

Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader Press Release Oregon’s rural communities cannot afford another 20 years of gridlock in our federal forests…As a bipartisan coalition, we have worked through our differences to forge a plan that would create thousands of new jobs in Oregon’s forested communities, ensure the health of federal forests […]