Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program Awards Century Status to 10 Farms & Ranches and one Sesquicentennial Farms in 2011 By Oregon Farm Bureau (Salem, OR) – At an annual awards ceremony at the Oregon State Fair, families from across the state will receive recognition for operating as either a […]

Gov. Brown signs bill to preserve Williamson Act By Kate Campbell California Farm Bureau Federation After months of uncertainty, a bill signed by Gov. Brown last week reinstates a revised Williamson Act program intended to preserve the state’s landmark farmland-conservation law. Brown signed Assembly Bill 1265 by Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, […]

Business tax credit used for liquid sewage recycling Natural Resource News Note: The Oregon Energy Department has done something new, they have approved extending the Business Energy Tax Credit to materials reclaimed from liquid sewage. The idea is that nitrogen and phosphorous can be taken from the liquid waste. As […]

Forty-four years later some calm diggers still show up By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife NEWPORT – More than four decades after the first conservation closure, some clam diggers still show up in late July to dig razor clams on the Clatsop beaches. Since 1967 the Oregon Department of […]

Triangle Lake Pesticide Issues: By Oregonians for Food and Shelter You might be aware of what is happening in the Triangle Lake area. Over the last several years a local advocacy group, the Pitchfork Rebellion, has made numerous complaints about aerial application of herbicides on privately owned forestland in their […]

New analysis continues to disprove food v. fuel canard By Renewable Fuels Association Washington—There is no statistical evidence to support the argument that growth in ethanol production is driving consumer food prices higher, according to a comprehensive study released today by Informa Economics. Rather, the report concludes that retail food […]

Budget End-Game Still Unclear as Other Issues Fall to the Side National Association of Wheat Growers A deal to rein in the federal debt and raise the government’s borrowing limit just days before a projected default was elusive this week, with more proposals floated but no end in sight. Discussions […]

Heat Wave’s Affect on Food Prices Johnna Miller, Director of Media Development Newsline, American Farm Bureau Federation The heat wave broiling much of the country is not just uncomfortable, it could end up costing you more at the grocery store. American Farm Bureau Economist John Anderson explains how to AFBF’s […]

Oregon DOE wants input for biomass tax credit Oregon Department of Energy  The Oregon Department of Energy is seeking input on improvements to the Biomass Producer or Collector Tax Credit Certification Rules. The rulemaking process in August and is hosting a public information webinar to seek input and suggestions for […]

Loss of large predators disrupting plant, animal and human ecosystems By Oregon State University, CORVALLIS, Ore. – The enormous decline of large, apex predators ranging from wolves to lions, sharks and sea otters may represent the most powerful impacts humans have ever had on Earth’s ecosystems, a group of 24 […]