By Oregon Family Farm Association, Farmers are two to three times more likely to kill themselves than the general public, according to a study by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which prompted calls to create a suicide helpline for people who work the land, according to Oregon Public […]

(photo: Matt Roloff Instagram) By Oregon Family Farm Association Audrey Roloff, the 31-year-old star from the Little People, Big World reality show, shared an Instagram clip from a windy day on her family’s $1.5 million Oregon farm highlighting deer frolicking amid trees on green grass, according to The Sun. She […]

By Norm Groot as featured in Californian Farm Bureau newsletter The destruction to agricultural properties and crops from January and March flooding in Monterey County is considerable. There is frustration about a failure to address known dangers that caused or worsened the flood toll in this critical farming region. For […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter There is plenty of drama coming out of the State Capitol this week. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned and continues to face scrutiny for her outside consulting work. In the Legislature, things have certainly heated up. The House spent Monday and Tuesday debating divisive […]

American Farm Bureau Federation American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall today emphasized the importance of the farm bill during testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade. The hearing focused on commodity programs, credit and crop insurance. President Duvall told lawmakers that the wide-ranging […]

By Oregon State Representative Cyrus Javadi, I finally received a response from Governor Kotek regarding my March 7th letter regarding the devastating impacts of the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Her response was less than I had hoped for. In essence, the Governor acknowledged that this […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter The frenzy of policy issues has narrowed in the last couple of weeks as we inch toward the next major deadline. In order for a bill to be heard in its second chamber committee by the second chamber deadline of May 19, it has […]

National Association of Wheat Growers, NAWG Testifies to House Agriculture Subcommittee During “Producer Perspective on the 2023 Farm Bill” Hearing Washington, D.C. (April 26, 2023) – National Association of Wheat Growers President and Klamath Falls, OR wheat farmer Brent Cheyne, testified in front of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General […]

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden: Oregon Delegation Urges Commerce to Declare Fishery Resource Disaster in Oregon The National Marine Fisheries Service is already expected to close all Oregon commercial ocean fisheries for Chinook salmon through August Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representatives Earl […]

Biden Administration Report on Mature and Old Growth Forests Underscores Need for Proactive Forest Management By American Forest Resource Council President Travis Joseph had the following to say regarding the Biden Administration’s announcement on policies relating to mature and old growth forests on federal lands: “This announcement and year-long effort […]