Federal Budget Update: Farm Payments, EPA and Appropriations By Oregon Farm Bureau FISCAL YEAR 2011 APPROPRIATIONS Last Friday, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act 2011 was introduced. This continuing resolution (CR) will fund the federal government from March 5 through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The federal […]

Wine producers move closer to market balance California Farm Bureau Federation By Steve Adler A feeling of optimism radiated through the Sacramento Convention Center as wine sector leaders from around the world gathered in record numbers last week for the 17th annual Unified Wine and Grape Symposium. During the event’s […]

DEQ Toxic Standards Rulemaking By Oregonians for Food and Shelter The legislature’s House Business and Labor Committee hosted an Informational Hearing on the potential impact of the DEQ proposed water quality regulations on Oregon’s economy. The hearing was open to invited testimony, which only included DEQ Director Dick Pederson, DEQ […]

Fed rules could turn 108-acre farm into a 10-acre farm By Congressman Greg Walden, WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) today took aim at new regulations that threaten Oregon’s farmers, ranchers, and foresters. He singled out the Environmental Protection Agency’s new proposed rules on three pesticides used to protect […]

EPA GHG Regulations Brings ‘Double Economic Jolt’ to Ag By American Farm Bureau Federation WASHINGTON, D.C., February 9, 2011 – America’s farmers and ranchers will receive a “double economic jolt” from the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of greenhouse gases, the American Farm Bureau Federation told a House subcommittee today. Philip […]

Wheat Industry to Congress: Don’t Cut Research Funding By National Association of Wheat Growers More than 40 wheat growers, researchers, millers and bakers are in Washington Tuesday and Wednesday to urge Members of Congress and the Obama Administration to protect federal investments in wheat research that return $10 to the […]

Oregon’s agricultural sales rebound 3.8 percent in 2010 after dismal 2009 By Oregon State University Extension Office CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon’s farmers and ranchers grossed $4.3 billion in sales last year, a 3.8 percent rebound from a dismal 2009, according to estimates in an Oregon State University report, which is […]

Time to delist the gray wolf By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association WASHINGTON (Feb. 8, 2011) – The Public Lands Council (PLC), the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) and 32 other livestock organizations from across the nation sent letters to U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) […]

Killing barred owls to save spotted owls By Natural Resource Report Article Check. The Oregonian has ran an interesting article “Make this call in the wild: Should Oregon shoot barred owls to save spotted owls?” Fish and Wildlife officials are working on an environmental impact statement that may require them […]

Wood Ethanol is in an identity crises by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Wood Ethanol Plant Shuts: After making just one batch of ethanol, one of the five commercial wood ethanol producers in the US, Range Fuels, announced it would shut down its plant in Soperton, Georgia. […]