Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn, Umpqua Coquille LLC, Log prices staged an 11% recovery, while studs held steady. Murphy Company opened the Rogue River plywood plant, anticipating recovery. Unsold inventory dropped slightly. These are good signs locally. See below for details and a five-year-span of prices and analysis of […]

Deceptive Videos Unfairly Attack Farmers Animal Agriculture Alliance December 15, 2010 – Farmers and ranchers dedicate their lives to the health and well-being of their animals in order to ensure that the food they produce for the public- and their own families- is wholesome and safe. Animal care is a […]

5,000 Afghan Families to Benefit American Soybean Association December 20, 2010… Saint Louis, Missouri…The American Soybean Association’s (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) representatives participated today in the final preparations of a shipment of soy flour to Afghanistan. The 3,525 50-pound […]

California adopts landmark Cap-and-Trade Stoel Rives LLP by Allison C. Smith After a marathon 10-hour public hearing, the California Air Resources Board voted 9-to-1 to adopt the state’s landmark Cap-and-Trade Program. My colleague, Lee Smith, and I spent the day at the packed California EPA auditorium, monitoring the hearing. Over […]

NCBA Opposes Nomination of Federal Judge with Ties to Animal Activists National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) sent a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) opposing the nomination of Judge Benita Pearson to the United States District […]

By Cyndie Sirekis American Farm Bureau Federation As 2010 fades away, Farm Bureau and its farmer and rancher members around the nation are reflecting on some hard-fought victories. One of these is reform of estate taxes. With passage of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of […]

News Note: This week the Wall Street Journal did an editorial on the Agriculture Department’s mixing of politics with the science of government regulation. The problems involves the decision of Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsak bringing in activist and biotech opponents to assist in crafting the agency’s biotech regulation. The WSJ […]

Dying wheat fields hit E. Oregon By Natural Resource News Note: Investigators are looking into why over 40,000 acres of wheat fields in Eastern Oregon have died prematurely in the fall. The area impacted areas are 16 wheat fields near Pendleton Oregon and other fields in Morrow County. The symptoms […]

Agriculture remains a key provider to the Oregon Food Bank By Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, Oregon farmers and ranchers continue putting food on the plate for many of the state’s most vulnerable citizens, even as the need for hunger assistance reaches unprecedented levels. Donations from such organizations as Farmers Ending […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, It will come as no surprise that America’s Christmas tree farmers are a giving lot. You need to look no further than the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation, a charitable organization created by the National Christmas Tree Association in 2005. Since its inception, America’s Christmas tree farmers […]