Kitzhaber biomass predicament, Metal theft law, Salazar visit, More… by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Metal Theft Law Working: Police report that a law passed by the 2009 Oregon Legislature, intended to prevent thieves profiting from stolen scrap metal, has helped reduce metal theft. The new law […]

Oregon Dungeness crab receives sustainable certification Marine Stewardship Council certification should boost sales – Oregon Department of Agriculture An historically productive Oregon fishery has achieved an even higher level of status, which should translate into stronger sales regionally, domestically, and internationally. The Oregon Dungeness crab industry is now certified sustainable […]

OSU malter will end bottleneck between Oregon barley and beer Pat Hayes By Oregon State University Extension Service CORVALLIS, Ore. – Drink a beer brewed in the United States, and there’s a chance the hops you’ll taste were grown in Oregon. But chances are the malted barley in it wasn’t. […]

By National Cattlemen Beef Association …Most recently, on Dec. 9, 2010, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) discussed the long list of regulations with Ramona Emilia Romero during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing to consider her nomination as the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “We […]

Federal rail fund redirect helps Oregon with $1.6 million grant WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that $1.195 billion in high-speed rail funds originally designated for Wisconsin and Ohio will be redirected to other states eager to develop high-speed rail corridors across the United States. Wisconsin has […]

Farmworker Housing Tax Credits available BY Oregon Farm Bureau Note from Oregon Housing & Community Services: There is approximately $780,000 in Oregon Farmworker Housing Tax Credits available for the remainder of calendar 2010. For more information, contact Loren Shultz, Program Advisor, [email protected]

By Erik Ness American Farm Bureau Federation Dudley Williams can see Mexico from his ranch on the common and conflicted international border in southern New Mexico. He has also seen first hand the problems caused by smuggling and other illegal activities that are part of the daily landscape for ranchers […]

Walden praises EPA action to delay implementation of job-killing boiler rules By Congressman Greg Walden WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday sought to delay implementation of controversial job-killing rules that would impose tens of billions of dollars in new capital costs at thousands of facilities with boilers across […]

Warning Signs for Renewable Energy By Oregon Tax News Signs of renewable energy storm clouds… – 86% of new Congress Freshmen oppose climate change legislation – 17 Senators signed a letter calling ethanol indefensible and unwise – Both Al Gore and Obama’s Energy Secretary Steven Chu blasted ethanol in the […]

AFIA Applauds the Senate for Passage of S. 510 by a Vote of 73-25 American Feed Industry Association The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) today applauded the Senate for passage of long-overdue comprehensive food safety reform legislation, and urged the House of Representatives to accept the bipartisan Senate bill at […]