Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn Umqua Coquile LLC Lumber moves up yet another notch, unseasonally, along with logs, driven by exports. The domestic market continues to languish. Housing starts declined and unsold inventory rose slightly. See below for details and a five-year-span of prices and analysis of lumber, logs, […]

Legislation Inhibiting Oil & Gas Industry Growth, Forcing Companies To Re-Strategize – Companies Increasing Investment In New Technologies By BDO USA LLP, Chicago, IL –  – According to a new study by BDO USA, LLP, one of the nation’s leading accounting and consulting organizations, 54 percent of chief financial officers […]

American Soybean Association, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) this week called for a vote on House-passed currency bill H.R. 2378, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, to be brought to the Senate floor. The American Soybean Association (ASA) is asking you to contact your Senators and […]

By Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Members of the public will get their first look at a new sturgeon conservation plan and be asked to weigh in on management of sturgeon in the lower Columbia and lower Willamette rivers during a series of meetings that will […]

Is there an Oregon State University Beaver bias among timber and farmers at the University of Oregon Duck OSU Beaver civil war game? Guest Opinion, Loyal Oregon State University Football Beaver fans are well aware that on third downs out comes the chain saw noise rally with the video screen […]

By Lynne Finnerty American Farm Bureua Federation Health officials are sounding alarms about our obesity epidemic. Since 1980, obesity has doubled among adults and tripled among children, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Meanwhile, food purists proclaim foods commonly available from the supermarket at an affordable price to be […]

Natural Resource News Note: Crabbing season begins on Wednesday and the season is in jeopardy due to unresolved price negotiations between the fishermen and the crab processors. This comes at a time when everyone is predicting a bountiful season. Price is sensitive as the previous two seasons have seen the […]

ODA prepares to phase out new permits for exotic animals No new permits will be issued as of January 2011 By Oregon Department of Agriculture Ocelots, lemurs, and Fennec foxes are not going extinct in Oregon. But new state exotic animal permits that allow these species to be owned and […]

NW Law FirmCan Business Lawyers Afford to Practice “Defensively”? Stoel Rives LLP by Richard Goldfarb Two news items are our topic today:  Ben & Jerry’s removed the term “all natural” from its ice cream and was immediately sued by someone; and some people are labelling ordinary onions as “sweet” and charging a […]

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