By Kathy Coatney California Farm Bureau, Photo/Kathy Coatney: Modoc County farmer Lucky Ackley says extreme dry conditions in the Klamath Basin have impacted farmers and ranchers who this season had to make difficult choices, such as whether to fallow ground or sell herds, during a time of skyrocketing energy and […]

By Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities On Earth Day, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order recognizing the role that federal forests play “in combating climate change and the importance of maintaining their resilience.” In their news coverage, the media largely focused on provisions aimed at “protecting old growth forests.” As […]

By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) expressed strong disappointment in the House passage of the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, which incorporates the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act. “Rising food, fuel, and fertilizer prices are hurting cattle producers around the country, but Congress […]

The drought affecting the West has impacted more than water supply for farmers of many field crops in the Klamath Basin. This fallowed farm in Tulelake shows displaced soils caused by spring winds. Photo/Rob Wilson/University of California Intermountain Research and Extension Center By California Farm Bureau Growers in the Klamath […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The Oregon Legislature met virtually for its first “Legislative Days” of 2022. OFS tracked several committees with hearings of interest to our members. In the Senate Energy & Environment Committee, DEQ provided a handful of updates – most critical to OFS’s policy agenda was […]

By National Association of Wheat Growers Ag Groups Call For Withdrawal of Solicitor General’s Supreme Court Brief on Glyphosate That Would Create a Patchwork of Problems Washington, D.C. May 23, 2022. In a letter to President Biden, 54 agricultural groups expressed grave concern with a recent amicus brief submitted by […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Oregon farmers struggling to survive financially after severe hot weather and drought conditions in 2021 must wait even longer for relief—despite passage of a Senate bill that set aside $40 million to help them. The Oregon Disaster Assistance Program opened for applications May 9, five […]

By National Pork Producers Council, WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 28, 2022 – The U.S. Supreme Court at its Mar. 25 conference agreed to hear a case brought by the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) against California’s Proposition 12, which bans the sale of pork from […]

By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) condemned the unfunded and duplicative Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022, which was marked up by the House Agriculture Committee. “Cattle producers strongly support effective oversight of the meatpacking sector, but the special investigator bill does nothing […]

By Oregon Sheepherders Association, Draft Ballot Title issued for new IP#3. Initiative Petition #3, filed for the 2024 General Election, received a draft ballot title from the Attorney General — Criminalizes injuring or killing animals, including killing for food, hunting, fishing; criminalizes breeding practices. Exceptions. The draft ballot title and […]