Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn Umpqua Coquille LLC Lumber continues to strengthen, while Housing Starts and Permits move sideways. Chinese purchasing may be the cause, according to Random Lengths. Watch for mortgage interest rates to drop even lower! See below for details and a five-year-span of prices and analysis […]

Wasco County a primary natural disaster area U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Oct. 25, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Wasco County in Oregon as a natural disaster area because of losses caused by the combined effects of a freeze, high winds and excessive rain that occurred April […]

By National Corn Growers Association, One of the chief arguments used by opponents of Proposition B in Missouri, which passed by a small margin in Tuesday’s election and restricts the size of dog breeding facilities and places burdens on them it exempts others from, was that it was a “foot […]

NCBA: Fixing the Death Tax is Lame Duck Priority National Cattlemen’s Beef Association WASHINGTON (Nov. 2, 2010) – As the American people vote today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) reminds the current members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate that there is still work to be […]

2010 Election Impacts on Ethanol, Biofuels Policy Bob Dinneen, President and CEO Renewable Fuels Association As expected, Republicans made tremendous gains last night. While some races are not yet final, it is clear that Washington will be a more Republican town in January. Will that have a meaningful impact on […]

Oregon enjoys lowest gypsy moth count on record — Only one gypsy moth trapped in Oregon for 2010 By Oregon Department of Agriculture, For now, it appears Oregon is not a top destination for gypsy moths. That is welcome news to the Oregon Department of Agriculture, which annually does battle […]

NW Law FirmCan Business Lawyers Afford to Practice “Defensively”? Stoel Rives LLP by Kenneth Odza I appreciate why lawyers practice defensively. We are risk adverse as a profession. But is this what our clients want from us? After all, our clients are usually in a risk-taking position when they seek […]

Smaller Homes, Smaller Footprint, DEQ-commissioned Report Shows Oregon Department of Environmental Quality A recently completed report commissioned by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in collaboration with the Oregon Home Builders Association and Earth Advantage Institute concludes that constructing smaller homes is among the best ways to reduce greenhouse gas […]

Oregon, Washington increase minimum wage for 2011 by Curt Kipp Oregon Association of Nurseries Oregon’s minimum wage will increase by 10 cents per hour to $8.50, effective January 1, 2011. The 10-cent increase mirrors a 1.15 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index since August 2009, according to a press […]

Ag Groups Warn Senators on Overreaching Cardin Bay Bill National Association of Wheat Growers Forty major agricultural groups including NAWG wrote all Senators this week strongly urging them to oppose any effort to insert language from Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-Md.) Chesapeake Bay bill, S. 1816, into other legislation in the […]