By Christine Souza California Farm Bureau, Balancing the state’s groundwater supplies for a sustainable future may not be easy due to severe drought and ongoing economic challenges facing farmers. “We’ve got the lowest prices and highest production costs and the least-reliable water supply that we’ve had since I’ve been farming,” […]

By Oregon State University College of Forestry The Oregon State University College of Forestry invites community members to participate in a listening session Monday, Nov. 7, regarding the development of a new management plan for the McDonald and Dunn research forests. Combined, the two forests owned by OSU cover roughly […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation. While many are noting the difference between gasoline and diesel prices lately, the American Farm Bureau Federation says there many factors that impact those prices. Micheal Clements shares more. Clements: The price difference between diesel and gas has many scratching their heads. On October 31, […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, After packing away the skeletons and witches, pile up the pumpkins to feed to local piggies. Rather than tossing them in the trash, farmers encourage people to donate their leftover jack-o-lanterns to farmers as feed for their hogs and chickens, according to KXL. To find […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Oregon ranchers struggling to protect their livestock have seen 50 wolf attacks so far this year, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, resulting in the death or maiming of more than three dozen cattle, eight sheep, four goats, and three guard dogs. […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation Through a series of articles we call The State, the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Advocacy and Political Affairs team provides analysis related to “the state of” various aspects related to advocacy and political trends impacting farmers and ranchers and rural Americans. State of: The 2020 Census […]

By Natural Resource Note, The Forest Service boss in charge of a controlled burn in the Malheur National Forest that escaped and spread to private ranchland in Eastern Oregon has been arrested on suspicion of reckless burning, according to KGW. Fire boss Rick Snodgrass, 39, oversaw the prescribed burn under […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Only people—not horses, cows, monkeys nor any other animals—can file lawsuits for damages, according to a unanimous ruling by the Oregon Court of Appeals.   But animal rights activists plan to appeal that decision to the Oregon Supreme Court.   The case stems from neglect […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation The American Farm Bureau Federation and National Pork Producers Council presented oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court , challenging the ability of one state to set agricultural production standards for the entire country.  The case involves California’s Proposition 12 law that bans the sale […]

By Oregon Department of Agriculture, As global travel and in-person connections resume, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) is reengaging in trade opportunities to crucial Oregon’s agriculture economy. Nine Oregon agriculture partners, two ODA Marketing and Certification team members and ODA Assistant Director Jonathan Sandau will join Oregon Governor Kate […]