By State Senator Jason Atkinson, Last year, California ended the practice of dredge mining in its rivers. With the ban in effect, out-of-state miners have flooded into southern Oregon rivers armed with $25 permits issued by the state. I’ve a long history with “The New 49’ers,” the miners association that […]

NCBA Applauds Senate Approval of Mandatory Price Reporting — NCBA Calls for House to Support Transparency in the Marketplace National Cattlemen’s Beef Association WASHINGTON (Aug. 6, 2010) – Well into the evening yesterday, Aug. 5, 2010, the U.S. Senate reauthorized by unanimous consent the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act (LMPR), […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial: 8/27/10 Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal Editorial on Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln farm aid problems… Last year heavy rain damaged cotton and rice crops across the South. The 2008 farm bill, passed by a Democratic Congress, created the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE) to aid […]

Virus kills deer in Corvallis neighborhood By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife CORVALLIS, Ore. – Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease (AHD) is the likely cause of death in as many as 20 black-tailed deer in a Corvallis neighborhood over the past month, according to pathology tests conducted by state veterinarians. Since […]

U.S. Agriculture Paying Price for Inaction on Mexican Trucks By American Farm Bureau Federation, WASHINGTON, D.C., August 19, 2010 – Mexico’s trade retaliation against the United States is expanding in size and scope due to the U.S. government not meeting obligations to allow Mexican trucks to operate in the United […]

Tansy ragwort re-emerges in Oregon, but still controllable Biocontrol should keep the noxious weed in check By Oregon Department of Agriculture Farmers and ranchers in Western Oregon this summer are noticing patches of the telltale bright yellow flowers of tansy ragwort- a noxious weed once the scourge of the 1970s. […]

Sen. Kerry’s Energy Tax Bill Would Help Energy Storage Technologies by Chad Marriott Stoell Rives, LLP NW Law Firm On August 5, 2010, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced S.3738—the Clean Energy Technology Leadership Act of 2010—which would have some impact on the growth of energy storage technologies in the United […]

By American Forest Resource Council Items in this newsletter 1. Task Force Report Disappoints 2. DeFazio Convenes BLM Meeting 3. FS/BLM Budget 4. DNR Timber Report …more Task Force Report Disappoints On July 22, the Administration released the Final Report of the Western Oregon Task Force. The Task Force visited […]

By Cindy National Corn Grower’s Association A recent story by National Public Radio (NPR) about meat and the evolution of the human brain has devolved into a fight between meatheads and pea brains. The story, posted on the NPR website on August 2, now has some 280 comments – many […]

Black-tailed deer hunters asked to return a deer tooth to aid population study By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife SALEM, Ore. — ODFW biologists are asking black-tailed deer bowhunters to send the department a tooth from the animal they harvest. ODFW staff uses the teeth to determine the age […]