Extension makes plans for Lane County office closure By Oregon State Extension Office EUGENE, Ore. – The defeat of Measure 20-158 leaves the Oregon State University Extension Service in Lane County without adequate local funding to continue existing operations. Extension is now making plans to reassign its Lane County faculty […]

Oregon Cattlemen’s Association The Symposium:   Saturday May 22, 2010, from 1-4 p.m., La Grande, Oregon at Eastern Oregon University’s Badgley Hall first floor auditorium. Open to the public, with no admission charge Can Ranchers and Wolves Co-Exist? A Symposium Hosted by the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association, and Eastern Oregon University Range […]

By Oregon Department of Agriculture, Spread the word, not the weed. That’s the slogan being used for this year’s Oregon Invasive Weed Awareness Week to be celebrated May 16-22 as proclaimed by Governor Kulongoski. The annual weeklong observance aims to raise public awareness of the threat noxious weeds pose to […]

Bipartisan letter requests briefing on administration’s interim plans to replace WOPR. By Congressman Greg Walden WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) wants to know how the Obama Administration plans to manage Oregon’s west side forests, including the BLM forests in Josephine, Jackson, and Klamath counties.  In a bipartisan […]

By National Association of Wheat Growers This week Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) released a discussion draft of their “American Power Act” legislation, proposing a cap-and-trade system for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The 987 page bill aims to reduce emissions 17 percent by 2020 and 80 […]

American Farm Bureau Federation, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 11, 2010 – Following two years of tough economic times for livestock producers, 2010 is shaping up to be a much better year thanks to an improving economy and tighter supplies of beef, pork and poultry. “Livestock producers have seen a return to […]

Oregon Nursery Trade Association Executive Leaves for California Wine Job Association of Oregon Nurseries, Wilsonville, Ore. – Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN) president Kevin Klupenger announced today that John Aguirre, the association’s long serving executive director, will depart for another professional opportunity in the agriculture industry. Aguirre will lead the […]

Oregon Treasury will join proxy vote action to demand environmental and safety changes at Massey Energy Action at upcoming annual meeting is example of state’s actions as a responsible shareholder Oregon State Treasurer Press Release, SALEM – Oregon will join with other shareholders of Massey Energy on May 18 and […]

Grant funds help regional effort to combat spotted wing drosophila By Oregon State University, CORVALLIS, Ore. – The effort to combat an invasive fly called the spotted wing drosophila, which threatens fruit crops in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, got a boost today with a recommendation from the U.S. Department […]

The forecasted grasshopper, Camnula pellucida, invasion could put at risk 140,00 acres and make for one fo teh worst outbreaks in 30 years.  The Oregonian reports “Hungry grasshoppers are starting to hatch in Arizona and New Mexico and could make 2010 the worst grasshopper year since the mid-1980s — consuming […]