By Oregonians for Food and Shelter OFS 2022 Legislative Session Overview The 2022 Legislative Session adjourned last Friday, March 4th, amidst a significant budget surplus (nearly $2.5 billion more than projected just nine months before), an emotional debate over overtime pay for agricultural workers, discussions on the private forest accord, […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall sent a letter today to President Joe Biden asking him to take the necessary steps to address high energy costs impacting all Americans. Over the past 15 months, oil prices have increased by 130% to more than $120 […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter Last week marked the adjournment of the 2022 Legislative Session. Yesterday, the Senate held the final floor debate on ag overtime, and once the vote was final and the bill was approved, both chambers accelerated the pace towards the final gavel. The Private Forest […]

By Wilson Jarrell Barran Liebman Law Firm The Oregon legislature passed a contentious bill to end the long-standing overtime exemption for agricultural workers. House Bill 4002 operates to phase out the overtime exemption over the next five years, while temporarily providing tax credits to farmers to compensate for the inevitably […]

By American Farm Bureau, The Department of Agriculture predicts another record year of U.S. agricultural exports. Micheal Clements shares more on the 2022 trade forecast. Clements: The Department of Agriculture released its export forecast this week during its Agricultural Outlook Forum. American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Economist Veronica Nigh says […]

BY Oregon family Farm Association, Discovery Channel will continue to chronicle actor Jim Belushi’s work growing his boutique marijuana-growing farm in Southern Oregon’s Rogue River Valley into a producer of pot for the masses. Discovery announced the second season of “Growing Belushi” follows the former Blues Brother as he rebrands […]

By Representative Shelly Boshart Davis & Representative Daniel Bonham Representative Shelly Boshart Davis (R-Albany) is submitting an agriculture overtime proposal from agriculture communities to find a unique solution to meet the needs of Oregon’s farm employees and preserves the state’s agricultural sectors. This plan would offer state money to essential […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation With the current Farm Bill set to expire in 2023, members of the American Farm Bureau Federation have begun to outline priorities for the next Farm Bill. Micheal Clements shares more about the grassroots process. Clements: Conversations are underway regarding the next Farm Bill, both […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau, SALEM, ORE., 09 FEB. 2022 — Legislators heard from stakeholders last night about why a proposed bill setting a 40-hour overtime threshold for agriculture workers is not a workable compromise and would ultimately harm both family farmers and farmworkers. Oregonians provided more than three hours of […]

By Natural Resource News Note, Oregon farmers could go bankrupt if the state Legislature approves a measure to require overtime pay for ag workers. The hotly contested measure, House Bill 4002, was referred to the House Revenue Committee because it offers tax credits to help farmers offset the increased costs […]