Most California fisheries still closed; seasons in north improved over last year By Pacific Fishery Management Council, MILLBRAE, Ca – For the second year in a row, the Pacific Fishery Management Council today closed commercial and most recreational salmon fisheries off the coast of California in response to the collapse […]

Weekend National News Focus: National Cattlemen Beef Association: WASHINGTON (Apr. 7, 2008) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) criticized yesterday’s decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to solicit public comments solely on delaying the implementation of a new feed ban, rather than soliciting public comment on the […]

Weekend National News Focus American Farm Bureau Federation.  Subsidy – it’s become a dirty word. Government subsidies are payments to businesses to achieve a public goal. Call anything a “subsidy,” however, and it becomes easier to turn people against it. Our nation’s farms, 98 percent of which are owned by […]

By Curt Kipp, Oregon Association of Nurseries Daily Digger Blog The Los Angeles Times, citing administration officials who for the most part spoke on condition of anonymity, reported last week that the Obama administration – and Director of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano – will focus its immigration enforcement efforts on […]

Master Lumberman Honors Bestowed to Seven Long-Time Mill Professionals By Western Woodproducts Association PORTLAND, Ore. – Seven veteran lumber industry professionals were presented with Master Lumberman honors during the 2009 Western Wood Products Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz. in March. WWPA Quality Services Director Kevin Binam said the Master Lumberman […]

Erica Hagedorn, Spokeswoman Oregonians for Balanced Climate Policy Business-Labor Group Asks Lawmakers to Recognize that a New Environmental Proposal is a Jobs Killer with a Jaw-Dropping $11.5 Billion Price Tag Salem, Ore – Oregonians for Balanced Climate Policy (OBCP) joined Oregon utilities today in urging Oregon lawmakers to adopt a […]

Bureau of Land Management — President Obama today (Monday, March 30) signed into law an omnibus lands bill that enhances protection for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management across the West, including Oregon and Washington. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar hailed the bill as a “milestone […]

Congressman Greg Walden, WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following up on a request made at the White House to President Obama on Monday to help put Oregonians back to work in the woods, Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) asked U.S. Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell yesterday to develop a set of emergency measures […]

The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is seeking potential buyers for the state’s former tree seedling nursery located near Elkton. The 113-acre former D.L. Phipps Forest Nursery property in Douglas County includes 87 acres of irrigated land and several buildings, including the nursery’s 36,000-square-foot production/office/cold storage building. The property is […]

Weekend National News Focus: American Farm Bureau Federation, April 2, 2009 – Retail food prices at the supermarket dropped slightly for the second consecutive quarter, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can be used […]