Below are excerpts from the Oregon Wheat Grower’s League “Oregon Wheat Magazine” 4/09. By Jeff Newtson, President OWGL Read full article here Busy would be the best word to describe the activities of the Oregon Wheat Growers League the past two months.  From Salem to Washington D.C. your organization has […]

Oregon Cattlemen Association Update Revisions to Fertilizer, Ag. Amendments, Ag. Mineral and Lime Products The House Ag., N.R. and Rural Communities committee held a hearing and work session HB 2211 which revises language in statutes regulating manufacture, distribution and registration of fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral and lime products. The […]

Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Legislative Update 3/27, To read full update, donate or support OFS ADDITIONAL ODA BUDGET CUTS: Many thanks to Chairman of the Board of Agriculture and cherry grower Ken Bailey from The Dalles, and Board of Agriculture member Tom Fessler from Woodburn Nursery for joining Lisa […]

By Western Wood Products Association, PORTLAND, Ore. – Demand for lumber in the U.S. in 2009 will slide to the lowest level in modern history, then move toward a slow recovery starting next year, according to a new forecast issued by Western Wood Products Association.  The poor economy and a […]

By Helen Moore, Water for Life, The liberals in the Oregon Legislature are intent on monitoring and measuring your water rights and adding taxes and fees to its use.  Water for Life is monitoring a dozen bills that will in one way or another have an adverse impact on irrigated […]

Oregon Department of Forestry: A public comment period on nine annual operations plans and revisions to three implementation plans for state-owned forests managed by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) begins March 30. Written comments on the 2009-10 annual plans and the longer term implementation plans, along with the accompanying […]

Weekend National AG News Foucs: American Farm Bureau Federation – When rating fuels on the basis of their carbon content, biofuels should not be singled out and artificially degraded for so-called “indirect effects,” according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.  In a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, AFBF President […]

Oregonians for Food and Shelter Legislative Report 3/20 ACTION on OFS BILLS OF INTEREST: SB 570 metal-theft: A Senate Judiciary hearing was held on March 16th with a room full of supporters.  SB 570 is the bill being used to strengthen current law regarding the theft and recycling of non-ferrous […]

By Rick Sohn, Umpqua Coquille LLC Shown below are the most recent prices for stud lumber and logs, housing starts and permits, and unsold home inventories.  Past prices are provided for comparison. What the numbers mean. The prices mills will pay for logs, continues a serious slide that started at […]

Oregon Wheat Growers League, Grain leaders from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho have voiced united opposition to President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2010 agriculture budget proposal.  The grain industry leaders have written an open letter to the President articulating their concerns.  The presidential budget seeks a graduated phase out of direct […]