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 […]

By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) expressed opposition to the U.S. District Court’s ruling to remand and vacate the gray wolf Endangered Species Act (ESA) delisting announced by the Trump administration in 2020. “It’s disappointing that environmental activism carried more […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation Although a cannabis giant has settled a majority of the federal lawsuits it faced over high THC content in Curaleaf Select CBD drops sold in Oregon, the company still faces a wrongful death lawsuit. And the latest plaintiff to accept a $50,000 settlement offered […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Sixteen months after the Alameda Fire destroyed the Oregon town of Talent, city leaders are trying to help many of the displaced fire victims who have moved from one place to another during the past year. To that end, the city used more than […]

By Natural Resource News Note, A 64-square-mile lake in the high desert of south-central Oregon dried up again last year—and it’s possibly the fault of a dam erected upstream in 1994 using government subsidies. During an extremely dry and hot year in 2014, Lake Abert, the state’s only saltwater lake, […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Legislative Update The Legislature commenced the 2022 Legislative Session last week. Proceedings began on Tuesday, and immediately, the House elected Rep. Dan Rayfield as the new House Speaker. The first week was relatively drama free, as virtual committee hearings began. OFS is tracking and […]

By National Cattlemen Beef Association, During the 2022 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, the executive committee of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) approved the organization’s 2022 policy priorities with an emphasis on strengthening the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the cattle industry. NCBA’s policy priorities include: […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau California and Washington are the only states that have mandated a 40-hour workweek threshold for agriculture. 48 other states allow for more flexibility to accommodate the unique, seasonal needs of agriculture and times of peak harvest. An Oregon solution must preserve farmworkers’ jobs, recognize Oregon’s family […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Legislative Update Last week week the Oregon legislature published the set of bills that will be introduced for consideration in the upcoming short legislative session. In addition to monitoring a couple of major bills impacting timber (Private Forest Accord) and agriculture (overtime), OFS has […]