By Jim Welsh, as featured in the Grange Bulletin The Department of Revenue (DOR) has been in the process of developing rules to the 2008 Legislative amendments to Oregon’s inheritance tax legislation that provided the farmers, ranchers, foresters and commercial fishermen a special tax status for estate transfers upon death […]

By Oregon Wheat Foundation, In 1997 the Oregon Wheat Foundation (OWF) launched the Bushels for Betsy project, a program that allows wheat producers to join the fight against hunger in Oregon. Oregon wheat producers generously contributed over 33,000 pounds of baking and/or pancake mix in its fi rst decade through […]

The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife are extending the area closed to recreational mussel harvesting from Cape Meares south of Tillamook Bay to the mouth of the Columbia River due to elevated levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning or PSP toxins. The closure includes […]

[Oregon Agriculture Department Release 07/30/2008]   The 2008 Olympic Games kick off next week in Beijing, China, and Oregon agriculture will be part of the scenery as the world watches on. The color green is part of the backdrop thanks to Oregon grass seed and nursery products that have been finding […]

Ever been to a hog farm before?  Before you make any snap judgments about what it must be like, Farm Bureau invites you to take a virtual tour of a hog farm in Missouri, hosted by Chris Chinn, former chair of the national Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee.  Check out […]

Governor Kulongoski Press: On July 29, 2008, the states of Oregon, Washington and California released the Action Plan for the West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health, a collaboration to address critical ocean and coastal protection and management issues. The action plan is the result of the three states working […]

The Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation is collecting recipes for a heritage cookbook to honor the 50th anniversary of the Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program and Oregon’s sesquicentennial celebration.  According to OAEF Development Director Janice Reed, “The cookbook will be an offering to Oregon’s farm and ranch families, and to […]

From Oregon Wheat Grower’s League, Oregon Wheat Newsletter, 7/15/2008 On June 30, 2008 the Oregon Wheat Commission met and adopted an assessment rate increase from $0.03 to $0.05 effective July 1, 2008.  The Wheat Industry Task Force presented their recommendations to both the Commission and the Oregon Wheat Growers League […]

From Oregonians In Action Education Center, Looking Forward Magazine May 2008, Despite the questionable legality of the 2008 emergency special session of the Oregon legislature, Oregonians In Action successfully lobbied the legislature to pass three important land use bills. After the way the legislature handled the Measure 49 and gerrymandered […]

By Jim Welsh, Oregon Beef Producer Magazine Oregon Cattlemen Association, The race for Alternative Energy and the race for legislative responses to Global Warming (politically correct term: Climate Change) are headed for an uncertain finish line.  The finish line could mean an end to the race or an end to […]