By Oregonians for Food and Shelter The New Year is off to a busy start already with major political updates this week. First, Senate President Peter Courtney announced that he will retire at the end of this year (meaning a vacancy next year in his Senate seat and the Senate Presidency). Speaker […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, The Biden administration recently proposed a “step 1” Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule. Despite claims to the opposite from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers, a new WOTUS rule will have a large impact on small businesses and family […]

By Oregon Tax News, A surge in coronavirus cases due to the Omicron variant prompted Oregon health officials to order 12 million at-home Covid tests to distribute free to vulnerable populations. The Oregon Health Authority will collaborate with partner agencies to give the iHealth Labs Antigen Rapid Test kits to […]

By Taxpayers Foundation of Oregon, A Hispanic man who worked at an illegal marijuana farm just north of the Oregon-California border was shot to death and buried in a shallow grave. Josephine County sheriff’s deputies found the man’s body October 8 off Samarkand Drive in O’Brien, Oregon, according to KPIC. […]

By National Association of Wheat Growers, 18 U.S. Senators sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai requesting the administration pursue a World Trade Organization (WTO) case against India’s domestic support for rice and wheat production. The United States has previously highlighted […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Farmers and ranchers struggling to recover from intense heat and drought found some relief from Oregon lawmakers who set aside $100 million during a one-day special session Dec. 13 to help them. According to Agri-Business, the Oregon Legislature approved to provide farmers with forgivable disaster […]

By Washington Farm Bureau, strong majority of farmers/farmworkers say the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their mental health, and more than half say they are personally experiencing more mental health challenges than they were a year ago, according to a new American Farm Bureau poll. The survey of rural adults and farmers/farmworkers […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, USDA’s recent updated trade numbers shows China is buying U.S. ag commodities at a faster pace than last year. Chad Smith has more on the current numbers as the end of the Phase One agreement draws closer. Smith: The Phase One Trade Deal between China […]

By Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio Press Release, U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) today led a bipartisan group of 78 Representatives urging the Department of the Interior to “immediately issue an emergency listing to temporarily restore federal protections through the Endangered Species Act (ESA) […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Last Monday, the Oregon legislature met for its second Special Session of 2021. While the original purpose was to address eviction protection for tenants, legislators covered several topics. Most importantly for agriculture, they allocated $40 million to a disaster relief fund where farmers can […]