By Oregon Farm Bureau, On July 31, the final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was finally released as part of the years-long Columbia River System Operations (CRSO) process. The FEIS determined that keeping the four dams of the lower Snake River intact, with some operational adjustments, was the best way to […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Press Release, The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council (PLC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ducks Unlimited (DU) and Safari Club International (SCI) to outline the groups’ shared commitment to conservation of natural resources through sustainable multiple use. The […]

By Oregon Sportsmen Association, A strong bipartisan Congress has passed one of the most significant outdoor recreation bills in modern history. The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) preserves and enhances access to public lands for hunters and other outdoor recreationalists while establishing permanent funding to support infrastructure improvements and advance […]

By California Farm Bureau, The recent electrical blackouts seemed to catch California policymakers by surprise, but they shouldn’t have. For more than a decade, Farm Bureau has raised concerns that the renewable-energy policies implemented by the Legislature, California Energy Commission, Public Utilities Commission and Air Resources Board have set the […]

USDA Tightens Eligibility Rules For Farm Subsidies By National Association of Wheat Growers, “Loopholes remain, but the USDA is tightening its crop subsidy rules by limiting who can collect a payment for managing a farm, historically one of its most porous definitions. The new regulation, to be published on Monday, […]

Oregon Farm Bureau Press Release, OFB joins lawsuit to fight governor’s Executive Order On July 31, Oregon Farm Bureau, in partnership with Oregon Business and Industry, Oregon Truckers Association, Oregon Forest Industries Council, Oregon Manufacturers and Commerce, and individual business owners, including Otley Land & Cattle owned by Harney County […]

By Cascade Policy Institute, After 42 years, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) may be finally getting the update it has needed for years. President Carter signed PURPA into law in 1978 when the U.S. was between the energy embargo of 1973 and the 1979 oil crisis, when the […]

By National Cattlemen Beef Association Sixth-generation California rancher Kiah Twisselman told officials with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) about her first-hand experience with the benefits of beef in her diet and urged them to do more to encourage beef as part of a […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, Malheur is the third Oregon rural county to see new restrictions imposed as COVID-19 cases increased. The governor reinstated stay-at-home status for Umatilla County and shifted Morrow County back to Phase 1. This comes as all of rural Oregon and all counties are now hit […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Last Monday the state legislature met for a whirlwind second special session to focus on balancing the state budget. Prior to the mini-session, Oregon faced nearly $1 billion in revenue losses in the current biennium due to COVID-19 shut down orders. Monday’s 15-hour special […]