California Farm Bureau, The COVID-19 pandemic has changed just about the whole world—except, it seems, farmers’ struggles to keep their operations fully staffed. Even with the state unemployment rate at 16.3% as of July 10, harvest employees have been hard to find. “We’ve got the same manpower, the same people, […]

By Rachel Dawson  “The vast disparity between the rich and the poor is, in large part, designed by the disparity between those who have electricity and those who scrape by on small quantities of juice or none at all.” – Robert Bryce Electricity is at the epicenter of modern life, […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Bureau is backing two recently introduced bills that would help more small meat and poultry plants sell their products in other states and better meet nationwide demand for beef, chicken and turkey. Introduced on July 2, the Requiring Assistance to Meat Processors for Upgrading […]

By Oregon Association of Nurseries The Oregon Legislature began a special session (6/24) at the direction of Gov. Kate Brown, but one of the measures it won’t consider is making permanent the temporary infectious disease standards that Oregon OSHA adopted because of COVID-19. Fifteen agricultural groups opposed the move in […]

Judge Rules in Favor of the American Farmer Over California’s Prop 65 Labeling of Glyphosate By National Association of Wheat Growers, Washington, D.C. (June 22) – The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG), lead plaintiff of the national agriculture coalition fighting California’s false and misleading Prop 65 labeling requirement for […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) went into effect July 1st, at a crucial time for farmers and ranchers struggling to recover from COVID-19 losses and a depressed agricultural economy. The expected $2 billion annual increase in U.S. agricultural exports and overall increase of $65 billion […]

Oregon wheat Grower’s League, Major Ag Win: CAT Technical Fix Passes in Special Session The Oregon Wheat Growers League joins its partners in celebrating a major win for agriculture today, with the passage of agriculture-specific fixes to the Corporate Activity Tax (CAT). The Oregon Wheat Growers League has been working […]

Oregon Boardman farmers pledge charity promise as part of new launch. By Oregon Family Farm Association, While the headlines are full of companies calling it quits over these historic setbacks, one Oregon farm is going big with a new product launch called SpudLove potato chips. SpudLove Snacks is making its […]

By American Farm Bureau, The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the digital divide between rural and urban America. The Epoch Times reports 65 percent of rural Americans have access to high speed internet compared to 97 percent of urban Americans. “It’s ridiculous that a farmer’s child has to go to McDonald’s […]

By Congressman Greg Walden, The Fifth Amendment protects the right to life, liberty, and property. This week, the Supreme Court should take a critical step to protect the private property rights of farmers and ranchers in the Western states. Their rights were infringed upon by a lower court ruling that […]