By Oregon Family Farm Association, Oregon farmers may be able to sue companies that sell genetically engineered seeds—such as Bayer and Sygenta—if their crops become contaminated by those organisms under a bill in the state House. Such contamination can make farmers’ conventional crops unmarketable.

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Dueling Chlorpyrifos Bills Last week, the House Rules Committee held a hearing on HB 2619A, which would ban Chlorpyrifos. The House Agriculture and Senate Environment Committee had already conducted intensive hearings on the issue. The House Agriculture Committee amended and passed HB 3058, which […]

By Jamie Johansson  president California Farm Bureau, “Still Searching for Solutions”: That’s the title we used when we issued results of the latest California Farm Bureau Federation survey to document employee shortages on our state’s farms and ranches. The title refers to a similar survey we conducted in 2017, which […]

By Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, ODFW Photo: The breeding male of the Walla Walla Pack captured on a remote camera on private property in northern Umatilla County 2/19. State wildlife biologists counted 137 wolves in Oregon this past winter, a 10 percent increase over last year’s count of […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Tuesday evening, the Joint Committee on Student Success passed a gross receipts tax generating $2 billion dedicated to education programs. This legislation has real implications for Oregon’s natural resources economy. HB 3427 would: – Tax Oregon receipts over $1 million at .57% – Allow […]

By Ching Lee California Farm Bureau The 2018 Farm Bill legalized the commercial production of industrial hemp in the U.S., but some California farmers looking to plant the crop this season may need to hold off on their plans. Already, some two dozen counties have either established temporary moratoriums on […]

Seneca Press Release, Family-owned Seneca, just planted its 40 millionth tree. The occasion was celebrated on their tree farm where two of the three owners, sisters Becky and Kathy, planted seedlings with their grandchildren, grandnieces and grandnephews (Parker Roscoe 8, Jake Hamaker 6, and Ava Roscoe 5).

Wall Street Journal Editorial, April 17, 2019 A provincial election in Canada isn’t usually big news, but the victory by the conservatives in the western province of Alberta is an exception. Voters elected as premier Jason Kenney, who had promised that his government’s first act would be to repeal the […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Discussions around a new $2 billion corporate activities tax dominated the Capitol.  HB 3427 was introduced as the vehicle for a tax package to generate NEW revenue to fund proposed K-12 education programming. The bill sits in the new Joint Student Success Committee, which was […]

Zippy Duvall, President American Farm Bureau Federation Exceprts, First up, Congress must pass a disaster relief bill. Devastating storms, wildfires, volcanoes and floods have beaten a path of destruction across our country over the last year. Yet many farm families have been waiting months for assistance, with no help in […]