By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA)  released its official Policy Priorities for 2019. The release came as approximately 10,000 members of the cattle industry joined together for its annual convention and NCBA Trade Show, which is being held this week in New Orleans. This year’s […]

Partnership for Oregon Communities, Partnership for Oregon Communities released the following statement upon release of cap and trade legislation by the Joint Carbon Reduction Committee. “The bill released is the start of what we hope will be a robust conversation about the costs and benefits of a cap and trade […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Here is a bill watch on the latest happening in the Legislature. HB 2437 would allow farmers to clean out 3000 cubit yards of dirt per mile of drainage in wetland areas. This would be up from 50 cubit yards of dirt. The Capital Press […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The House Environment and Energy Committee introduced another neonicotinoid ban bill that contains the identical language as HB-2619. This duplicative bill has not yet been released in bill form with a number. Related, the Oregon League of Conservation Voters posted their priorities in the […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, Farmers and ranchers are on the front lines of the fight against internet hucksters and food faddists. Even so, respectful media relationships and an empathetic approach can help win the day, agricultural journalists Brian Winnekins and Sabrina Hill told farmers and ranchers at a workshop […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat who founded the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, has proposed regulating marijuana like alcohol. HB 420, a bill introduced in Congress recently, would take marijuana off the list of federally controlled substances. Since the 1970s, the number 420 has been […]

Congressman Greg Walden Press Release “After one of the most deadly fire seasons in American history, Democrats in the U.S. House cut funding for hazardous fuels reduction efforts and then blocked a plan by Republicans to restore it to previously agreed upon levels,” said Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River). “What […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, The challenge farmers and ranchers in western states have when it comes to public lands has its roots back in the revolutionary war, when states were fighting for self-governance, according to George Wentz Jr., a partner in the Davillier Law Group, who presented at the […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Federal regulators have cracked down on a Napa Valley winemaker for labeling his product with labels that might mislead buyers into thinking it was made in Oregon.

By Stewart Truelsen American Farm Bureau Federation It’s a bit ironic that Sears is teetering on verge of liquidation and the American Farm Bureau Federation is still going strong after 100 years. In the early days of the Farm Bureau movement, Julius Rosenwald, president and later chairman of Sears, made […]