By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Oversupply and falling prices kept sales of cannabis in Oregon relatively flat in 2024 at $959 million, only 0.5 percent higher than the $955 million in 2023 sales, according to The Portland Business Journal. A significant drop in sales in Multnomah County—from $313 million […]

Legislative Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter The weather was the biggest factor in the Legislature this week, as official business went on pause Thursday and for part of Friday. Still, plenty of bills continue to move forward.   The House Committee On Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association Anyone with an extra $35 million can purchase a gigantic ranch in Central Oregon that dwarfs the city of Bend two hours away, according to The Oregonian/OregonLive. The 24,020 acres on what today is known as the Stanley Ranch features a three-bedroom, two-bath house, an […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter,   OFS was busy in the Capitol this week, with a public hearing Tuesday on the proposed fertilizer regulatory program in SB 747. OFS led a broad coalition, submitted our own letter, and joined a phenomenal group of legislators, farmers, and agronomists opposing this ill-conceived […]

By Oregon State Representative Court Boice, Press Release, Our state has multiple well managed Lumber and Plywood Mills with full capacity to send critical wood products to Los Angeles. However, those Oregon companies and employers must have a consistent Douglas Fir Timber supply! The answer is clearly our O&C Forests […]

Legislative ACTION ALERT: Oppose new fertilizer restrictions THIS TUESDAY! By Oregonians fro Food and Shelter SB 747, put forward by a Southeast Portland legislator, would require every landowner in the state with more than 200 acres of irrigated agricultural land to register and annually report fertilizer use, with a goal […]

By Oregon State Senator Daniel Bonham, Last November, Oregon approved its largest solar farm project in the state, and potentially the nation’s, on nearly 10,000 acres of farmland in Morrow County. Due to a loophole in state law protecting our farmland, these passive landgrabs are set to continue. Why is […]

Legislative Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter   The Legislature is off to a measured start this year as the first week of official business kicked off Tuesday. It was a relatively quiet week in the Capitol as Committees plan their schedules and sort through the approximately 3000 bills […]

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Press release, The programs receiving funding today will support the region’s farmers and ranchers under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA), as well as the Klamath Project Drought Response Agency (KPDRA)—which was created […]

Agricultural Overtime Threshold Decreasing in the New Year By Hannah LaChance & Lex Shvartsmann Barran Liebman, January 8, 2025 — Among the flurry of legal changes that took effect January 1, 2025, employers should be aware of an updated overtime threshold for agriculture workers that was included in these changes. […]