Oregon agriculture fared well in 2018 Oregon Short Session By the OFB Governmental Affairs team After a marathon 28-day session, the Legislature officially adjourned the 2018 Oregon Short Legislative Session on Saturday, March 3. Early signals indicated that the 2018 session would be divisive and potentially harmful to farmers and […]

Oregon Wheat The Oregon Wheat Growers League and Oregon Wheat Commission joined with 33 other national and state wheat organizations, in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer asking that the Administration immediately prioritize efforts to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement to save the valuable Japanese market for […]

Senator Ron Wyden Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., along with a bipartisan group of members of Congress and county commissioners from across the country, today urged Congress to provide long-term, lifeline funding for rural counties in upcoming must-pass legislation.

By Oregon Forest Research Institute, Impacts of Oregon’s 2017 Wildfire Season: Summary (as detailed in new Oregon Forest Research Institute report) In the summer of 2017, Oregonians woke up and smelled the smoke. Wildfires encroached on the daily lives of our state’s 4 million people, as hazardous smoke drifted into […]

Oregon Department of Agriculture  When it comes to funding projects to fight invasive noxious weeds in Oregon, two pots of money are better than one. The State Weed Board this month awarded $1.84 million to fund 63 projects that will assist programs and organizations around the state in the constant […]

By Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation Agriculture is one of Oregon’s largest industries, accounting for about 10 percent of the state’s jobs, despite principal farmers and ranchers accounting for less than 1 percent of the population. Oregon leads the nation in production of a variety of products, including Christmas trees […]

Senator Ron Wyden Oregon lawmakers win fight to protect more than 100,000 acres from mineral development. Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Rep. Peter DeFazio announced that the U.S. Forest Service has told them it will not revisit a southwestern Oregon mineral withdrawal protecting more than 100,000 acres […]

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality today released a water quality report for groundwater aquifers in western Clatsop and Tillamook counties.

By Oregon Small Business Association, Oregon’s Legislature continues to grind away during its short “off-year” Session, and the State’s agricultural interests received some attention in mid-February. The House Agriculture Committee passed three bills of interest to Oregon farmers, ranchers and foresters, sending them along to the Joint Ways and Means […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Flanking the eastside of the Hood River Valley, and just to the south of Whiskey Creek Road, a fair stretch of Eastside Road winds along miles of winter pear orchards, dotted with vintage farm homes. A modest but dignified, crisp, white, salt-block home has stood […]