There is a standoff in Oregon between the federal government and several hundred defenders of the Hammond family. It made a top story on NBC News (see below). Also, the protest leader, Ammon Bundy of Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, spoke in a rare interview to Fox News (see clip below). […]

By Oregon Department of Agriculture Oregon agriculture’s large impact on the state’s economy is reaffirmed by an updated analysis and report released by Oregon State University. The OSU study, commissioned by the Oregon Department of Agriculture, quantifies the contributions of producers, processors, and others in a variety of economic snapshots […]

California Farm Bureau After more than a decade of negotiations with a variety of stakeholders, the end-of-year deadline for the U.S. Congress to pass legislation approving and funding the Klamath Basin settlement agreements is expected to come and go without final action, leaving the future of the basin’s water supply […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate On November 3, 2015, President Obama issued a memorandum to the Secretaries of Defense, Interior and Agriculture, and the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration directing them to revise their existing policies to incorporate a new “net […]

By Oregon Department of Agriculture Oregon’s population now tops 4 million people. Whether the continued population increase negatively impacts agriculture remains to be seen, but the state’s land use protections are more important than ever, according to officials with the Oregon Department of Agriculture. “Two must-haves for Oregon agriculture are […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association With bipartisan support, Congress passed the $1.15 trillion Omnibus Appropriations Bill today, which funds much of the government through fiscal year 2016. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Philip Ellis said the bill contained several victories for cattlemen and women. Coming within days of facing retaliation from […]

By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Mark and Patti Bennett of Unity were recognized with the 2015 Riley Freeman Award during the Oregon Cattlemen Association conference in Bend. In giving the award, ODFW Director Curt Melcher praised the Bennetts for being model stewards on their working cattle ranch in […]

By National Association of Wheat Growers FY 2016 Omnibus, Tax Agreement Reached, Congressional Action This Week Yesterday Congressional negotiators released the text of an agreement to fund the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2016 and to make permanent a number of important tax provisions. The House of Representatives […]

By Jeff Stone, Daily Digger Oregon Association of Nurseries If the price of labor in Oregon continues to escalate well beyond other states, the nursery industry will be at a disadvantage. Oregon’s nursery and greenhouse industry is proud of its rich heritage of growing outstanding plants — and employing a […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau, …Well, at least the business of Christmas tree farmers in Marion and Polk Counties that use helicopters for harvest. At issue is a recently changed airspace designation around Salem Airport/Independence. On Aug. 20, the Federal Aviation Administration increased the designation of Class D airspace around the […]