By Oregon Cattlemen’s Association In Oregon, many fear there is becoming a major problem when it comes to youth and agriculture. The problem? Many youth don’t understand what agriculture is or where their food comes from. The challenge? Finding a way to bring agriculture back to the classroom. One solution? […]

By Corn Commentary National Corn Growers Association “They keep farming even when their eyesight is failing and their hearts are going bad.” So starts a great story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune  regarding escalating farm accidents among older farmers. “They get back on their tractors after farm accidents have put […]

State Senator Doug Whitsett, Political coincidences are uncommon. Political accidents are even more exceptional. The seemingly piecemeal progression toward the legalization of marijuana in Oregon and other states has been well-planned and orchestrated, and could not be described as either an accident or a coincidence. It has also, unfortunately, lead […]

California Farm Bureau By Christine Souza Heavy downpours, potentially catastrophic flooding, mudslides, debris flows: Forecasters have begun issuing predictions about the possible impact in California from storms generated by the El Niño condition brewing in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Farmers around the state who have endured four years of drought […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau Noma, one of the world’s best restaurants known for its new Nordic cuisine, will close at the end of next year and reopen on a different site in Copenhagen as an urban farm. Chef René Redzepi says he wants to grow all the produce on his […]

By NFIB, Pres. Obama’s Clean Power Plan is coming to Oregon, but the state’s small businesses might already be ahead of the curve. The plan requires that states find ways to cut down on their carbon dioxide emissions. Whether that means imposing carbon pricing, switching to natural gas or expanding […]

By Oregon Department of Agriculture, The Oregon Department of Agriculture has received a temporary restraining order to immediately stop Applebee Aviation, Inc. of Banks, Oregon from engaging in commercial pesticide activities. The order, issued by Washington County Circuit Court, was sought by ODA after it discovered Applebee Aviation had illegally […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Evidence Inadequate to Reach Consensus on Cancer Risk Members of an international committee assigned to review all of the available evidence on red meat and cancer risk were divided on their opinion whether to label red meat a “probable” cause of cancer, according to the Beef […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau “Two Oregon ranchers were sentenced to five years in federal prison under terrorism statutes for setting preventative fires on their own land. We are gravely disappointed at this outcome. Elderly Harney County rancher Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven, a former OFB Board member and Harney […]

By Rick Sohn, PhD Umqua Coquille LLC Despite low mortgage rates and low unsold home inventories, the weak stud market, the expiration of the U.S./Canadian softwood trade agreement, and the low value of the Canadian dollar, do not bode well for the rest of the Fall. Trends of lumber, home […]