By Oregon Congressman Greg Walden September House agenda includes two Oregon bills The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this month on two pieces of legislation championed by Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) that would reform federal forest policy and bring more water and power to Crook County for job […]

By Rick Sohn Ph.D Umpqua Coquille LLC Studs and logs remain unseasonably steady and strong. Home construction is up, but needs to continue its momentum. Mortgage interest rates remain attractive. Statistics from recent years for lumber manufacturing, home construction, and housing markets are compared to 2005. Interpretation and Looking Ahead. […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association House Votes to Protect Private Property Rights, Halting EPA and Army Corps’ Land Grab The House of Representatives passed H.R. 5078 Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 in an attempt to halt the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps […]

In 2014, Oregon wine grapes are harvesting early this year than normal. Watch the KGW-TV news clip below.

By Oregon State University Extension  Office (Photo by Tiffany Woods) Cows raised on organic and conventional dairy farms in three regions of the United States show no significant differences in health or in the nutritional content of their milk, according to a new study by Oregon State University researchers and […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology released maps today of waters and wetlands the Environmental Protection Agency has to-date refrained from making public. After multiple requests, the Agency finally handed over the maps to the committee, which appear to detail the extent of the […]

From Wall Street Journal Editorial 9-2-14 Some rare good news from the Obama -era regulatory wars: Those two Oregon blueberry growers who took on the U.S. Labor Department in a now-famous “hot goods” dispute are winning in court. Earlier this year we told the story of Pan-American Berry Growers, B&G […]

By Oregon Cattlemen’s Association One thing was evident during a May tour the representatives of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association took of the Prairie and Little Sheep Creek watershed in Enterprise with water quality program officials from the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. What was […]

American Farm Bureau Federation The Environmental Protection Agency’s public release of farmers’ and ranchers’ personal information violates basic tenets of federal law, the American Farm Bureau Federation told a Minnesota federal court late Friday. The EPA surprised the farming and ranching community in early 2013 when it publicly released a […]

By American Forest Resource Council Oregon’s Timber Industry Won’t Be “Isolated” by Sen. Ron Wyden’s Rhetoric Groups representing Western Oregon’s timber industry today sent a letter to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, responding to recent comments he has made in relation to legislation he has introduced to dramatically alter management of […]