O&C Timber Bill likely in September or October Natural Resource Note: Congressman Greg Walden has been pressing for a bill for the O&C forest lands and now it appears to be likely to fall in September or October.  The issue made the leadership agenda among  10 other major items to […]

Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn PhD. Umpqua Coquille LLC Interest rates increased last month, but real estate sales rose, as if homebuyers wanted to catch the bottom. Log prices dropped a lot, and lumber only somewhat, helping the mills. Seven-year trend of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage statistics are […]

By National Association of Wheat Growers Congress Returning, But Hope for Farm Bill Fades With Rise of Syria Debate Both chambers of Congress will be back in session on Monday, but with just nine Congressional working days in September and a new issue – potential military action in Syria – […]

Water: Supplies come ‘down to the wire’ in much of state By Kate Campbell California Farm Bureau Farmers say this year’s agricultural water supply has been squeezed dry—wells are going empty, major reservoirs are at a fraction of historic storage levels for this time of year and the U.S. Drought […]

By Lydia Holmes American Farm Bureau Federation John Oregon 1 Aug. 2, 2013-As a life-long farmer and an employer since 1980, Doug Krahmer has experienced the difficulty of finding enough pickers to harvest his 500 acres of blueberries and to help with the year-round maintenance of the plants. Krahmer and […]

Five-year trend shows ups and downs in Oregon Ag Crops & livestock generally bounce back from effects of national recession By Oregon Agriculture Dept. Oregon agriculture’s tremendous diversity is reflected in the fact that most crops and livestock are on the upswing the past five years while a handful are […]

National Corn Growers Association In major markets across the country, Growth Energy is giving television viewers a healthy dose of reality with a series of satirical ads exposing Big Oil’s big plan to keep renewable fuels out of the market. Featuring Mr. Slick and Dummy, a ventriloquist and his puppet, […]

The Sunday Oregonian Editorial entitled “LEED certification vs. Oregon wood industry” gave a strong and factual defense of Oregon’s local timber and local economy in light of the LEED certification debate which would poses serious problems for Oregon timber.  Read part of the editorial below: LEED certification has become a […]

by Sarah Stauffer Curtiss Stoel Rives LLP – Renewalable & Law As we discussed in this alert, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its final Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance (ECP Guidance) on April 26, 2013. Intended to promote compliance with the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA) […]

Oregon U.S> Senator Ron Wyden was interviewed by the Salem Statesman Journal newspaper. Wyden began by saying “Number one, the Oregon delegation is absolutely determined to fix this. The alternative to not passing legislation is just unacceptable.” Wyden then went to describe the impending disaster cliff that is approaching if […]