Roger O. McClellan Former Chair of EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Washington and Oregon are in the middle of an intense debate about whether to expand facilities to ship coal to Asia. As a former resident of Washington state and one who has family that lives in the area, […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau Replacement Dwelling Bill Poised To Become Law HB 2746 (Replacement Dwellings) had its first hearing in the Senate Rural Communities and Economic development Committee. The legislation would allow some homes that do not qualify currently to be replaced. These are homes that have fallen into disrepair […]

Oregon State Senator Alan Olsen Senator Alan Olsen (R -Canby) has successfully shepherded three bills through the Oregon Senate over the last week that will aid the health of Oregon’s waterways. “ Oregon has a reputation for some of the most beautiful, clean and abundant waters in the world, ” […]

  By Daily Digger Oregon Association of Nurseries Proposed federal immigration bill amendments number in the hundreds Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee started the process this week of considering amendments to the comprehensive immigration reform bill proposed by the “Gang of Eight” senators (consisting of four Republicans and […]

By Cindy National Corn Growers Association The term “massive farm bill” has been used repeatedly in the general media this week to describe the bills passed out by the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, and by “massive” they mean the farm portion of the bill, not the nutrition portion which […]

  By American Farm Bureau You haven’t heard this said a lot: Congress got a lot done this week! At least when it comes to the farm bill. American Farm public policy director Dale Moore talks about what got done in this story from AFBF’s Johnna Miller.   Miller: It’s […]

By California Farm Bureau By Kate Campbell It’s going to be a long, hot summer—that’s a given in California’s interior valleys. What isn’t known, farmers say, is how well billions of dollars’ worth of food crops will weather the heat amid severe irrigation water cutbacks. The season’s final survey of […]

Wyden, Merkley Ask Agriculture, Interior Secretaries for Emergency Grazing Rights on Federal Land in Southeastern and South Central Oregon By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Faced with another year of drought conditions in Southeastern and South Central Oregon, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are asking the Department of Agriculture […]

  By Daily Digger Oregon Association of Nurseries Driver’s card opponents seek referendum To the surprise of few observers, the anti-immigration group Oregonians for Immigration Reform has started a petition drive to undo recently passed Senate Bill 833. If successful, they would deny undocumented residents their recently-won ability to get […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau Cougar Management Bill The bill that allows the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to manage Oregon’s cougar population by licensing agents to hunt cougars with dogs has currently stalled in the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee. HB 2390 lifts the sunset date of […]