By Oregonians for Food and Shelter Meet Senator Bill Hansell Senator Hansell was elected last fall after the incumbent Senator, Dave Nelson, decided to retire. Senator Bill Hansell (R-Athena), who is beginning his first session in the Oregon legislature, announced this week he will focus on the creation of family […]

ODA adopts Willamette Valley canola control area rules By Oregon Dept. of Agriculture The Oregon Department of Agriculture has adopted an administrative rule that allows for some canola production in the Willamette Valley while continuing to protect specialty seed crop production. Under the rule, a majority of specialty seed production […]

Grazing Improvement Act Reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The Public Lands Council (PLC) and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) strongly support the Grazing Improvement Act of 2013, introduced last night in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho), Rep. Mike Simpson […]

By American Farm Bureau   Whether you listened to the speech or not, the president’s State of the Union address laid out his priorities for the year ahead. Chances are there was something in there that will affect you. American Farm Bureau Public Policy Director Dale Moore tells what was […]

National Farmers Union National Farmers Union (NFU) applauded the efforts to establish payment limitations on farm programs in the Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013, introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Tim Johnson, D-S.D., Sherrod Brown, D.-Ohio, and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. The bill would tighten eligibility requirements and limits the […]

By Oregon Forest Resources Institute New video based on The 2012 Forest Report puts a human face on forest economics . Perhaps you’ve been waiting for the movie. Or is there another reason why you haven’t read OFRI’s 180-page economic study of the forest sector, The 2012 Forest Report? Well, […]

Oregon Farm Bureau Priority Bills By Oregon Farm Bureau Below are a list of bills that are on top of Oregon Farm Bureau’s list of priorities. This list may be updated as new bills are introduced as the session continues. To see all the bills Farm Bureau is tracking, visit […]

 Walden visits Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital about need for legislation to allow small hospitals to provide better care for patients By Oregon Congressman Greg Walden U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) was Hood River visiting with Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital CEO Ed Freysinger about legislation he is writing to […]

OSU creates small-kerneled hazelnut for confection market By Oregon State University Extension Office Wepster produces small, round kernels, making it ideal for the chocolate industry. (Photo by Becky McCluskey.) Oregon State University has developed a new high-yielding, blight-resistant hazelnut for the baking and chocolate industries. Known as Wepster, or OSU […]

By Laura Murphy, ACLU & Fred Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute If you hang everyone, the old saying goes, you will catch some guilty people. That adage points to the fatal flaw of an employment-verification program tucked into several recent immigration-reform proposals in Congress. The E-Verify program—which several states are experimenting […]