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 […]

National Farmers Union  National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement today, following the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement to stop delivering mail on Saturdays starting Aug. 1: “We are disheartened to hear the USPS’s announcement that Saturday mail deliveries will cease later this year. National Farmers […]

By Cindy National Corn Growers Association A leading environmental activist and critic of genetically modified food recently announced the error of his ways and his conversion to being a supporter of biotech crops. “I apologise for having spent several years ripping up GM crops. I am also sorry that I […]

Washington State Farm Bureau (1) Keep Agriculture Whole Agriculture is a major economic engine in Washington, providing 160,000 jobs and driving $46 billion into the state’s economy. As the nation and the state struggle to pull out of the recession, supporting this vital industry is important to the economies of […]

Timber News Update by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers USFS Forester Says Forests at Risk: Kent Connaughton, US Forest Service Regional Forester who manages 16 national forests in OR & WA, in January addressed the both Oregon Board of Forestry and The Oregonian newspaper editorial board. Connaughton […]