By Cindy National Corn Growers Association We survived a devastating drought and even the end of the world in 2012, only to be thrown off the fiscal cliff at the start of 2013 while lawmakers stalled on a short term fix that would also include an extension of the current […]

NAWG Statement on Extending the 2008 Farm Bill By National Association of Wheat Growers A statement from National Association of Wheat Growers President Erik Younggren, a wheat, soybean and sugar beet farmer from Hallock, Minn.: “NAWG is pleased that leaders in Washington came to some agreement on fiscal and tax […]

Klamath Basin designated as habitat for endangered sucker fish The US Fish and Wildlife Service has designated habitat for endangered suckers in the Klamath Basin, including water systems in Klamath, Lake, and Modoc counties. A plan for Lost River and shortnosed suckers is scheduled to come out in the next […]

Sheep ranchers see lamb prices drop By California Farm Bureau Lamb prices have dropped by about half, for ranchers at least, and the quick drop in prices during the past year has ranchers worried. Record high prices the previous two years led farmers to purchase more sheep and build larger […]

  By National Farmers Union (NFU) and more than 40 farming, rural and agricultural organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)asking for an expanded investigation into a proposal made by food processing company JBS USA to acquire two U.S.-based beef packing plants owned by Canadian-based XL […]

NCBA Statement on Animal Disease Traceability Rule National Cattlemen’s Beef Association National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Chief Veterinarian Kathy Simmons issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) final animal disease traceability (ADT) rule, which was announced by Secretary Vilsack […]

  Commercial Dungeness crab season delayed Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife   Bonneville Pool sturgeon anglers will again see a split season for white sturgeon on the Columbia River in 2013. Fisheries managers from Oregon and Washington this week approved a white sturgeon retention season in Bonneville Pool consisting […]

Renewable Fuels Association Statement by Bob Dinneen, President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), on the announced resignation of EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: “Administrator Jackson put into action the Obama Administration’s commitment to ethanol and other biofuels. During her tenure, she cleared the way for E15 giving consumers […]

By National Farmers Union National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement after the NFU Board of Directors passed a resolution today opposing an extension of the 2008 Farm Bill, which expired on Sept. 30, in lieu of passage of a new five-year farm bill. The vote […]

— Quinoa has higher amounts of calcium, iron, fiber and vitamin B than rice, wheat and barley. (Photo by Daniel Robison.) By University of Oregon Extension Office Researchers from Oregon State University are exploring the potential for quinoa to grow in the Northwest’s diverse climates. Preliminary experiments have shown that […]