By Co-House Speakers Bruce Hanna & Arnie Roblan Open letter in The Oregonian There’s an environmental success story in Oregon’s timber industry you may not know about — one that’s helped forest owners protect our rivers and streams from pollution for more than 35 years while supporting tens of thousands […]

Freeze dried foods for campers or pantry sto9ckers has always been around. Yet, the latest food technology is extending the life of these foods by more than 25 years. CNN video below shows the inside one of the most famous preservation food company — Blue Mountain.

by Cindy National Corn Growers Association As the world moves closer to trading around the clock, the future of crop report release times is being pondered. Some options being considered include changing the reports to the afternoon or running them on weekends to take them out of live trading time. […]

Natural Resource News Note For the first time in the 30-year history of preserving the California condors their population hit over 400. Their numbers have been recovering from California, Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. The new figures mean that the California condor could be delisted as a species.   Katy Muldon […]

by National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Last week, the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG), New England Farmers Union Educational Foundation, Wholesome Wave, and others released A Northeast Farm Bill Agenda: Priorities for the 2012 Farm Bill. Given the diversity of size, scale, and environment in the Northeast, coupled with high […]

There is an opportunity to submit testimony for the record for 10 business days after the hearing (May 31). This is a good opportunity for the Farm Bureau and/or individual members to provide input. By Washington Farm Bureau On Monday, May 21st, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter During the Interim, legislators come to town every quarter for 3-days in what is referred to as “legislative days.” Interim Committees meet for updates on issues and this week we heard the new revenue forecast and the Senate approved the Governor’s recommended appointments to […]

Bob Stallman, President American Farm Bureau federation Labor shortages have been a significant challenge to U.S. agriculture for as long as I can remember. On my rice farm in Texas growing up, it seemed we were always running short of farmhands when it came time to harvest. But now, unlike […]

New OSU-trained taste testers will evaluate experimental wines Dick Erath OSU Extension Office Oregon’s wine industry will now be able to better understand how what it’s doing in its vineyards and vats affects the quality of its final product thanks to a new cadre of tasting experts trained by Oregon […]

By The Renewable Fuels Association, A report released by the oil and auto industries on E15 and other higher level ethanol blends is fundamentally flawed, noted both the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). In a blog post, the DOE offered some tough critiques of […]