By Oregon Farm Bureau All of us get frustrated with regulations and permitting processes that create extra cost and time for businesses and economic developers without a clear indication of the added environmental and social benefits being gained. There is an advisory committee to the Governor on regulatory streamlining and […]

Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn, Umpqua Coquille LLC Spring prices are holding in studs, and unsold home inventory is the lowest in 5 years. Four-year trends of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage statistics are shown below. Information and interpretation. The best news this month is the unsold home inventory, […]

House Bill Introduced to Stop EPA Manipulation of Clean Water Act by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, U.S. Congressmen John Mica (R-Fla.), Nick Rahall (D-W.V.), Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) and Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio)  introduced legislation (H.R. 4965), which is strongly supported by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and […]

Denny Jones passes at age 101 By Oregonians for Food and Shelter (photo) Paulette Pyle and Denny Jones at Jones’ 100th birthday celebration in September of 2010 Former Oregon State Representative, Denny Jones passed away recently. It was our pleasure to have known him and worked with him for many […]

OSU names Dan Arp as dean of Agricultural Sciences Oregon State University Extension Service Dan Arp, a longtime microbiology researcher and science educator who has led the University Honors College program at Oregon State University since May of 2008, has been appointed as the Reub Long Dean of Agricultural Sciences […]

The Power of Grass Roots: Obama Administration Pulls Overbearing Proposed Rules on Child Labor By Oregon Farm Bureau Federation The US Department of Labor issued a statement withdrawing a proposed rule dealing with children who work on farms and ranches. “This is an enormous win for family farmers and ranchers […]

By Free Enterprise, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Region 6 EPA Administrator Al Armendariz released an apology for comparing his agency regulating oil and gas companies to Roman centurions crucifying villagers: I apologize to those I have offended and regret my poor choice of words. It was an offensive and inaccurate […]

By Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission set ocean fishing seasons for salmon and halibut during its meeting in Salem. The Commission set the 2012 ocean salmon seasons for Oregon’s territorial waters that extend three miles from the state’s shoreline. They mirror the regulations […]

The video of the week goes to CNN story on the nation’s fourth mad cow occurrence and how it could impact our exports.

by American Farm Bureau Federation Statement by Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Regarding Senate Agriculture Committee Passage of 2012 Farm Bill “The American Farm Bureau Federation is encouraged that the Senate Agriculture Committee approved its bipartisan farm bill and sent it forward to the full Senate for consideration. […]