Ranchers guard against cattle theft during calving season Oregon Dept. of Agriculture Cattle ranchers in Oregon are asked to keep an eye out this time of year for a crime that has been around since the days of the old west. Cattle rustling, or livestock theft in general, is very […]

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NCBA Statement on USTR Appeal of WTO Ruling on Country of Origin Labeling By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The office of the U.S. Trade Representative today March 23, 2012, opted to appeal the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL). National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Vice […]

Editorial from Wall Street Journal: These are hard times for economic liberty, but the Supreme Court on Wednesday offered a modest reason to hope. In a 9-0 ruling, they concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency can’t terrorize Americans via regulation without allowing them a day in court. In 2005, Michael […]

By Washington Association of Conservation Districts, A letter is being circulated by someone purporting to be from the USDA seeking personal financial information from USDA contractors. To see this letter, please click here. fraudulant letter requesting personal information If you receive such a letter, do not respond. Instead, let Dennis […]

By Michael Gelardi Davis, Dwight & Tremaine LLP Oregon law firm A budgetary earmark passed by the 2012 Oregon legislature allows three southern Oregon counties to move forward with efforts to rezone local farm and forest lands for other uses. In order to rezone land, however, the counties must first […]

Wolf Delisting Update Washington Farm Bureau March 16, 2012 In a great decision issued by the 9th Circuit , the court ruled that Congress can indeed delist a species. In a rider to a budget bill last April, Congress ordered the delisting of the Northern Rocky Mountain wolf population. This […]

Retail sales improve in February By Curt Kipp, Dailyu Digger Oregon Association of Nurseries Retailers — particularly those geared toward the outdoor lifestyle — did much better in February than they did a year ago, according to new figures released by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The numbers indicate that […]

By Rex Storm Associated Oregon Loggers Too Little Murrelet Habitat Contested: On January 19th, three environmental groups filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the state of Oregon for alleged federal violations of the Endangered Species Act. The notice claims that logging in the Elliott, Tillamook and Clatsop state […]

OSU ag dean leaving for DC post By Kurt Kipp Oregon Association of Nurseries Sonny Ramaswamy, the Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University, is leaving. President Obama has appointed him as the new director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). NIFA replaced […]