Oregon’s First Official Even-Year Session Starts By Oregon Farm Bureau On February 1st, the Oregon Legislature convened its first 35-day session under the new voter approved constitutional change. Majority of bills were pre-session filed and introduced on the first day. To stay in play through the process bills must pass […]

By National Association of Wheat Growers Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and one of the richest men in the world, highlighted the relative lack of money devoted to agricultural innovation and research in his annual letter outlining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2012 priorities. The Foundation was founded by […]

Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Major Factors Influencing the Debate National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition In its “Path to the 2012 Farm Bill” series, NSAC gets into the details of the 2012 Farm Bill debate. This first post in the series discusses the major factors influencing the 2012 Farm Bill […]

Tom Partin,  President American Forest Resource Council The National Forest Planning process has a significant impact on the members of AFRC and their employees who live and work in the remote communities of the West where timber jobs and forest health are important to everyday life.  The new Forest Planning […]

How 10% jump in beef prices hurts Oregon See video below from KOIN-6 which reviews recent beef price increases and interviews an Oregon rancher family.

Oregon takes action to stop new plant disease By Oregon Dept. of Agriculture Boxwood blight, a fungal plant disease new to North America, has been detected in Oregon for the first time, prompting state officials to take measures to eradicate it. However, unlike the pathogen that causes sudden oak death, […]

NOAA rule designates add’l critical habitat for leatherbacks on U.S. west coast By Pacific Fishery Management Council NOAA announced the designation of additional critical habitat to provide protection for endangered leatherback sea turtles along the U.S. West Coast. NOAA is designating 41,914 square miles of marine habitat in the Pacific […]

New Director hired for Oregonians for Food and Shelter BY Oregonians for Food and Shelter Please join us in welcoming Scott Dahlman as OFS’s new Executive Director! Scott is the former public policy analyst and national affairs coordinator for the Washington Farm Bureau, Scott will be a great addition to […]

Community Mobilizes After Yahoo Declares Ag Degrees Useless By National Assoc. Wheat Growers Those who believe agriculture isn’t a serious academic subject and farmers are an uneducated lot may be enticed to expand their views based on the farm community’s reaction to a Jan. 19 article declaring agriculture degrees “useless.” […]

Scholarships available through Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation By Oregon Farm Bureau The Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation (OAEF) is pleased to announce that applications are available for two scholarship programs for the upcoming 2012-2013 academic year. Oregon Farm Bureau Memorial Scholarships (OFBMS) with 10-12 awards annually are open to any Oregon […]