PLC, NCBA and ICA Granted Authority to Defend Ranchers in Court Room By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association WASHINGTON – The U.S. District Court, District of Idaho, yesterday, Sept. 22, 2011, granted the Public Lands Council (PLC), the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Idaho Cattle Association (ICA) intervenor status […]

Obama and Boehner Look to Expand Super Committee’s Task BY National Association of Wheat Growers President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) both added to the super committee’s already-considerable to-do list, while the director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said the panel must decide on any substantial […]

Natural Resource News Note: Wolves, once hunted to extinction in the lower 48, are making a comeback, reports the Corvallis Gazette-Times. Rancher Denny Johnson complains that the predators have killed five of his cattle since last fall, including bull worth $5,000. “We’re not raising cattle for the government zoo,” he […]

Forest Policy Briefs (Excerpts) by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers State Timber Protestors: The self-proclaimed “Cascadia Forest Defenders” failed in previous State Forest illegal protests two and ten years ago, during which dozens of people were quickly arrested. Quick arrest and dispersal is key to discouraging such […]

A Dam Important Find! North America’s Earliest Beaver Discovered in Oregon By Bureau of Land Management Oregon PORTLAND, Ore. – A new fossil find represents the earliest record of living beavers (Castor) in North America. A pair of teeth was found on BLM land near Dayville, Oregon by BLM staff […]

2011 Legislature and property rights By Oregonians In Action The 2011 session of the Oregon Legislature ended quietly on June 30, with little change being made on the land use front.  Oregonians In Action was able to pass three bills this session, marking the 11th straight legislative session in which […]

Government Oversight Hearing Calls Out Job-Killing GIPSA Rule — Colorado Cattlewoman Testifies on Impact of Proposed Rule — NCBA, NPPC Commend Congressman Issa for Pushing Back on Overregulation by National Cattlemen Beef Association WASHINGTON – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform  hosted a hearing called “How A Broken […]

When the Numbers Do Lie by Cathryn National Corn Growers Association In a world of splashy magazine covers and sexed-up headlines, it can be easy to obscure the facts with so-called data. Correlating figures to create data may sounds simple, but in choosing how to present the aggregated collection and […]

Global Demand Drives Food Prices Higher in Third Quarter By American Farm Bureau Federation WASHINGTON, D.C., September 13, 2011 – Strong global demand, especially for pork and other protein-rich foods, was a primary driver behind higher retail prices at the supermarket during the third quarter of 2011, according to the […]

Forest Policy Briefs (Excerpts) by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Oregon Asks Supreme Court to Take Runoff Case: Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber announced that the State of Oregon will ask the US Supreme Court to review a flawed 2010 ruling by the 9th US Circuit Court of […]