News re-cap on local summer news item that has been popular on the web. Nick Sitts heard a pop and bailed out—seconds before his car exploded. “With every solar vehicle, you have to be able to get out in 10 seconds,” said Hai Yue Han, co-captain of the Oregon State […]

Historic Partnership Approved to Protect, Preserve and Enhance Public Lands Ranching — Public Lands Council Approves Public Lands Endowed Trust with Ruby Pipeline By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association PARK CITY, UTAH – The Public Lands Council (PLC) today, Sept. 7, 2011, voted to approve the creation of the Public Lands […]

Johnna Miller, Director of Media Development, interview By American Farm Bureau Federation Congress isn’t winning any popularity contests these days, but they may finally address an issue that could win them some favor with the nation’s farmers. American Farm Bureau Labor Specialist Paul Schlegel talks about it with AFBF’s Johnna […]

Rick Sohn Umpqua Coquille LLC Our snail’s pace recovery is faltering with most indicators giving up 2 months or more of gain. See below for details and a six-year span of prices and analysis of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage stats. Information and interpretation. Last month’s newsletter highlighted the snail’s […]

Oregon exterminator business thrives By Oregon Employment Department, Companies and Employees Oregon’s extermination and pest control companies are smaller than the average private company in Oregon with an average of 4.8 employees per establishment compared with the state average of 10.7. In addition to having few employees per business unit, […]

Wine Institute and Trout Unlimited Applaud Passage of Water Rights Legislation BY Wine Institute SAN FRANCISCO – Wine Institute and Trout Unlimited congratulate the California Legislature on the unanimous passage of AB 964 (Huffman & Chesbro) and strongly urge Governor Brown to sign the measure. If signed, a new conditional […]

WATER FOR LIFE SPONSORING WATER LAW SEMINARS By Water for Life Water for Life, Inc. is hosting “Oregon Water Law Institute” a seminar on water law in the state of Oregon. These seminars will cover the Pros & Cons of Conservation Easements and Water Quality and Toxics. “Agricultural water rights […]

Wildfire Smoke Expected from Portland to Medford By Dept. of Environmental Quality Smoke from wildfires in Central and Eastern Oregon is expected to head west this weekend, which could lead to unhealthy air quality throughout the I-5 corridor; DEQ advises residents to take precautions. The National Weather Service is predicting […]

August USDA Report Confirms Tight Corn Crop By American Farm Bureau Federation WASHINGTON, D.C., August 11, 2011 – As expected, the Agriculture Department lowered the corn production forecast in its August crop report released today due to heat stress over much of the Corn Belt. Economists with the American Farm […]

Changes concern landscapers using guest worker program By Kurt Kipp, Oregon Association of Nurseries Daily Digger Landscapers who have trouble finding qualified and willing workers have been able to fall back on the H-2B non-agricultural guest worker visa program to fill their needs. Starting on Sept. 30, however, that could […]