By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, CLACKAMAS, Ore. —A black bear that caused a stir at Tualatin Elementary School  was safely captured and will be released in the Coast Range.The 3- to 4-year-old male bear was first seen early in the morning in the neighborhood surrounding Tualatin Elementary School […]

By Rick Sohn Umpqua Coquille LLC China’s 10-12 million housing starts per year, is one of the few bright spots on the horizon, compared to USA’s 523,000 this month. And mortgage rates remain attractive. See below for details and a six-year span of prices and analysis of lumber, logs, housing, […]

By Cathryn National Corn Growers Association With gas prices on the rise, farmers are helping ease the pain at the pump for consumers across the United States. Ethanol is currently priced roughly 80 cents less per gallon than gasoline. In these rough times, even the relatively minor cost savings that […]

AFBF Estimates 3.6M Ag Acres Hit by Floods By American Farm Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2011 – After learning firsthand from state Farm Bureaus about recent flooding devastation in the southern United States the American Farm Bureau Federation now estimates that nearly 3.6 million acres of farmland has been […]

Senate OKs New Standards for Laying Hens (SALEM) – The Oregon Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of a measure that will dramatically improve the welfare of laying hens without putting local Oregon egg producers at a competitive disadvantage with large, out-of-state corporations.   Senate Bill 805, sponsored by Senate […]

By Lee Smith Stoel Rives LLP, Oregon Law Firm Renewable Law Blog On Friday, May 20, 2011, Judge Goldsmith of San Francisco Supreme Court issued a final order (PDF) with respect to a lawsuit challenging the environmental review of the Cap and Trade regulations created under California’s AB 32 Greenhouse […]

Forest Policy Briefs by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Eastside Forest Bill Reintroduced: Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has reintroduced a bill in Congress that would permanently ban large tree harvest, and then promise to seek more acres of “thinning” in Eastern Oregon national forests. This slight of […]

State Senator Larry George remarks on Oregon soil battle broken legislative process By State Senator Larry George Salem, OR ¬– Senator Larry George (R-Sherwood) had the following to say after the Senate resurrected a resolution making Jory soil the official state soil. House Concurrent Resolution 3 was soundly defeated on […]

Oregon lakes may have ‘$1 million fish’ By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Two popular Oregon fishing destinations will have an added attraction for anglers over the next two months – the possibility of landing a fish worth $1 million. Henry Hagg Lake in Washington County […]

USDA Survey Report  (2010/2011) on Winter Honey Bee Losses shows easing. By Kim Kaplan US Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON D.C. — Total losses from managed honey bee colonies nationwide were 30 percent from all causes for the 2010/2011 winter, according to the annual survey conducted by the U.S. Department of […]