Hazing of birds in Tillamook and Nehalem bays to protect migrating juvenile salmon and steelhead begins April 1 By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Newport, Ore.— Hazing of double-crested cormorants that eat juvenile salmon and steelhead on their migration from freshwater rivers to the sea will begin on April […]

House Budget Calls for Continuation of Secure Rural Schools By Congress Greg Walden Press Release Salem – In a welcome development out of Washington, D.C., the U.S. House Budget Committee Chair, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) made the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 […]

By Rich Sohn Umpqua Coquile LLC, We are again near record LOW domestic housing starts and building permits, yet both Stud and Log prices increased? See below for details and a six-year span of prices and analysis of lumber, logs, housing, and mortgage stats. The domestic fundamentals, like housing starts […]

By Curt Kipp Oregon Association of Nurseries Tree prices on the rise? Are tree prices about to increase significantly? John Balfour of Bold Spring Nursery in Hawkinsville, Ga., believes the answer is yes. He explains why in this must-read blog post. Short version: it’s all about supply and demand. Nurseries […]

CBS News did a hard hitting story on new members of Congress who are Tea Party candidates who receive federal farm subsidies.

ODE inspects 28,000 gas stations statewide for price problems and other problems related to accuracy. Oregon Department of Agriculture, Gasoline prices in Oregon and nationwide show no sign of going down. At current pump prices, motorists are more than ever vitally interested in making sure they get what they pay […]

Fuel Costs Go Beyond Sticker Shock for Farmers, Ranchers By American Farm Bureau Federation WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31, 2011 – Americans are experiencing sticker shock at the gas pump these days, but high fuel costs are hitting America’s farmers and ranchers especially hard. According to testimony presented today by the […]

National Association of Wheat Growers Applaud U.S. House Passage of NPDES Permitting Bill National Association of Wheat Growers The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) was extremely pleased to see Thursday’s House passage of H.R. 872, a bill to remove duplicative new permitting requirements related to pesticide applications. The bill […]

Record High 2010 Wine Shipments Make U.S. the World’s Largest Wine-Consuming Nation By Wine Institute SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. surpassed France as the world’s largest wine-consuming nation in 2010, with wine shipments to the U.S. from California, other states and foreign producers growing 2% from the previous year to […]

The right to kill wolves Natural Resource News Note: The wolf issue is expected to take center stage in an Oregon Legislative House Committee that plans to have a hearing on four wolf related bills.    Oregon Cattlemen’s Association President Bill Hoyt,  said to the Associated Press, “It appears that the […]