Oregon State University receives $5 million grant to prevent child obesity By Oregon State University Extension Office CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University has received a grant of nearly $5 million to develop an obesity prevention program for children in rural Oregon. Roger Beachy, director of USDA’s National Institute of […]

Oregon Farm Bureau Legislative Update Last week and after much anticipation, Governor Kitzhaber announced his top level staff of which a majority has a background in the renewable energy industry. At Dunn Carney’s Ag Summit, the Governor shared that Katy Coba will maintain her position of Director of Agriculture. We […]

Natural Resource News Note: The Oregonian reports this week about the phenomenon of stolen cattle reappearing at the homes of their rancher’s home years later. The article describes how the Collins family lost 150 Cattle, worth $115,000, a few years ago. Last year 20 of the cows returned suddenly. In […]

Facebook pays $8M for Farm Bureau web name By Natural Resource News Note: Facebook just paid a pricey $8.5 million for the American Farm Bureau Federation’s web domain name www.fb.com. Reuters reports that Faecbook wants to use it for internal use. Farm Bureau will now use their other web domain […]

by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Truckers & Loggers Swallow Oregon Tax Hikes: Effective Jan. 1, 2011, logging and trucking businesses across Oregon began paying the “phase 3” transportation tax increase, which was passed by the Democrat super-majority 2009 Legislature. This “phase 3” tax adds another 25% […]

Agenda for Congressional Action Unclear, but Full Nevertheless National Association of Wheat Growers Congress largely paused legislative business and partisan rancor this week following the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 other people on Jan. 8. The House of Representatives on Wednesday took up a resolution condemning […]

Grants NAFO’s petition to reconsider; outlines rule-making and scientific inquiry National Alliance of Forest Owners WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today granted the National Alliance of Forest Owners’ (NAFO) petition to reconsider the treatment of biomass carbon emissions under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title […]

AFBF Calls for Strong Farm Safety Net, EPA Oversight By Oregon Farm Bureau Federation ATLANTA, January 11, 2011 – Delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 92nd Annual Meeting voted to maintain a strong farm income safety net, address dairy price volatility and urge greater oversight of regulatory actions by […]

Oregon Delegation Wins Suspension of Unfair EPA Biomass Regulations By Oregon Congressman Greg Walden WASHINGTON, DC— Representatives Greg Walden (OR-02), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), and Kurt Schrader (OR-05) received a letter from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson detailing significant changes to EPA’s regulation of emissions from biomass facilities. Walden, […]

By Oregon Department of Forestry The Oregon Board of Forestry Monday announced three finalists for the position of Oregon state forester. Board chair John Blackwell said the three are: • Jim Paul, an assistant director with the Oregon Department of State Lands. • Paul Bell, associate state forester with the […]