By National Cattlemen Beef Association …Most recently, on Dec. 9, 2010, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) discussed the long list of regulations with Ramona Emilia Romero during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing to consider her nomination as the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “We […]

Federal rail fund redirect helps Oregon with $1.6 million grant WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that $1.195 billion in high-speed rail funds originally designated for Wisconsin and Ohio will be redirected to other states eager to develop high-speed rail corridors across the United States. Wisconsin has […]

Farmworker Housing Tax Credits available BY Oregon Farm Bureau Note from Oregon Housing & Community Services: There is approximately $780,000 in Oregon Farmworker Housing Tax Credits available for the remainder of calendar 2010. For more information, contact Loren Shultz, Program Advisor, [email protected]

By Erik Ness American Farm Bureau Federation Dudley Williams can see Mexico from his ranch on the common and conflicted international border in southern New Mexico. He has also seen first hand the problems caused by smuggling and other illegal activities that are part of the daily landscape for ranchers […]

Walden praises EPA action to delay implementation of job-killing boiler rules By Congressman Greg Walden WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday sought to delay implementation of controversial job-killing rules that would impose tens of billions of dollars in new capital costs at thousands of facilities with boilers across […]

Warning Signs for Renewable Energy By Oregon Tax News Signs of renewable energy storm clouds… – 86% of new Congress Freshmen oppose climate change legislation – 17 Senators signed a letter calling ethanol indefensible and unwise – Both Al Gore and Obama’s Energy Secretary Steven Chu blasted ethanol in the […]

AFIA Applauds the Senate for Passage of S. 510 by a Vote of 73-25 American Feed Industry Association The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) today applauded the Senate for passage of long-overdue comprehensive food safety reform legislation, and urged the House of Representatives to accept the bipartisan Senate bill at […]

Timber Industry Report By Rick Sohn Umqua Coquile LLC Lumber moves up yet another notch, unseasonally, along with logs, driven by exports. The domestic market continues to languish. Housing starts declined and unsold inventory rose slightly. See below for details and a five-year-span of prices and analysis of lumber, logs, […]

Legislation Inhibiting Oil & Gas Industry Growth, Forcing Companies To Re-Strategize – Companies Increasing Investment In New Technologies By BDO USA LLP, Chicago, IL –  – According to a new study by BDO USA, LLP, one of the nation’s leading accounting and consulting organizations, 54 percent of chief financial officers […]

American Soybean Association, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) this week called for a vote on House-passed currency bill H.R. 2378, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, to be brought to the Senate floor. The American Soybean Association (ASA) is asking you to contact your Senators and […]