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December 18, 2010 - Oregon Wheat Growers League Elects New Officers for 2011

By Oregon Wheat Grower’s League The Nominating Committee chaired by OWGL Immediate Past President, Jeff Newtson, offered a slate of officers for 2011 as follows:, Craig Reeder, President; Tyson Raymond, Vice President; Walter Powell, Secretary/Treasurer; and Darren Padget, Immediate Past President. The members present at the Annual Meeting in Portland […]


December 18, 2010 - Bighorn sheep herds get released in Oregon

Bighorn sheep released at new Oregon locations By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife December 17, 2010 THE DALLES, Ore.— ODFW released California bighorn sheep at two new locations this month, Cottonwood Canyon State Park and near the John Day Fossil Beds. Cottonwood Canyon is a new state park in […]


December 17, 2010 - EPA rule jeopardizes 130 renewable energy projects

EPA Tailoring Rule Jeopardizes Renewable Energy Investment, Jobs, Production Goals National Alliance of Forest Owners WASHINGTON, D.C. – A newly released economic impact study finds that the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule” jeopardizes over 130 renewable energy projects, between 11,000 and […]


December 15, 2010 - Farmers view on Senate passing Obama Tax Deal

ASA Hails Senate Passage of Tax Legislation, Urges Prompt House Passage Package contains retroactive extension of biodiesel tax incentive, estate tax provisions By American Soybean Association December 15, 2010… Saint Louis, Missouri… The American Soybean Association (ASA) applauds Senate passage of the “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation […]


December 15, 2010 - Kitzhaber biomass predicament, Metal theft law, Salazar visit, More…

Kitzhaber biomass predicament, Metal theft law, Salazar visit, More… by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Metal Theft Law Working: Police report that a law passed by the 2009 Oregon Legislature, intended to prevent thieves profiting from stolen scrap metal, has helped reduce metal theft. The new law […]


December 14, 2010 - Oregon Dungeness crab gets upgrade

Oregon Dungeness crab receives sustainable certification Marine Stewardship Council certification should boost sales – Oregon Department of Agriculture An historically productive Oregon fishery has achieved an even higher level of status, which should translate into stronger sales regionally, domestically, and internationally. The Oregon Dungeness crab industry is now certified sustainable […]


December 13, 2010 - OSU pushes for beer breakthrough on malted barley

OSU malter will end bottleneck between Oregon barley and beer Pat Hayes By Oregon State University Extension Service CORVALLIS, Ore. – Drink a beer brewed in the United States, and there’s a chance the hops you’ll taste were grown in Oregon. But chances are the malted barley in it wasn’t. […]


December 12, 2010 - Congress tired of Ag agency over-reach, arm wrestling

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 […]


December 11, 2010 - Federal rail fund redirect helps Oregon

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 […]


December 11, 2010 - $700,000 in unused farm tax credits

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]