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 […]

By Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Members of the public will get their first look at a new sturgeon conservation plan and be asked to weigh in on management of sturgeon in the lower Columbia and lower Willamette rivers during a series of meetings that will […]

Is there an Oregon State University Beaver bias among timber and farmers at the University of Oregon Duck OSU Beaver civil war game? Guest Opinion, Loyal Oregon State University Football Beaver fans are well aware that on third downs out comes the chain saw noise rally with the video screen […]

By Lynne Finnerty American Farm Bureua Federation Health officials are sounding alarms about our obesity epidemic. Since 1980, obesity has doubled among adults and tripled among children, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Meanwhile, food purists proclaim foods commonly available from the supermarket at an affordable price to be […]