PLC, Livestock Groups Say Secretarial Order May Threaten Grazing National Cattlemen’s Beef Association WASHINGTON (Dec. 16, 2010) -Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, on Nov. 15, 2010, signed a Secretarial Order elevating the Office of the National Landscape Conservation System and Community Partnerships in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]