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September 9, 2024 - Comment on DEQ’s Proposed Climate Program Rulemaking

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter,   After the Oregon Court of Appeals invalidated the Environmental Quality Commission’s 2021 rules establishing Oregon’s Climate Protection Program, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality started working on an updated rule to reduce carbon emissions. Following a rulemaking advisory committee process with various stakeholders […]


September 3, 2024 - Farm Bureau Trap Shoot & BBQ

By Oregon Farm Bureau, Press Release, Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 7th, and get ready to show off your shooting skills at the annual Farm Bureau Trap Shoot & BBQ. Join us at Albany Gun Club for an afternoon filled with friendly competition, delicious food, and great company—all for […]


September 2, 2024 - Painting wind blades black

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Oregon researchers partnering with PacifiCorp at a Wyoming wind farm hope painting one of the three fiberglass blades in 30 wind turbines black may save more birds and bats from dying in collisions, according to KLCC. A study in Norway showed painting one blade […]


August 27, 2024 - Wyden pushes wildfire, rancher bill

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Press Release, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today urged the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to provide additional management flexibility and key investments for a full recovery of the rangelands that have been devastated during recent […]


August 24, 2024 - EPA to Hold Webinar on Draft Insecticide Strategy

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter OFS joined hundreds of other organizations around the U.S. in requesting an extension from EPA on the comment period for the recently released Draft Insecticide Strategy. The Draft contains 700 pages of highly technical information, and the resulting Final Strategy will have a significant […]


August 21, 2024 - Engineering students help Extension faculty improve cover crop technology

By Oregon State University Extension Office, Nick Andrews, Oregon State University Extension Service’s organic vegetable specialist, is one of the university’s resident experts on cover crops and a founding board member of the Western Cover Crops Council Cover crops are not grown to be eaten or sold — rather they […]


August 19, 2024 - Oregon wool and the Olympics

By Oregon Family Farm Association, What do four-legged animals in Oregon have to do with the Olympics in Paris? Ralph Lauren used wool from sheep raised on the Imperial Ranch Farms in Maupin to create Team USA’s blue blazers adorned with red-and-white tipping worn during the opening ceremonies, according to […]


August 13, 2024 - Rewards climb to $2,000 in pellet gun poaching case

By Oregon Fish & Wildlife, Rewards doubled for information leading to the individuals(s) using pellet guns to harass and kill deer in Roseburg this summer following multiple calls to report carcasses to the Turn In Poachers (TIP) line. The Oregon Hunters Association (OHA) is offering $2,000 cash, or four ODFW […]


August 11, 2024 - Oregon’s New Rules for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines

By Oregon DEQ Press Release, Oregon’s New Rules for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines What are the Clean Truck Rules? In November 2021, Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission adopted the Clean Truck Rules. They were adopted by referencing California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule and Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Omnibus (also […]


August 7, 2024 - Oregon Farm Bureau Launches Wildfire Relief Fund

Oregon Farm Bureau Launches Wildfire Relief Fund to Support Affected Farmers and Ranchers By Oregon Farm Bureau, Salem, Ore -The Oregon Farm Bureau (OFB) is calling on its members and the wider community to rally in support of those affected by the severe wildfires currently ravaging our state. With 129 […]