Tansy ragwort re-emerges in Oregon, but still controllable Biocontrol should keep the noxious weed in check By Oregon Department of Agriculture Farmers and ranchers in Western Oregon this summer are noticing patches of the telltale bright yellow flowers of tansy ragwort- a noxious weed once the scourge of the 1970s. […]

Sen. Kerry’s Energy Tax Bill Would Help Energy Storage Technologies by Chad Marriott Stoell Rives, LLP NW Law Firm On August 5, 2010, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced S.3738—the Clean Energy Technology Leadership Act of 2010—which would have some impact on the growth of energy storage technologies in the United […]

By American Forest Resource Council Items in this newsletter 1. Task Force Report Disappoints 2. DeFazio Convenes BLM Meeting 3. FS/BLM Budget 4. DNR Timber Report …more Task Force Report Disappoints On July 22, the Administration released the Final Report of the Western Oregon Task Force. The Task Force visited […]

By Cindy National Corn Grower’s Association A recent story by National Public Radio (NPR) about meat and the evolution of the human brain has devolved into a fight between meatheads and pea brains. The story, posted on the NPR website on August 2, now has some 280 comments – many […]

Black-tailed deer hunters asked to return a deer tooth to aid population study By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife SALEM, Ore. — ODFW biologists are asking black-tailed deer bowhunters to send the department a tooth from the animal they harvest. ODFW staff uses the teeth to determine the age […]

Activists Share Anti-Agriculture Agenda at Conferences Animal Agriculture Alliance August 16, 2010 – Animal agriculture was under attack at the Animal Rights 2010 Conference and the Humane Society of the United States-hosted Taking Action for Animals, two of the nation’s largest animal rights events. Both meetings were held in Washington, […]

Agriculture a ‘Choice’ Career Choice By Dal Grooms American Farm Bureau Federation If you’re a movie buff, you’ll recall the career advice shared with young Benjamin Braddock in the late 1960s movie The Graduate. “Plastics,” young Benjamin was told. Today, there is a good chance the giver of that advice, […]

Rural Property Owners – Your Property Taxes May Be Too High, Even If Your Property Qualifies For Farm Tax Deferral By Oregonians In Action One of the least understood areas of Oregon law is real property taxation.  Most Oregon property owners dutifully pay their property taxes (either directly to the […]

By Mike Mehren Oregon Feed and Grain Association Inc. I was lucky enough to attend a meeting where the researchers from Eastern Oregon Ag Research Stations in Burns and Union presented the studies that they are working on, those that have been recently completed and studies that are in progress. […]

Oregon Ag responds to the Spotted Wing Drosophila Commercial fruit growers managing the insect so far Oregon Department of Ag. So far this summer, Oregon’s fruit crops have made it to the marketplace in good shape despite fears that a tiny fruit fly would have a huge negative impact. A […]