By National Association of Wheat Growers Though the Hill was quiet this week with Congress out on recess, the Administration made a number of announcements of interest to U.S. agricultural producers. Over the weekend, President Barack Obama made 15 recess appointments, installing Jill Long Thompson as a member of the […]

OIA Education Center’s 2010 Land Use Forum Sat., April 10th Holiday Inn, Wilsonville Join property owners from across the state on April 10 for Oregon’s premiere landowner’s conference !  This is a must attend event for anyone interested in land use and real property. The 2010 Oregon Legislature – Land […]

Wallowa  Lake kokanee break records again Wan Teece’s fish could be national record Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife ENTERPRISE, Ore.—Wan Teece of Enterprise caught a kokanee weighing 8.23 pounds, measuring 26.25 inches in length with a girth of 16 inches at Wallowa Lake on March 24, breaking the Oregon […]

AFBF Calls on Congress to Nullify EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Scheme American Farm Bureau Federation WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31, 2010 – Now is the time for Congress to nullify greenhouse gas permit requirements that were announced this week by the Environmental Protection Agency. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, efforts […]

Oregon logging mills made the Wall Street Journal headlines this week.  It appears that the quake in Chile has set-back logging in the world just enough to drive up prices and send mills scrambling to take advantage.  Read a portion of WSJ reporter Leah Nash below… “…The Boise Cascade Plywood […]

by Todd Wynn Cascade Policy Institute Portland General Electric (PGE) customers may have noticed something new on their bills recently. Last month, a “renewable resource adjustment” was added to electricity bills to pay for additional renewable resources like wind power. Even if you are not enrolled in the Green Power […]

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Yesterday’s Federal Register announced the availability of grants to fund projects designed to help rural communities create wealth, repopulate and become self-sustaining.  Projects can receive up to $250,000 across a period of up to two years. These Regional Business Opportunity Grants (RBOG)  give preference to  “Great […]

Warm and dry winter leads to water concerns in Oregon By Oregon Department of Agriculture, In typical El Niño fashion, winter in the Pacific Northwest has been generally warm and dry, as predicted. Spring officially arrived this past weekend but may not carry with it as much precipitation as needed […]

By Mike Mehren Oregon Feed and Grain Association This little beauty will be quite a bit different than any of my columns. This is about an organization calling itself ‘Global Animal Partnership’. The organization is headquartered in Wa D.C. Members of the Board include Wayne Pacelle of the H.S.U.S. and […]

American Farm Bureau Federation, As Americans start to fill out the U.S. Census forms they have received in recent days, one government agency is working on another kind of census: a National Water Census to get a handle on the water resources that are available for various uses—irrigation, livestock, public […]