Bob Stallman President American Farm Bureau We’re all familiar with the typical B-rate horror flick where you just know the young starlet will stumble on a broken tree branch while being chased by the bad guy. Although you see it coming and know her demise is inevitable, you still want […]

By Rick Sohn Umpqua Coquille LLC Good news as we near the one-year anniversary of the lows for lumber, logs, housing starts, and building permits.  Prices jumped for lumber and logs.  But why are lumber prices similar to the time when we had around 2 million annual housing starts, yet […]

Greg Walden applauds drought aid for Klamath, Jackson, Deschutes, Lake counties By Congressman Greg Walden, WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) today released the following statement after the USDA announced that farmers in Klamath, Jackson, Deschutes, and Lake counties will be eligible for disaster assistance programs to help relieve […]

Oregon Nurseries Applaud Senate Tree Planting Bill By Oregon Association of Nurseries Wilsonville, Ore. — The Oregon Association of Nurseries today praised Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) for introducing a Senate version of the Small Business Environmental Stewardship Assistance (SBESA) Act of 2010.  The legislation recognizes the role of trees in […]

Senate Bill Would Extend Ethanol Tax Incentives by Cindy Zimmerman Domestic Fuel.com A bill has been introduced in the Senate to extend tax incentives for ethanol set to expire at the end of this year. Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Kent Conrad (D-ND) introduced the bipartisan GREEN Jobs Act of […]

Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management s (BLM) Oregon State Office is seeking nominations for 64 positions on the five Resource Advisory Committees (RACs) in the five Districts in western Oregon, for terms expiring in 2010. Nominations are due on or before June 1, 2010.

Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Rule –Region 10 Training Sessions Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Oregon companies required to report their greenhouse gas emissions under the US EPA’s new mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases requirements may be interested in attending a workshop in Portland on May 5th on details of how […]

From Dave Hunnicutt Oregonians In Action Last month, Utah Governor Gary Herbert approved House Bill 143, a bill that gives the State of Utah  the authority to use eminent domain to condemn federal lands within Utah’s borders.  At a ceremony for the bill signing, Governor Herbert urged the legislatures of […]

By Lynne Finnerty American Farm Bureau Federation, Another Earth Day has come and gone. The observance each year on April 22 is an opportunity to recognize our environmental achievements and discuss what more we should do. The “doing more” discussion usually centers on things like intricate carbon trading schemes and […]