Oregon State Representative Jean Cowan calls Senator Maria Cantwell’s threats for hearings an “abuse of power,” comments “disrespectful” Release by Oregon State Representative Jean Cowan, NEWPORT – State Rep. Jean Cowan (D-Newport) responded to a press release from Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) today, calling Cantwell’s comments “disrespectful” towards Newport, Ore. […]

By Oregon Department of Agriculture, The perception and reality that Oregon is generally a wet and soggy state seems at odds with the fact that the state’s agriculture relies heavily on irrigation. But the results of a national farm and ranch irrigation survey confirm that Oregon is one of the […]

Award video highlighting Bob Terry of Fisher Farms as the 2009 Agriculturist of the Year as honored by the Agri-Business Council of Oregon

DSL Proposes Rule Changes Affecting Farmers and Ranchers Across Oregon By Oregon Farm Bureau, The Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) is proposing new rule changes that will have a tremendous impact on property owners along navigable rivers, coastal rivers and streams.   Please take a moment to review these changes […]

By John Hart American Farm Bureau Federation, With the United Nations climate talks occurring in Copenhagen and the recent finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, global warming is once again making headlines. Senate leaders are promising passage of […]

John Buckman Oregon Department of Forestry A $2.2 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant was awarded recently to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act). The funds will put previously idled workers back to work conducting non-commercial thinning operations on more […]

Timber Industry Encouraged by Wyden Introduction of Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009 By American Forest Resource Council Portland, OR–The American Forest Resource Council, a timber industry trade association based in Portland, Oregon, is hopeful Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) introduction of the Oregon Eastside […]

Wyden Brings Oregon Timber and Conservation Groups Together for Central, Eastern Oregon Forests and Families — Decades-old logjam broken to restore Oregon forests and Oregon jobs By US Senator Ron Wyden, Washington, D.C. – After decades of warring over Oregon’s national forests, representatives from Oregon’s timber industry and conservation groups […]

Natural Resource Report, Press release material below provided by Oregon Wheat Growers, Senator Martha Schrader, (D) Canby; Senator Joanne Verger (D) Coos Bay; Senator David Nelson (R) Pendleton; Rep.Bruce Hanna (R) Roseburg; Rep. Mike Schaufler (D) Happy Valley; Representative Schaufler was present to accept his award.  Representative Schaufler served on […]

Barry Bushue reelected as Oregon Farm Bureau President By Oregon Farm Bureau Barry Bushue was reelected to a sixth two-year term as president of Oregon Farm Bureau during the organization’s recent 77th State Convention in Hood River. Bushue runs a family nursery, berry, and flowering basket operation near Boring. “I […]