By Stewart Truelsen American Farm Bureau Federation, This has been a good year for the critics of mainstream farming and ranching. Time magazine ran a cover story at the end of August sharply critical of modern farm production methods and the nation’s food supply. It said “food is increasingly bad […]

By US Wheat Associates, Special Report here.

By Yamhill County Farm Bureau, Katie Evers and Garrett Duyck will each receive a $1,500 college scholarship from Yamhill County Farm Bureau. Katie Evers graduated from Dayton High School and is the daughter of Gerald & Dottie Evers of Dayton.  Katie is currently a sophomore attending West Texas A&M University […]

Oregon State University Extension Service, CORVALLIS, Ore. – A newly recognized pest in Oregon continues to concern fruit growers and researchers with the recent discovery of a Spotted Wing Drosophila fly in a sample of Willamette Valley wine grapes. Since the tiny fly, Drosophila suzukii, was first confirmed in Oregon […]

Oregon Marine Reserves State Agencies Proposed Administrative Rules By Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association, HB 3013 provides that the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, State Fish and Wildlife Commission, State Land Board and relevant state agencies “…shall, consistent with existing statutory authoriity, implement the November 29, 2008, recommendations from […]

Bureau of Land Management, WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today launched a Fiscal Year 2010 work plan for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forests in western Oregon that will add economic certainty for local communities while protecting endangered species. In addition to a proposed schedule of […]

Update on Current Policy News Affecting Forest Business & Timber Supply by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manger Associated Oregon Loggers 2009 Fire Season Remains Calm: With a few weeks left in this year’s forest fire season, state-protected forests have had a below-average season.  As of Sept. 21st, a total of […]

Only six gypsy moths detected statewide this year By Oregon Department of Agriculture, For the fifth time this decade, the number of gypsy moths annually trapped in Oregon is in single digits. Despite placing approximately 12,000 traps statewide, the Oregon Department of Agriculture recorded only six detections of gypsy moth, […]

By Oregon Wheat Growers League, The OWGL Marketing Committee invites all growers and interested persons to attend the October Statewide Marketing Education Series meeting this Thursday, October 15th at 8:00 am pacific. The meeting will be held via video conference at locations throughout the state to provide the latest, pertinent […]

Government Affairs Update for Oregon Cattlemen’s Association By Jim Welsh Legislative Committee Meetings Legislative leadership scheduled 3 days of committee meetings at the end of September and beginning of October.  The committee membership was very much the same as during the Legislative Session except for a few changes.  For the […]