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 […]

By Oregonians In Action, Today, the Oregon Court of Appeals entered a judgment for nearly $195,000 to the estate of Dorothy English. This judgment represents the attorney fees and costs which Dorothy incurred in fighting her case against Multnomah County at the Oregon Court of Appeals. In an earlier decision, […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, WASHINGTON, D.C., October 5, 2009 – Retail food prices at the supermarket decreased slightly for the fourth consecutive quarter and are significantly lower than one year ago, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of […]

NCBA Statement on Canadian WTO Complaint against U.S. COOL Law National Cattlemen Beef Association, WASHINGTON (Oct. 7, 2009) — The following is a statement from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association regarding today’s announcement that the Canadian government will formally proceed with a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement process against […]

Dr. Jim Peterson, Wheat breeder at Oregon State University Chair of National Wheat Improvement Committee we lost a great leader for the world wheat industry and spokesman for agricultural research, Dr. Norman Borlaug.  As a wheat breeder, Dr. Borlaug’s work and leadership through the Green Revolution saved hundreds of millions […]

By Helen Moore, Water for Life, Irrigated agriculture could become even more challenging if the Congressional majority is able to pass the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA).  Representative James Oberstar (D-MN) has introduced legislation that replaces the phrase “navigable waters” with “water of the United States”.  The central provision which […]

By Oregon Association of Nurseries, Wilsonville, Ore – Yearly sales of Oregon nursery products declined 17 percent between 2007 and 2008, according to new figures recently released by the Oregon field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Oregon nurseries sold […]

From Bureau of Land Management, Lakeview – Effective at 12:01 a.m. today, the Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) decreased to level I on all lands administered by the Fremont-Winema National Forests and Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lakeview District. The only Lakeview District BLM-managed lands not covered by this order […]

Oregon Ground Water Association, Legal challenges filed in the State Court of Appeals and Marion County Circuit Court were responsible for returning fees improperly collected by the Water Resources Department. The Oregon Ground Water Association had raised the issue that the agency was collecting fees from recent legislative changes even […]

By Karla Kay Edwards Cascade Policy Institute, Summary: Woody biomass opportunities abound in rural southern Oregon. With more than 4.25 million acres of timberland that would benefit from hazardous fuel reduction, rural communities also could prosper from the development of a significant biomass industry. Striving to make Oregon a leader […]