By Daily Digger Blog Oregon Association of Nurseries Wilsonville, Ore – The Oregon Association of Nurseries today launched a far-reaching initiative to establish sustainability goals for Oregon’s nursery and greenhouse industry – Oregon’s largest sector of agriculture. Several of Oregon’s largest growers and retailers will unite in an effort to: […]

The battle over the Northern Spotted Owl between environmentalists and logging interests continues.  A new study suggests that the assumptions the Bush Administration used to justify more logging in old growth forests are flawed. The author of the study Chad T. Hanson, a fire and forest ecologist at the University […]

By Dunn, Carney, Allen, Higgins & TongueDunn Carney Works with the Forest Service to Defeat An Attempt to Enjoin Grazing On Fremont-Winema Forest Late on June 29, 2009, U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke denied an attempt by Center for Biological Diversity, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, and Klamath […]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife:  – A federal stimulus grant announced this week will employ Oregon off-season fishers, among others, to remove crab pots and other derelict fishing gear along the Oregon coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the $699,184 grant to the Oregon Department of Fish […]

By American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) (PORTLAND, OR)  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) made a mistake in deciding not to go through formal consultation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) when it developed the Western Oregon Plan Revisions (WOPR). Tom Partin, President of […]

American Farm Bureau Federation: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 14, 2009 – American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman today said that the House-passed climate legislation will have little to no impact on global temperatures. Testifying before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Stallman said without the adoption of similar […]

Gary Voogt, NCBA President National Cattlemen’s Beef Association “The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) commends Representatives Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) for introducing critical legislation to level the playing field for corn supplies. “The Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act will phase out government support for […]

Oregonians In Action, This week, Governor Kulongoski signed HB 3298 into law at a signing ceremony near the Metolius River.  The signing of HB 3298 marks the formal designation of the Metolius River as an “area of critical state concern,” with rules established by LCDC. The Governor’s signing ceremony reminded […]

Farm machinery on roadways prompts safety message to drivers Oregon Department of Agriculture, Road construction crews aren’t the only ones to be aware of this summer as Oregonians get behind the wheel. It’s also the season for slow moving farm machinery- including trucks, tractors, and combines- to occasionally use the […]

Huge Export Losses for Wheat Growers Expected if U.S.-Colombia FTA Not Ratified By U.S. Wheat Associates, (WASHINGTON) July 13, 2009 — U.S. wheat sales to Colombia would likely drop by more than 50 percent if Congress fails to soon ratify the U.S.-Columbia free trade agreement (FTA), say Colombian wheat buyers […]