The Oregon Department of Agriculture is making preparations to award approximately $1 million in federal grants to selected projects that benefit the state’s specialty crop industry. ODA is asking for input from producers this month at various locations around the state on opportunities and challenges facing the specialty crop industry […]

Statement by Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Regarding President Obama’s Biofuel Directive and EPA Proposed Rulemaking WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 2009 – “The American Farm Bureau Federation commends President Obama for his directive today to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to increase investment in the production of renewable fuels. […]

Legislative Report for the Week of May 4 – 8, 2009 Oregonians For Food and Shelter WEEK 17 – During the week, bills started moving more rapidly, especially those being heard by committees in the second chamber.   Bills sent to the House floor for an “up or down” vote continued […]

Oregon Invasive Weed Awareness Week highlights efforts By Oregon Department of Agriculture, It takes a TEAM effort to successfully battle invasive noxious weeds in Oregon. TEAM- Together Everyone Achieves More- is the acronym being used as the theme for this year’s Oregon Invasive Weed Awareness Week, May 17-23 as proclaimed […]

NR Report, Add timber tax revenue to the list of revenue streams drying up for local, county and state government.  A bad economy coupled with the burst of the housing bubble has spelled disaster for a once stable source of income for government.  With lumber production projected to be down […]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: CLACKAMAS, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a public presentation entitled, “Living with Oregon’s Black Bears” on Tuesday, May 19 in Sandy. The presentation will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. in the conference room at Mount Hood National Forest […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau Field Burning Ban (SB 528): SB 528, which reduces the number of acres able to burn in the Willamette Valley to 20,000 in 2009 and eliminates the management tool in 2010, will have a public hearing on Wednesday. It allows some burning of steep terrain and […]

Oregon State University: CORVALLIS, Ore. – Sonny Ramaswamy, an agricultural leader from Purdue University, has been named dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University. He also will direct the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, which is based at OSU.Ramaswamy succeeds long-time OSU dean Thayne Dutson, who retired […]

By Dave Hunnicutt Oregonians In Action, Press Release The United States Senate is considering adoption of S 787, also known as the Clean Water Restoration Act, an innocent sounding name for a bill that would have significant impacts on all private property owners across the United States. If approved, S […]