Oregon Department of Forestry: A public comment period on nine annual operations plans and revisions to three implementation plans for state-owned forests managed by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) begins March 30. Written comments on the 2009-10 annual plans and the longer term implementation plans, along with the accompanying […]

Weekend National AG News Foucs: American Farm Bureau Federation – When rating fuels on the basis of their carbon content, biofuels should not be singled out and artificially degraded for so-called “indirect effects,” according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.  In a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, AFBF President […]

Oregonians for Food and Shelter Legislative Report 3/20 ACTION on OFS BILLS OF INTEREST: SB 570 metal-theft: A Senate Judiciary hearing was held on March 16th with a room full of supporters.  SB 570 is the bill being used to strengthen current law regarding the theft and recycling of non-ferrous […]

By Rick Sohn, Umpqua Coquille LLC Shown below are the most recent prices for stud lumber and logs, housing starts and permits, and unsold home inventories.  Past prices are provided for comparison. What the numbers mean. The prices mills will pay for logs, continues a serious slide that started at […]

Oregon Wheat Growers League, Grain leaders from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho have voiced united opposition to President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2010 agriculture budget proposal.  The grain industry leaders have written an open letter to the President articulating their concerns.  The presidential budget seeks a graduated phase out of direct […]

By Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manger Associated Oregon Loggers State Timber Sale Suspension Offer: A devastating timber economy prompted OR Dept. of Forestry(ODF) to offer state timber sale purchasers the option to temporarily suspend, for up to 2 years, any active sale contract that meets certain criteria.  Qualified sales must […]

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The American Forest Foundation this week announced a three-year, $510,000 grant to Oregon State University to help address an issue of growing concern to many of America’s 10 million family forest owners: What happens to the forest under the next owners? One-third of today’s family forest owners […]

Pacific Fishery Management Council chooses options for 2009 salmon season: fisheries in north improve; Fisheries in south still limited Seattle, Wa. – The Pacific Fishery Management Council today adopted three public review options for the 2009 salmon season off the West Coast of the United States. The Council will select […]

FEDERAL WAY, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) today announced it will close its iLevel® lumber mills in Wright City, Okla., and Dallas, Ore., effective immediately. The announcement will affect approximately 307 employees. “Demand for wood products continues to decline due to a slowdown in the housing market,” said Tom Gideon, executive […]

Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Statement in SB 570 The crime of metal theft in Oregon is increasing exponentially as meth addicts and others looking for a quick buck are ripping off anything made of non-ferrous or semi-precious metal to sell to scrap dealers and recyclers.   The hearings on SB […]