By Oregon Department of Agriculture,    The typical American consumer now is almost as likely to spend just as many dollars on food away from home as on food prepared at home. Recent statistics show a continuing trend towards dining out as the fast pace lifestyle of today shows no […]

PRESS RELEASE: Oregon Department of Human Services, Date: June 9, 2008 A multi-state salmonellosis outbreak involving contaminated tomatoes has reached Oregon, resulting in three laboratory-confirmed cases of the illness. Tests to confirm two additional cases are pending. Two of the cases are in Umatilla and Union Counties. The third, a […]

From ORFI News June 2008, Oregon Forest Research Institute A group of AmeriCorps volunteers has shown that, in getting an education, they also can give an education at the Rediscovery Forest. Eleven young men and women from around the country spent eight weeks at The Oregon Garden near Silverton as […]

From Oregon Farm Bureau News The Summer Ag Institute is looking for a few good K-12 teachers to participate in a week-long, three-credit, graduate-level class to introduce them to the agriculture industry, and how to incorporate ag into their classrooms. Session 1 is June 22-27 in Corvallis, and Session 2 […]

From The Cultivator,  Oregon Women for Agriculture. Virginia Kutsch is so deserving of AAW’s LEAVEN award. She was born to a farm family in Iowa. Virginia moved to Oregon as a small child in the early 30’s and settled in Shedd. She grew up working in agriculture and worked for […]

By Water for Life, The Oregon Groundwater Act was adopted in 1955 for the purpose of establishing a uniform system of administering groundwater rights in the State of Oregon. Modeled upon the 1909 Water Rights Act, which applied only to surface water, the Groundwater Act recognized water rights established prior […]

By Sean M. Smith, Vice President Starfire Lumber Co. Democrat presidential hopeful and, come very lately, self-anointed champion of rural values Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to spend an unusual amount of time in Oregon in the lead-up to our May primary. For the first time in memory, Oregon is a […]

By Oregonian In Action Education Center Many thanks to the 523 OIA supporters who participated in the OIA Education Center’s Land Use Forum this year. It was a great event. Attendees had the opportunity to hear first-hand from Richard Whitman, the new DLCD Director who administers Measure 49 claims, and […]

Background With the beef industry changing so rapidly, identifying and educating leaders to help guide and strengthen the industry has never been so important. Because Oregon Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) represents the Oregon’s beef cattle industry, it is our responsibility to see that leadership development is successful. That is why we […]

STAFF Chris Rauch, Vice Chair Lexington, OR By Earl Pryor Certainly everyone is amazed by the continued value escalation of the remaining world wheat stocks. The current price level has not yet had an appreciable rationing impact on international demand, in part domestically, because of the declining value of our […]