By Kevin Hecteman California Farm Bureau, — LandIQ uses weather stations such as this one (left) to double-check evapotranspiration data collected from publicly available satellite observations. Photo/Courtesy of LandIQ As California weathers another drought, tools that can help farmers and ranchers maximize the water they do get are being sharpened. […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Exports of agriculture from Oregon farms increased 25 percent during the past six years, according to an Oregon State University economic analysis report. The new report showed the number of small farms in Oregon increased significantly since 2015, partly because of more hemp growers entering […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation, A coalition of more than 80 agricultural groups filed formal objections this week regarding EPA’s rule to revoke all tolerances of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. Micheal Clements shares what the rule means for agriculture. Clements: A large coalition of agriculture groups wrote to the Environmental Protection […]

Seneca acquired by California forest products company By Oregon Small Business Association, A California forest products company has acquired Seneca, a Eugene-based company that had owned more than 130,000 acres of land in Douglas County and employed about a dozen people here. Sierra Pacific Industries announced last that it had […]

  By Christine Souza California Farm Bureau, The struggle over management of water supplied through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta continues as the Biden administration seeks a reversal of rules put in place by agencies under the Trump administration. Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation sent a letter to federal […]

By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) criticized the Biden administration’s unilateral decision to put sweeping federal designations on millions of acres surrounding the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. After months of rhetoric touting their […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Although record-breaking September rainfall has curbed much of the danger from wildfires, the moisture proved too little for dry drought-damaged communities in eastern and southern Oregon, according to the Oregonian/Oregon Live. The 2021 wildfire season has ended in five of the Oregon Department of Forestry’s […]

Assessing Western Drought Conditions: Round 2 By Oregon Farm Bureau, This survey has been designed by the American Farm Bureau Federation to gather state and member level data regarding the persistent drought conditions across the west. This is the second iteration of this survey. You can take the survey here.

BY National Cattlemen Beef’s Association, The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an additional $100 million investment into the food supply chain infrastructure. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) supports this step to prioritize the expansion of beef processing capacity and dedicate further resources to build a more resilient cattle […]

Robert Clark, Retired government economist Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation The fall out from Oregon House Bill 2165, enacted in 2021 House Bill 2165 recently signed into law requires the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) to allow PGE to recover its costs of adding electric vehicle charging stations, including those […]