By Oregon Farm Bureau Oregon Farm Bureau is dismayed by the Governor’s decision to release a last-minute Executive Order extending the rules for employer-provided agricultural housing and shocked that the Governor would add criminal penalties to the enforcement of these rules. Adoption of the original temporary COVID-19 rules for agriculture […]

OFS Grassroots Summit By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, With community papers reeling from economic hardship and hurting for print ready content, there is no better time to put fingers to keyboard and seize this great opportunity to advance conversations about natural resources. OFS is excited to present a workshop […]

By Cyndie Shearing American Farm Bureau Federation, Incorporating agritourism into a farm or ranch offers numerous benefits, but it’s best to start this new aspect of your business gradually. That’s according to a trio of young farmers and ranchers who recently addressed grassroots Farm Bureau members about their real-world experiences […]

Congressman Greg Walden, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) penned an op-ed in The Washington Examiner in response to the deadly fires in Oregon and the need for modernizing forest management policies. So far this year, fires have burned over one million acres in Oregon. Over the weekend, Walden brought Federal […]

By California Farm Bureau, There’s been a lot going on, what with harvest continuing amid the pandemic, the terrible wildfires and an active election season, so you may not have noticed a couple actions taken by Gov. Gavin Newsom that could have wide-ranging and long-lasting impacts on rural California. Most […]

By American Farm Bureau, As of October 14, less than three weeks before Election Day, voters have cast over 14.2 million ballots nationwide. This equates to 9.6% of all votes cast in the 2016 election. Ten states have already surpassed 20% of their 2016 turnout, including the critical swing states […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Willamette Valley vintners who suffered smoke damage to their grape crops in years past face more serious threats this year—the destruction of their crops by wildfires. Dry weather and wind fueled wildfires throughout Oregon, Washington and California this fall, including the 875-acre Chehalem Mountain-Bald Peak […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Last week, we received news that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made revisions to the Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ), which is a component of the Worker Protection Standard. The AEZ applies specifically to an agricultural operation; it is the exclusion zone around a […]

By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) welcomed the introduction of bipartisan legislation to improve the marketing environment for cattle producers. Introduced by Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD.) and bipartisan cosponsors, the Price Reform in Cattle Economics (PRICE) Act addresses several areas of critical importance for cattle […]

Josh Lehner, Oregon office of Economic Analysis When the fires were raging and the state was blanketed in smoke, our office wrote about some of the implications and impacts associated with wildfires. We fleshed out the discussion in our forecast document (see PDF pg 11) and during our forecast release […]