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March 20, 2019 - Alpenrose family feud puts hundreds of farmers at risk

By Oregon Family Farm Association, A family dispute that has landed in the courts threatens to close the Alpenrose Dairy, creating angst among fans who have flocked for decades to the century-old family-friendly landmark in southwest Portland.   Closing Alpenrose would have an earthquake impact on Oregon farmers as the dairy […]


March 18, 2019 - Ag update: Bills impacting Farming, forestry

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, To date, over 2600 bills have been introduced. The pace at the Capitol is picking up as Committees try to work bills before the April 9th Work Session Deadline. Tuesday of last week, the House Energy & Environment Committee held a hearing on HB […]


March 15, 2019 - Gray Wolf rebound = Conservation Success Story

By National Cattlemen Beef Association, Livestock Producers Praise Recovery of Gray Wolf as “Conservation Success Story” Jennifer Houston, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and Bob Skinner, president of the Public Lands Council, released a joint statement in response to the Department of Interior’s announcement that it will publish […]


March 13, 2019 - Trump signs Walden’s wildfire bill

Congressman Greg Walden, President Trump signed into law legislation introduced by Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) to protect a central Oregon community from wildfire. Walden’s Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act (H.R. 524) will allow for needed management of the fire fuels that surround Crooked River Ranch in Jefferson and […]


March 11, 2019 - HB 2656 locks up a million acres

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Probably the most threatening bill to Oregon’s managed forests, HB 2656 will have a hearing in House Energy & Environment Committee on Tuesday, March 12th at 1:00 PM. HB 2656 bans harvest, road building, and the use of pesticides and fertilizers in forestland that […]


March 8, 2019 - 50 Ag groups push estate tax repeal

By American Farm Bureau Federation Repeal is the most effective way to protect family-run businesses from the estate tax, the American Farm Bureau Federation and more than 50 other organizations wrote in a letter to Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Reps. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) and Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), who introduced […]


March 6, 2019 - Justice for the Hammond family

By Oregon Farm Bureau, “On Feb. 14, 2014, the Bureau of Land Management revoked the grazing permit of Hammond Ranches. Almost five years to the day later, on Feb. 13, 2019, BLM signed documents that reissued the permit, allowing the Hammond family to get back to the business of raising […]


March 4, 2019 - Inflatable dancers to ward wolves

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Like farmers use scarecrows to protect seeds and crops from birds, a Jackson County rancher is employing an inflatable dancing tube man to keep gray wolves from killing his livestock. Ted Birdseye set up a lime-green inflatable dancer, such as those seen in used-car lots, […]


March 1, 2019 - Rancher launch ‘Fake-Meat Facts’ campaign

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association launched a new campaign highlighting critical questions about the production of lab-grown fake meat. The Fake Meat Facts campaign will shine a spotlight on the many unknowns that the federal government must clarify before finalizing the regulatory framework for these emerging […]


February 27, 2019 - Senator debuts four wildfire fix bills

By Oregon Family Farm Association An Oregon state senator introduced four bills in the state Legislature to help people fighting fires on farmland after a wildfire in July burned 80,000 acres in Sherman and Wasco counties. Sen. Bill Hansell, a Republican from Athena in the 29th District, credited local farmers […]