By Christine Souza California Farm Bureau, As the partial shutdown of the federal government entered its third week, agencies serving farmers and ranchers reduced services as the new 116th Congress took office. The stalemate among lawmakers and the administration left agricultural advocates wondering about Washington’s ability to find common ground […]

U.S. Department of Agriculture Release, The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the 2017 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The Summary shows more than 99 percent of the samples tested had pesticide residues well below benchmark levels established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Each year, USDA and EPA […]

By Bill Goloski Oregon Association of Nurseries U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dramatically increased its number of worksite investigations in 2018 as compared to 2017, according to an agency press release. ICE is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specific numbers […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, With a degree in engineering and a farm background, the idea of starting a vertical farm had a strong appeal for Daniel Christensen. Making money on the concept, however, proved difficult. And, by the start of 2017, after a nearly two-year run, Christensen had shuttered […]

American Farm Bureau Federation The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging the Department of Labor to continue allowing farmers to satisfy their legal obligations under the H-2A guest worker program by recruiting U.S. workers through print advertisements. Currently, a farmer who wants to hire employees through the federal government’s H-2A […]

By California Farm Bureau, As the U.S. Department of Agriculture begins making payments on the second round of trade-aid funding to farmers hurt by ongoing trade disputes, California agricultural exporters and marketers assess the impact retaliatory tariffs have had on key foreign markets. China, Canada, Mexico and other nations placed […]

By Natural Resource News Note, Farm Bill a big help for Oregon hemp Horse can’t sue owner for $100,000 Inside hunt details on the cougar that killed woman

National Association of Wheat Growers, USDA Launches Second Round of Trade Mitigation Payments; NAWG’s Response President Trump announced the Administration would be fulfilling the second half of assistance through the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) to help farmers impacted by the trade war between the United States and China. USDA Secretary […]

By Oregon for Food and Shelter, As we look toward the 2019 Legislative Session, there are a couple of things we pay close attention to in December and early January. The first is the release of pre-filed bills which should be available online in the next couple of weeks, and […]