Everyone knows, from Aesop and Horace, the story of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, although they fail to tell us that all food comes from the country (the farm).
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Most people in the Pacific Northwest don’t think a lot about the rivers flowing through the hearts of our communities and states and all they provide us, but farmers certainly do.
Every day we get the latest on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. How many people tested positive, and how many have died. The number rolls higher and higher every day as our political leaders…
“Pass the mashed potatoes, please.” When that heaping dish of fluffy goodness comes your way, you might think to thank the person passing it to you, or the person who prepared them. However, r…
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed an executive order directing state agencies to reduce Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions through more stringent standards for fuels, new buildings and consumer…
The problem for agriculture will likely be centered not on growing the food but getting it to market.
Recent opinions have attempted to discredit active forest management as part of a political campaign to prohibit fuel reduction projects on 500,000 acres of national forests. Yet there is a br…
It is despicable that the coronavirus outbreak is being weaponized and politicized against President Trump. Trump responded quickly to stop people from China and other countries from coming in…
The 2020 session of the Oregon Legislature ended without the passage of a controversial cap-and-trade scheme, or much of anything else.
There was a time not too long ago when anyone who talked about growing wine grapes in Oregon or Washington state would be greeted with a cocked head. Wine grapes had been produced in the Pacif…
In the coming days your household will receive an invitation to participate in the 2020 census. It’s part of a constitutional mandate for the federal government to count every man, woman and c…
Why is our governor so bent on destroying the economy of the rural part of Oregon?
As today’s politics swirls, and a big city New York candidate shows he neither knows nor respects farmers, as Oregon’s Left forgets or never learned the need for farms and basic extractive ind…
On behalf of the Northwest wheat producing states, we strongly support the findings in the Columbia River System Operations Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), specifically the Preferr…
There’s something inspiring about bringing together nearly 1,000 enthusiastic current and aspiring farmers.
We’ve said it would be a bad idea to breech the dams on the Lower Snake River. A report commissioned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration and Bureau of Reclamat…
Earlier this year, I traveled to Austin and spoke at the Texas Global Food Security Summit held on the sidelines of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention. The meeting brought…
Because my family didn’t have television on the farm, for most of my growing up years, it was a special treat to watch TV when I would stay with my grandparents in Walla Walla during the summe…
There is a fierce battle of ideas and political willpower being waged at Oregon’s Capitol.
Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg is finding out that things you said in the years prior to the campaign can come back to haunt you.
It’s not sexy, and it usually doesn’t make a lot of headlines, but a well-run government is a beautiful thing.
As a new state Farm Bureau president, I’ve been asked about my personal connection to farming hundreds of times by Farm Bureau members from all over the country.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown last week threw her weight behind the effort to remove the dams on the lower Snake River.
Fads come and go. Just ask the makers of Rubik’s Cubes, Pet Rocks and Beanie Babies.
To say the political divide in Salem is deep and wide would be the understatement of the new decade. Democrat leaders in Oregon share a common worldview with Sen. Bernie Sanders and his fellow…
The Letter to the Editor from Don Young dated Jan. 27 highlights the need for better understanding of ongoing efforts by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the counties …
I started out picking strawberries for our neighbors at 6 years old, and graduated to picking black caps at 10. From then, I moved to hauling hay and working on a dairy.
Any measure that so radically impacts the economy of the state should be put to a vote.
Grower beware. That, in essence, was the warning attorney Veronica Darling issued during her presentation on processor contracts during the recent Hemp and CBD Connex Conference in Portland.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is conducting an experiment that threatens not only domestic animals and livestock, but may increase risk to rural residents. Because no ethic…
A father stands by, anxiously watching as his son fights for his life in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. What had begun as a small infected burn on his son’s elbow from working on his truc…
Environmental groups are howling that the Trump administration’s recently released rules governing Waters of the U.S. will drain precious wetlands and are woefully inadequate to protect water safety.
As my dad climbs into the tractor this spring, he’ll plug in his iPad, open an app and start planting. As the tractor rolls across the field, the screen on the iPad turns green with it.
We've been bombarded by a constant litany about all the corruption in Ukraine by the oligarchy. I was curious about the definition of this type of government. The dictionary shows this to be a…
It’s no secret that my Democratic colleagues in the State Senate want to pass a cap-and-trade bill this year (SB 1530). They tried last year with HB 2020, but were unsuccessful. They’ve been w…
Access to the internet is critical for life in the 21st century, not something that is simply nice to have. To ensure our rural communities have quality health care, college-level math classes…
When the state uses its police powers against an individual or business, it is incumbent upon the state to prove its case.
We drove a Ferrari to work this morning, and parked it next to the Empire State Building.
We are conditioned, threatened and shamed to accept many falsities and fail to do the research. The most destructive issue facing us now is carbon control control.
You, the taxpayer, are paying the price, whether you live in the city or the country.
Since it was passed by the Oregon Legislature last year as part of its education reform package, we’ve been hearing producers and vendors express concerns over the state’s corporate activity tax.
Consumers want good food from people they trust. Exactly how that food is produced is lost on most people.
America’s farmers and ranchers are at the heart of our real economy. Yet for the past six years, U.S. agricultural production has faced turbulence. From natural disasters to low commodity pric…
Moderation in all things — a rule for life, for the marketplace and for the dairy farmer. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
It is in the interests of all of Oregon’s citizens — and the world’s population — to live in a stable climate regime. There are many policies and solutions to reduce the concentrations of atmo…
The economy is humming and most people who want a job have one. This is great news.
You’ve heard the names: kudzu, nutria, zebra mussels, cheatgrass, yellow star thistle, wild pigs, spotted wing drosophila. ... These plants, animals and insects are well known to many in agric…
The Oregon Senate’s Interim Committee on Environment and Natural Resources has unveiled the Legislature’s latest version of climate change legislation.
Farmers enjoy one of the highest levels of public trust of any group or potential source of information, ranging from scientists to government experts, and certainly more than leaders in the r…
I grew up on our land in the 1950s and 1960s riding horses and helping my grandfather with his cows that pastured here with never a cougar confrontation. This continued in the 1970s with my husband.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign phase one of a U.S.-China trade deal on Jan. 15 at the White House.
Those of us who build and maintain Idaho’s vital transportation network agree whole-heartedly with Gov. Brad Little who stated during his annual State of the State address on Monday, “One thin…
A recent University of Washington study about killer whales could offer another clue to the well-being of the southern resident killer whales that live in Puget Sound and the Salish Sea off th…
The start of a new decade holds a lot of promise for American farmers and ranchers. Much-anticipated progress in hemp regulation, sustainability, technology and a presidential election will be…
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