regulations

This fall, voters in Oregon will select a new Governor.   Betsy Johnson, a Central Oregon native, and longtime state lawmaker, said she’s an aggressive advocate for the farming community across the state.  She says currently overregulation is one of the most pressing issues Oregon farmers are facing at the state level.   “Kate Brown...

The 2023 Farm bill, taxes, regulations, and supply chain issues top American Farm Bureau’s list of 2022 priorities. While the Farm Bill may get most of the attention as the New Year starts, the AFBF’s Sam Kieffer said Farm Bureau has other priorities as well. "Ma ...

President Trump addressed the AFBF Convention last week in Nashville.  During his 40 minute speech he said his administration will focus on rebuilding the nation’s crumbling rural infrastructure.   “We’ve already slashed harmful restrictions, that delayed critical infrastructure projects for decades and decades.  And we are proposing infr...

Help, not hinder producers was the message of Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue when he spoke at the Montana Farm Summit.   “We are, right now, at the USDA cataloguing and categorizing all the regulations that are impediments to your productive capacity. And we’re...

The USDA announced an expansion of rules for organic pork producers which includes changes in how producers must treat livestock and poultry producers, specifying which physical alterations are allowed and how much space must be available indoors and outdoors...