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Potato Vote Clears Oregon Senate
Potato Vote Clears Oregon Senate
Potato Vote Clears Oregon Senate
The potato is one step closer to becoming the state vegetable of Oregon.  State Senator Bill Hansell posed this question before this week's vote.   "Should the potato the Oregon vegetable be, or not to be, that is the question before us."   Hans...
Bill Looks To Provide Clean Drinking Water for Rural Americans
Bill Looks To Provide Clean Drinking Water for Rural Americans
Bill Looks To Provide Clean Drinking Water for Rural Americans
Earlier this week, senators Tammy Baldwin and Susan Collins introduced the bipartisan Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act, or The Healthy H2O Act.  Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat and Collins, a Maine Republican, say the bill will provide water testing and treatment technology grants directly to individuals and non-profits in rural communities.  Current...
FARM Act Reintroduced
FARM Act Reintroduced
FARM Act Reintroduced
Earlier this month, U.S. House lawmakers reintroduced the Future Agriculture Retention and Management Act, better known as the FARM Act.  Republican Representative, Wisconsin’s Tom Tiffany said the legislation would eliminate energy tax subsidies for solar panels and wind arrays on agricultural lands.   “This ...
Risch, Baldwin Roll Out DAIRY PRIDE Act
Risch, Baldwin Roll Out DAIRY PRIDE Act
Risch, Baldwin Roll Out DAIRY PRIDE Act
After last week’s proposed guidance by the FDA, allowing nut, oat, soy, and other non-dairy products to use the name "milk,” Idaho Senator Jim Risch and Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin formally introduced bipartisan legislation to combat the “unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products using dairy names”.  The Defending Against Imita...
Senators Urge USDA to Address Avian Flu Immediately
Senators Urge USDA to Address Avian Flu Immediately
Senators Urge USDA to Address Avian Flu Immediately
A group of Senators is urging the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to take swift action to address the ongoing avian influenza outbreak.  The lawmakers recently asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to quickly use funds provided by Congress in the Fiscal Year 2023 Agriculture Appropriations bill.   Led by...
Winter Wheat Plantings Up Across the NW, U.S.
Winter Wheat Plantings Up Across the NW, U.S.
Winter Wheat Plantings Up Across the NW, U.S.
According to NASS, winter wheat seedings across the Northwest are up slightly from last year.  Oregon farmers planted 790,000 acres of winter wheat for the 2023, an 8% increase from this time last year.  Idaho growers seeded 770,000 acres, unchanged from 2022, but 8% above the 2021 crop.  Washington’s wint...
Cranberries Numbers Look Solid With The Holidays Here
Cranberries Numbers Look Solid With The Holidays Here
Cranberries Numbers Look Solid With The Holidays Here
As you get ready for your holiday meal plans, you may be worried about supply chain difficulties, and higher prices.  One staple of this time of year that should not be a problem; cranberries.   "Cranberry production expected to be up this season looking at about a 5.2% increase," ...
Legislation to Protect and Expand Broadband Access
Legislation to Protect and Expand Broadband Access
Legislation to Protect and Expand Broadband Access
Senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced bipartisan legislation last week to protect and expand access to high-speed internet in rural communities and encourage rural broadband investment. The Access to Capital Creates Economic Strength and Supports Rural America Act would provide regulatory relief to rural telecommunications service providers by allowing them to submi

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