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USDA Announces Assistance For Timber Businesses Impacted By Pandemic
USDA Announces Assistance For Timber Businesses Impacted By Pandemic
USDA Announces Assistance For Timber Businesses Impacted By Pandemic
On Tuesday, the USDA announced it is providing up to $200 million to provide relief to timber businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Department, harvesting and timber hauling businesses that have experienced losses due to COVID-19 are eligible for the Pandemic Assistance for Producers Initiative ...
NWFCS: Profitability Expected For Timber, Sugar Beet Sectors
NWFCS: Profitability Expected For Timber, Sugar Beet Sectors
NWFCS: Profitability Expected For Timber, Sugar Beet Sectors
Today we start our seven part series taking a look at Northwest Farm Credit Services’ Quarterly Commodity Snapshots. And we start with forestry products and sugar beets. NWFCS Vice President Bill Perry said their 12 month outlook for the forest products industry expects profitable timberland operations and very profitable processing operations. “ ...
Environmental Groups Sue To Have Pesticide Issue, Others On The Ballot
Environmental Groups Sue To Have Pesticide Issue, Others On The Ballot
Environmental Groups Sue To Have Pesticide Issue, Others On The Ballot
Backers of rejected ballot measures proposed by environmentalists have filed a lawsuit, saying Oregon Secretary of State Bev Clarno broke with legal precedent and based her rejection on bad advice.  The lawsuit filed Monday in Marion County Circuit Court, asked a judge to overturn the rejection and award attorneys’ fees.   T...
Americans Are Tired Of Being Scared
Americans Are Tired Of Being Scared
Americans Are Tired Of Being Scared
The intersection of where farming and politics intersect may have been best displayed in the most recent presidential election.  Bruce Vincent is a farmer, logger, rancher and advocate from Libby, MT.  He said starting in 2008, the national economy has struggled, and while it hurt main street America hard, he adds it was the rural areas that suffered the most, not just now, but over the past coupl