Oregon Farm Bureau

A dozen farms across Oregon will be honored at the state Fair in Salem for maintain the family farm for more than 100 years. Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program coordinator, Andrea Kuenzi, said the work to highlights the different commodities that can be raised and produced in Oregon ...

With harvest in full effect for many commodities across the Pacific Northwest, the Oregon Farm Bureau is asking drivers to keep their eyes peeled as farmers and to share the roadway. Oregon Farm Bureau’s Anne Marie Moss, said drivers should proceed with caution, courtesy and patience when behind slow moving, large equipment. "People ...

Oregon's Bounty Farm Stand Guide, created by the state Farm Bureau, is now available. OFB said the guide was established to serve as a tool for consumers to find local family farms and ranches that sell food and foliage directly to the public. The OFB’ ...

House Bill 2358, legislation mandating agricultural employers in Oregon pay overtime wages, once workers pass 40 hours a week, is scheduled to get another public hear Monday afternoon in the House Committee on Business and Labor. Elin Miller Co-chair of the Oregon Wine Council says the proposal would put a huge financial burden on growers and producers across the state, as well as hurt employees

The umbrella of Oregon Ag is diverse and far reaching, which is one of the industry’s many strengths according to Oregon Farm Bureau’s Anne Marie Moss. Moss has served as the organization’s communication director since 2004, and in that time she says she’s learned many truths about the Oregon farmer. First, diversity in s ...

The Oregon Farm Bureau is asking the Ag community to vocalize their support of House Bill 2334, which is scheduled to have a hearing Thursday. Samantha Bayer, Policy Council with the Oregon Farm Bureau, said HB 2334 focuses on reinforcing the original goal of the Small Business Impacts and Analysis, originally passed in 2005 ...

On Friday, a senior adviser in the U.S. Department of Interior rescinded a January Trump administration decision to grant grazing allotments to Hammond Ranches in the Burns, OR area. Steven Hammond and his father Dwight were both convicted of arson for setting fire to rangeland that eventually spilled on to federal property ...

Jon Iverson was recently elected chair of the American Farm Bureau Federation's National Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee. The Woodburn-area farmer says he's excited to have the opportunity to represent Oregon and all of the west. "YF&R has been really important to me just because it gives an opportunity to grow young members, give them leadership training and skills, get them more

The Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program is now accepting applications for their 2021 century and sesquicentennial awards. To qualify, the original property has to have been in the same family for 100 or 150 years. Program Coordinator Andrea Kuenzi said the award began back in 1958 to honor Oregon's Ag industry and to start documenting the state's multi-generational farms. S ...

On Monday, the Oregon Farm Bureau filed a formal petition to Oregon-OSHA on behalf of farm housing providers. The petition said the Ag industry seeks common-sense solutions to farm labor housing protections during COVID-19. Samantha Bayer, OFB Policy Counsel, said this is not the first time the farming community tried to work with the state to keep employees safe during the pandemic ... Read Mor