USDA Grant Helps Oregon Yak Farmer
By Oregon Family farm Association
A Southern Oregon rancher received a $235,000 grant to market and develop the products from her herd of 80 Tibetan yaks bred and raised on the 200-acre Firebird Farms near Ashland, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Farm To Fork Bill In Legislature
By Oregon Family Farm Association
A “farm to fork” bill introduced in the Oregon Legislature would create a demonstration project in Lane County where farmers could open restaurants to serve food grown on their land, according to KLCC, but opponents say such a bill would urbanize rural areas and increase both traffic and pollution.
Bill To Help Farmers In Stress
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
Farmers are two to three times more likely to kill themselves than the general public, according to a study by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which prompted calls to create a suicide helpline for people who work the land, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Roloff Farm Hit Hard By Storm
(photo: Matt Roloff Instagram)
By Oregon Family Farm Association
Audrey Roloff, the 31-year-old star from the Little People, Big World reality show, shared an Instagram clip from a windy day on her family’s $1.5 million Oregon farm highlighting deer frolicking amid trees on green grass, according to The Sun.
Storm Damage At Famous Farmhouse
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, heavy winds following a severe ice storm caused an enormous tree to topple and nearly strike one of Oregon’s most famous farmhouses.
Avian Flu Present In Most Counties
By Oregon Family Farm Association
A highly contagious avian flu has killed thousands upon thousands of migrating snow geese, bald eagles, hawks, owls, and other wild birds as well as domesticated chickens and ducks throughout Oregon in one of the deadliest outbreaks in years.
Actress Kristie Alley Had 353 Acres Of Oregon Farmland
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
When sitcom actress Kirstie Alley recently died of cancer at 71, Jackson County in Southern Oregon lost one its largest landowners as the former “Cheers” star owned more than 353 acres on the Upper Applegate Road, according to the Mail Tribune.
Oregon AG Exports UP 25%
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
Exports of agriculture from Oregon farms increased 25 percent during the past six years, according to an Oregon State University economic analysis report.
Record Rainfall Helps End Most Oregon Wildfires
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
Although record-breaking September rainfall has curbed much of the danger from wildfires, the moisture proved too little for dry drought-damaged communities in eastern and southern Oregon, according to the Oregonian/Oregon Live.
New Federal Rules Get Tighter On Local Hemp Farmers
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
Oregonians growing hemp in Oregon will find themselves operating under more stringent rules in 2022 as the state Hemp Programs comes under rules established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
