Bill Curbs Water For Livestock
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
Cows, chickens, and other livestock on large farms in Oregon will no longer have an unlimited supply of water to slake their thirst, thanks to drought conditions and a new state law curtailing a livestock watering exemptions for confined animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, according to the Oregon Capital Chronicle.
Bill To Help Fight Water Violations
By Oregon Family Farm Association
A court injunction may force people to stop hoarding or misusing water, thanks to passage of House Bill 2929, which gives the Oregon Water Resources Department the right to seek help from the court to stop water violators before irreparable harm is caused, according to Jefferson Public Radio.
63% Of Farms Made Less Than $10,000
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
More than 63 percent of Oregon’s 37,000 farms earned less than $10,000 in 2020, forcing operators of small farms to work other jobs and seek creative ideas for adding products to sell and tapping into markets for them, according to an article on Axios.
Well-Known Ranch Needs Caretaker
By Oregon Family Farm Association
The Bureau of Land Management is looking for a caretaker willing to spend three weeks in August at Riddle Ranch in the Southeast Oregon mountains.
Oregon Competes For Maple Syrup Market
By Oregon Family Farm Association
Move over, Maine: Oregon is competing for the maple syrup market. The state’s forestry community, which has traditionally relied on growing, logging, and selling Douglas fir trees, is using new technology—reverse osmosis pumps—to remove water from the sap produced in bigleaf maples to make and market maple syrup, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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.
