Wildfire Smoke Cause 29% Grape Harvest Drop
By Oregon Family Farm Association
Oregon vintners in 2020 harvested its smallest crop of grapes in seven years and saw production and sales drop accordingly.
150 Year Old Farm Swept Into Water Rights Battle
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
His family has farmed in Clark County for 150 years, but now that livelihood is threatened after the Washington State Department of Ecology denied Bill Zimmerman’s application for farm water rights.
Family Farmers To Be Hit With New 17% Oregon TAX
By Oregon Family Farm Association
It is outrageous that the only tax increase the Oregon Legislature may pass in the 2021 Session is a tax on the smallest family-owned businesses like family farms.
Still Farming: Kevin Schurter of Willamette Valley Quinoa
Quinoa (pronounced: keen-waa) is an annual plant grown as a crop mainly for its edible seeds. The plant originally was used to feed cattle and then more recently it was used for human consumption in Peru and Bolivia over the last 3 to 4 thousand years.
48 neglected horses found at farm
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
An elderly woman who owns a horse farm near Carlton faces a felony animal neglect charge after the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office discovered 48 horses that were not given enough food or water.
Investigators probed the condition of the horses following a report that water Sliver Oaks Saddlebred farm had been turned off for failure to pay the bill. Owner Susan Swango, 82, faces one count of second-degree animal neglect, a felony because of the number of animals involved, according to the Associated Press.
Still Farming: Schreiners Iris Gardens in Brooks, Oregon
Oregon is home to many World-class agricultural products including Irises grown by Schreiners Iris Gardens in Brooks, Oregon since 1925!
Hammond’s grazing permit restored
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
Ranchers whose battle with the federal government over grazing rights received a parting gift from the Trump administration.
Still Farming: Wheat farmers Dale and Logan Padget
Still Farming in Grass Valley, Oregon! Wheat farmers Dale and Logan Padget and others across the state have endured much this year including the threat of wildfires, the pandemic, and lack of rain. And despite the difficulties, they got their crops harvested, in order that the rest of us have food on the table.
Wine owner helps smoke damaged vineyards
By Oregon Family Farm Association
As California and Oregon wildfires spewed billows of gray smoke and ash into the air, grape growers likely worried that once again they’d find no home for their tainted crop. But they didn’t count on Laurent Montalieu of NW Wine Co.
Ruling blocks barn remodeling
By Oregon Family Farm Association,
A landowner in Clackamas County who wants to renovate his barn into a venue for weddings, banquets, and dances has stretched the definition of a home-based business, according to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals.
It sided with 1000 Friends of Oregon in determining that Mark Herkamp has exceeded his county-issued conditional use permit in remodeling the barn on his 12.5 acres in an area south of Oregon City designated for “exclusive farm use,” according to the Capital Press.
