Opponents of such developments scored one recent legal victory, with the Oregon Court of Appeals ruling against the Grange ...

SALEM — Oregon farm organizations are leery of a bill that would buttress the state government’s authority to require irrigators to measure and report water use. State regulators have been ...

SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — A contentious battle is unfolding in Oregon over House Bill 2548, which opponents argue could jeopardize family farms. The bill, aimed at strengthening labor protections for ...

The bill is supported by the Oregon Farm Bureau. Its data shows Oregon had the fourth-largest increase among all U.S. states in foreign-held agricultural acreage in 2023, growing by 166,032 acres.

“The bill we have in front of us is not a tailored tool,” said Jenny Dresler, lobbyist for the Oregon Farm Bureau. “Why is this bill not tailored to cannabis?” The bill’s language would ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Some Oregon farmworkers are earning higher hourly wages but taking home less money annually than they did before the state’s agricultural overtime law passed in 2022 ...

It’s likely the result of farms reducing some employees’ hours to avoid paying overtime, according to Tim Delbridge and Jeff Reimer, the Oregon State economists who conducted the analysis and ...

Parkdale, Oregon. Arya Surowidjojo / OPB Each fall, visitors flock to the large ... The Kiyokawa family in front of the farm stand in 2006. Back: Randy. Middle (L-R): Becky, Margie and Connie.

An Oregon bill would ban Chinese investors from buying or leasing agricultural land. (This story was updated with new information.) Chinese investors would not be able to buy or lease agricultural ...