The Oregon Department of Agriculture plans to lift temporary restrictions on the use of the insecticide dinotefuran, effective Dec. 24. These rules will be replaced with new, Oregon-specific label restrictions. The decision was announced on Thursday (Nov. 21) at a meeting of the House Interim Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. At that meeting, OAN […]
Obama open to piecemeal immigration reform
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday he would go along if Congress divides immigration reform into separate bills, as long as all the components of comprehensive reform are accomplished. “If they want to chop that thing up into five pieces, as long as all five pieces get done, I don’t care what it looks like, as […]
Top pro-reform House Republican sees window closing
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U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) favors comprehensive immigration reform, but he told Washington Post columnist Greg Sargent yesterday he doubts anything will happen in 2013. Further, he said the window is closing for action in 2014, due to the upcoming elections. Something would have to happen by February or March, or nothing will happen at […]
OAN thanks six ‘Friends of Nurseries’
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The Oregon Association of Nurseries issued this press release today: The Oregon Association of Nurseries will recognize six Oregon elected officials as “Friends of Nurseries” at its 2013 Convention, to be held Friday at The Oregon Garden resort in Silverton, Ore. The six include three Republicans and three Democrats. They are Gov. John Kitzhaber (D), […]
November Digger arrives in mailboxes
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The November issue of Digger has been mailed to subscribers, and the cover story this month is on exotic edibles (PDF). Nursery growers are enriching the culinary landscape by cultivating fruit-bearing plants ranging from hardy kiwi vines to sea berry bushes, as well as various tubers of South American origin. Other articles in this issue […]
State drafting rules for industrial hemp production
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Officials with the Oregon Department of Agriculture are drafting rules that could allow for the industrial production of hemp by next spring, according to a reportin the Oregonian newspaper (Portland, Ore.). Although industrial hemp comes from a non-intoxicating relative of the marijuana plant, the state has been hesitant to enact a 2009 law permitting production […]
Business promises immigration reform push on Oct. 28
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With the federal debt ceiling issue settled temporarily, backers of comprehensive immigration reform are renewing their push to pass legislation this year. According to an article in USA Today, pro-reform conservatives will go to Washington, D.C. on Oct. 28 to make their voices heard. These include some nursery growers. According to Craig Regelbrugge, some of […]
Driver’s card goes on November 2014 ballot
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Opponents of the Oregon driver’s card bill have secured enough signatures to force a voter referendum on the November 2014 ballot. Passed during the 2013 session, the bill directs creation of a four-year Oregon driver’s card (as opposed to the regular, eight-year license) for those who can’t prove legal presence in the United States. It […]
President mentions Farm Bill and immigration reform as priorities
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With the two-and-a-half-week government shutdown ending last night, and government employees reporting back to work this morning, what’s next? According to President Obama, stalled efforts to pass a new Farm Bill and comprehensive immigration reform should be two of the main priorities when Democrats and Republicans sit down in the coming weeks to hash out […]
Rep. Schrader appointed to Farm Bill conference committee
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Congress apparently has reached an agreement to fund the federal government and raise its self-imposed debt limit, and President Obama has indicated he will sign it. This will lift a 16-day government shutdown as well as the threat of a government credit default. But that’s not the only logjam that’s being cleared in our nation’s […]
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