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A raw nerve

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Gosia Wozniacka in The Sunday Oregonian: They are angry. Angry at their government. Angry with the news media. Mostly, angry at illegal immigrants and the problems they believe are caused by people who live in Oregon without proper documentation. Some are even angry at what they perceive to be too-high levels of legal immigration. Their […]

Headed to the governor

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Senate Bill 570 (HTML|PDF) received final approval from the Legislature today and is headed for Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s desk. The bill would address metal thefts by requiring scrap dealers to keep more thorough records, produce them when demanded by law enforcement, and pay sellers by check mailed to their street address, rather than cash.

Legal language

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The new version of House Bill 2904 that deals with threatened hoop house taxation is now posted on the Web (HTML|PDF). It’s a multipurpose bill dealing with exclusive farm use designations and other matters; the pertinent language for hoop house owners specifically is contained way down at the bottom: A real property building, structure or […]

Ain’t life tweet

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Surely the sharp-eyed among you already have noticed, but it is now possible for you to get updates from Digger magazine on your cell phone, TweetDeck or Web browser! (Wait a minute. You can already get our updates on your Web browser. Well, now you can get them a different way!) How? Easy, you just […]

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Hoop house relief

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A whole lot of nurseries may soon be breathing a sigh of relief. Earlier this week we talked about the possibility that hoop houses – the unheated, frame-and-plastic enclosures growers use to protect plants and ready them for market – could be assessed on property tax statements as if they were permanent structures. It’s a change […]

Knocked for a hoop

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This spring, the Oregon Department of Revenue (ODR) proposed a rule change that would tax hoop houses as if they were permanent structures – a move that could greatly add to the tax bills of growers who own dozens if not hundreds of the poly-film enclosures. OAN Director of Government Relations Jeff Stone testified before […]

What’s new at the Farwest Show this year

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This year’s Farwest Show, set for Aug. 20-22 in Portland, has several new features designed to keep attendees on the cutting edge of nursery industry knowledge. Among them: Manager’s Circle workshops for owners and top managers; Networking events for young professionals and for women in horticulture; and The new Interactive Learning Center, presented in cooperation […]