Oregon Farm Bureau

09/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us Friday for the 2026 Oregon Farm Bureau Ag Open! It was a great day of golf, good company, a little friendly competition and most importantly, support for Oregon agriculture.

The Ag Open is more than a day on the course. Proceeds support the Oregon Farm Bureau PAC and our political advocacy efforts to elect and support leaders who understand agriculture and will stand up for Oregon’s farmers and ranchers. We’re incredibly grateful to the businesses, organizations, County Farm Bureaus, and friends who help us strengthen agriculture’s voice in Salem.

A huge thank you to OGA Golf Course for once again being an outstanding host and partner!

Presenting Sponsor: Multnomah County Farm Bureau
Breakfast Sponsor: Wilco
Reception Sponsor: Tillamook
Golf Cart Sponsor: Dunn Carney

And thank you to our many partners and sponsors:
Miller Hazelnut Farms • Threemile Canyon Farms • K&E Excavating • Oregon Water Resources Congress • Boshart Trucking • Weyerhaeuser • Farm on Golden Hill • Northeast Oregon Water Users • NW Transplants • Kuenzi Electric • Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association • OFB's Young Farmers & Ranchers • SEDCOR • Cigar Association of America • A to Z Wineworks, Erath, Rex Hill

Raffle Partners: Life Flight • Aspen Lakes Golf Course • Running Y Golf Course

County Farm Bureau Partners: Multnomah • Clatsop • Linn • Deschutes • Yamhill • Clackamas

To everyone who sponsored, golfed, donated, volunteered, or joined us along the way — thank you for investing in a stronger political voice for Oregon agriculture.

We’ll see you back on the course in 2027! ⛳️

08/22/2026

Oregon Farm Bureau is deeply disappointed by the Administration’s decision to bring additional subsidized, tariff-free foreign beef into the United States. At a time when Oregon ranchers are being asked to rebuild a historically tight cattle supply, undercutting them for short-term relief at the grocery store sends exactly the wrong signal.

Ranchers are already facing high feed, fuel, labor and replacement costs, along with drought, wildfire and significant regulatory pressures. Many producers are selling cattle today to recover from years when margins were thin or nonexistent. Rebuilding the herd requires confidence that investing in additional cows will pay off. Knee-jerk government intervention only adds uncertainty and makes that investment less attractive.

We understand that families are frustrated by high grocery prices, but cheap imports are a short-term fix with a deferred cost. The long-term path to affordable beef is growing a healthy domestic cattle industry and pursuing policies that lower the cost of producing food here at home. Flooding the market with discounted foreign beef is difficult to reconcile with an “America First” agenda and risks leaving both Oregon ranchers and American consumers worse off in the years ahead.

Oregon’s cattle and calf industry is a cornerstone of the state’s agricultural economy, consistently ranking among Oregon’s top agricultural commodities and generating more than $1 billion in production value. But its importance goes well beyond economics. Few industries in America better represent the independence, resilience and stewardship that define the American West. Oregon ranching families have cared for livestock, working lands and rural communities for generations. They deserve policies that strengthen their ability to keep doing that work, not policies that undercut them when they are being asked to rebuild America’s cattle supply.

08/05/2026

Update: Now that Initiative Petition 28 did not qualify for the November 2026 ballot, the conversation has shifted to what comes next: protecting Oregonians’ constitutional rights through both the Legislature and Oregon’s initiative petition process.

Here’s where things stand.

• Legislative path: Senate Republican Leader Christine Drazan and Senate Republican leadership have introduced legislation to refer a constitutional amendment to voters that would establish the right to hunt, fish, and farm. If approved by the Legislature during the 2027 session, the measure would appear on the November 2028 ballot.

• Citizen initiative path: Supporters are also pursuing a constitutional amendment through Oregon’s citizen initiative process, which would place the question directly before voters if signature requirements are met.

These are two separate and important efforts, and both are moving forward.

It’s also important to understand that a constitutional amendment, even if adopted, would not prevent future initiative petitions from being filed. Measures like IP 28, or future proposals affecting animal agriculture, hunting, fishing, trapping, or other lawful activities, could still be proposed.

That said, a constitutional amendment would establish stronger constitutional protections that courts could rely on when evaluating future laws or ballot measures affecting these rights. If adopted, it would send a clear message that Oregonians value agriculture, hunting, and fishing, and recognize the importance of preserving our state’s farming, ranching, hunting, and fishing heritage for future generations.

We’ll continue to share updates as these efforts move forward.

Stay tuned.

07/28/2026

Application deadline to be a participant in REAL Oregon Class 10 is Friday, July 31st!

Visit www.realoregon.net for more details.

07/24/2026

Well, this is good news! IP 28 FAILS to qualify for the November 2026 ballot. Proponents came up short on signatures - only 104,262 valid signatures, or 73.25% of the 142,347 signatures were accepted for verification. The petition has not qualified.

07/23/2026

OFB MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Join us for an important update on Initiative Petition 28 next Wednesday.

Initiative Petition 28 poses one of the greatest threats Oregon agriculture has faced in decades.

While it has not yet qualified for the November ballot, Oregon Farm Bureau anticipates a status update very soon.

We’ve spent years preparing alongside a broad coalition of farmers, ranchers, food producers, sportsmen, veterinarians, businesses, and conservation partners to ensure Oregonians understand what’s at stake.

Join our upcoming webinar to hear the latest on the initiative and how you can help protect Oregon agriculture if this proposal moves forward.

Wednesday, July 29 / 8:00 AM
Register: oregonfb.org/ip28webinar

07/22/2026

USDA Rolls Out Expanded Disaster Assistance Programs & Marketing Assistance Loans

07/21/2026

For agriculture, the risk is not just how many acres remain on paper. It is whether productive land remains available, affordable and workable as development, energy projects, data centers and generational ownership turnover increase competition for the same land base.

Since 1982, cropland, pastureland and rangeland have declined, while developed land has increased by nearly 48 million acres, roughly the size of Nebraska.

07/13/2026

Oregon Farm Bureau's Promotion & Engagement committee celebrated America's favorite pastimes this last week: farming and baseball. A huge thanks to the Mavs League for letting us set up shop, hand out free Oregon produced milk to fans, and talk about what it means to be a farmer or rancher.

And another HUGE THANK YOU TO PAPE for providing the combine!

Did you know?

One cow can provide enough leather for 12 baseball gloves or 144 baseballs.

Cattle & Calves are ranked third in Oregon by production value and are the backbone of eastern Oregon agriculture.

Holstein cowhide is the preferred leather for baseballs.

Each ball contains 150 yards of wool yarn inside.

A ball is stitched with 88 inches of red cotton thread.

Americans consume 19.1 million hotdogs at ballparks each year. Beef and pork supply the meat. MLB stadiums use about 20 million hotdog buns annually. One bushel of wheat makes about 500 buns.

Fans eat 16 million quarts of popcorn every season.

Wheat is essential for buns, while corn supplies the popcorn.

Most MLB stadiums use a mix of Kentucky bluegrass, rye, fescue, and other grasses for their fields.

07/13/2026

Got a great photo of Oregon agriculture?
Submit it before Sept. 15th for a chance to be featured in the 2027 Oregon’s Bounty Calendar!

Go to oregonfb.org/bounty to submit your photos!