Agriculture
Senator Wyden continues to push for farm policy that addresses the needs of Oregon’s many specialty crop, fruit and vegetable growers. During negotiations over the most recent Farm Bill (2008), Wyden pushed provisions like the Specialty Crop Research Initiative and the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program which are together bringing nearly $700 million into the state over ten years.
The bill also included provisions authored by Sen. Wyden that provided millions in mandatory funding for advanced biofuels development while ensuring that biofuels focuses on existing agricultural production and not virgin grasslands or forests.
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Wyden, Merkley Ask Agriculture, Interior Secretaries for Emergency Grazing Rights on Federal Land in Southeastern and South Central Oregon
Faced with another year of drought conditions in Southeastern and South Central Oregon, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are asking the Department of Agriculture extend emergency grazing of cattle on Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land....…Read More
Posted on 05/09/13 -
Wyden, Merkley Applaud Sustainable Fisheries Decision
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., are applauding a federal decision that will help commercial fishermen profit while encouraging sustainable fisheries. “It’s a good decision that reaffirms what fisherman needed – a sound...…Read More
Posted on 03/29/13 -
Senators Introduce CCF Reforms for Fishermen
Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Patty Murray, D-Wash., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Mark Begich, D-Alaska, and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., today introduced bipartisan legislation to allow commercial fisherman – in Oregon, Alaska, Washington and na...…Read More
Posted on 03/13/13 -
Senators Seek to Lift Restrictions on Industrial Hemp
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., today introduced legislation that would allow American farmers to grow and profit from industrial hemp. The Industrial Hemp Farming Act o...…Read More
Posted on 02/14/13 -
Wyden Statement on Hemp Amendment to the Farm Bill
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) issued the following statement on the amendment to the Farm bill he introduced lifting prohibitions on the growing of industrial hemp: “I firmly believe that American farmers should not be denied an opportunity to g...…Read More
Posted on 06/21/12 | -
Wyden Secures Farm-to-School and Microloan Amendments to the Senate Farm Bill
A pair of amendments to the Senate Farm Bill authored by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that establishes multiple farm-to-school demonstration projects across the United States and helps gleaners access USDA operating loans to assist their efforts to alleviate food insecur...…Read More
Posted on 06/20/12 -
Wyden Intro's Farm Bill Amendment Allowing Farmers to Grow Industrial Hemp
Posted on 06/13/12
