Drought, weather, economic factors and fluctuating commodity prices combined to take 3 million acres of farm and ranch land out of production in 2012, according to a report by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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Farmers are some of the biggest supporters of a movement to compel the federal government to return control of public lands to Western states, according to the group leading the effort.
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This week the Capital Press looks into the effects of 9/11 on agriculture, USDA and COOL, land use court battles, demands for cuts in dairy production, and our latest special report, Wine in the West.
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Glenn Archambault, of Phoenix, Ore., sent a link to this video to Capital Press reporter Mitch Lies. Archambault is one of the people interviewed in this three-part series, on Oregon's land-use laws and their impact on farmers and ranchers.
The video is produced by the organization Americans for Prosperity in Josephine County, Ore.
I found this post on a blog site called NW Republican quite interesting. The post's writer spews venum about the Farm Bureau over they whole land-use controversy that just won't die in Oregon.
From what I can tell, the post writer is pro-development, regardless of whether farmland is lost. I won't spoil it for you. This you just have to read for yourself. I would be curious to hear what farmers and ranchers think about the post.
