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Oregon food banks face sharp cuts in federal food deliveries, as need for food assistance rises.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday slapped 25% across-the-board tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico – our nation’s largest trading partner. Chinese goods entering the U.S. face an additional 10% tariff. That’s got Oregon food and agriculture leaders worried that retaliatory tariffs will hurt Oregon farmers.

Oregon is the only West Coast state that allows commercial fish farming using net pens. State legislators could prohibit the practice.

Fertilizer made from treated sewage water is popular with some Oregon farmers. But growing evidence shows toxic PFAS in treated water may be contaminating fields and animals.

President Donald Trump’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs on goods coming to the U.S. from Canada and Mexico may have taken a back seat, for now. But many farmers in Oregon are dependent on overseas markets, and concerned about the effects of a trade war.

Oregon officials are adopting significant updates to farmworker housing. Farmworker advocates say the rules don’t address all of their concerns, while farmers say they can’t afford the changes.

Some farmworker advocates say many farms can afford to pay workers more, and worry employers could avoid accountability.

Oregon agriculture regulators will test the milk of every commercial dairy across the state weekly, amid rising concerns over bird flu in dairy cattle.

An Oregon State University study underscores the need for state regulation to avert an economic and ecological crisis in the Harney Basin region.

The number of people struggling to afford food more than doubled in some rural areas.

Oregon farmworkers, many of them immigrants, face a housing market that is fraught with substandard living conditions or is financially out of reach.

A group of about a dozen farmers is lobbying state legislators to loosen Oregon's iconic land use laws to expand business opportunities on agricultural land.