Ranchers

In his drive to slash government spending, President Donald Trump has frozen or terminated millions of dollars in federal agriculture grant contracts. This is leaving farmers, ranchers, and landowners in Southern Oregon confused and worried.

More than a million acres of wildlands in Eastern Oregon could be preserved through federal legislation or a monument declaration from the president. This could be the last chance for the Owyhee Canyonlands to see additional protections for years.

Data from the Census of Agriculture shows that in the past two decades, unconventional livestock, such as ostriches and llamas, have fallen. Some Oregon ranchers are still in the game and are hopeful for the future.

From 2017 to 2022 Oregon lost 4% of its farmland, according to the newly released 2022 Census of Agriculture conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Oregon is starting a new meat inspection process with a view to boosting local slaughterhouse business and allowing local people to eat local beef.

The dogs don’t fight the wolves, but rather let ranchers know when the predators lurk.

A group of backcountry volunteers are racing against a deadline to remove a derelict fence from the land. These old barbed wire fences are hazards to wildlife, a last vestige of ranching.

Oregon’s third largest lake dried up. Is more than drought to blame?