New Oregon Housing Rules and Ag Groups Welcome Trump

New Oregon Housing Rules and Ag Groups Welcome Trump

Bob Larson
Bob Larson
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.

**Oregon farmers say NEW farmworker housing rules are not affordable and could lead to workforce shortages, while farmworker advocates say the rules don’t address all their concerns.

The current rules don’t require farmworker housing to have a kitchen, though Oregon OSHA officials say most of the state’s labor housing have some sort of kitchen facility.

Other changes require houses to have at least 50 square feet per bed in sleeping rooms, up from 40.

**Many ag groups are congratulating President Donald Trump after he was officially sworn in as the 47th president.

National Corn Growers Association President Kenneth Hartman says we look forward to working with him to advance issues of importance to the nation’s corn growers.

The National Milk Producers Federation President Gregg Doud says he’s eager to get to work on a number of challenging issues.

**427 national and state agricultural groups and agribusinesses sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Ag Committee supporting Brooke Rollins' as Ag Secretary.

The groups noted they represent farmers, ranchers, growers, hunters, forest owners, conservationists, cooperatives, state departments of agriculture, renewable fuel producers and agribusinesses nationwide.

A native of Glen Rose, Texas, Rollins is the founder and CEO of the America First Policy Institute and America First Works.

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