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2008 Oregon Agripedia
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Regulations section online
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Statistics section online
 

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Statistics section
(Previously, Oregon Agricultural Fisheries and Statistics bulletin)

1.7 MBCSV
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Zip file
contains the Pdf, text, and CSV files
 

Regulations section online

Pdf file
Regulations section (Previously, Oregon Farmer's Handbook)
Entire section
460 KB
Agricultural employment
  • Discrimination laws
  • Employing minors
  • Employment eligibility verification
  • Fair Employment Practices Act
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA-minimum wage): federal law
  • Family and Medical Leave Act: federal
  • Family medical leave: Oregon
  • Farm labor contracting
  • Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)
  • Minimum wage: Oregon law
  • Recruiting Workers Using WorkSource Oregon Employment Department
  • Social Security: No-match
  • Workers’ compensation
Chapter
184 KB
Worker safety
  • Agricultural labor housing and related facilities
  • Field sanitation standard
  • OR-OSHA hazard communication standard
  • OR-OSHA safety checklist
  • Worker health and safety (Oregon OSHA)
  • Worker protection standard (WPS) for pesticide applications
 
Chapter
108 KB
Taxes
  • Income tax withholding: federal
  • Income tax withholding: Oregon
  • Property tax special assessment
  • Self-employment tax
  • Social Security tax
  • Unemployment tax: federal
  • Unemployment tax: Oregon
Chapter
116 KB
Farming issues and business resources
  • Attorneys
  • Biosecurity on the farm or ranch
  • Bird, predator, and rodent damage control
  • Energy and agriculture
  • Exclusive farm use (EFU) zones and permitted non-farm uses
  • Farm Mediation Program
  • Farm scales
  • Federal motor carrier safety regulations (FMCSR)
  • Field burning
  • Grants and financial resources for producers and agribusiness
  • Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program
  • Right-to-farm
  • State operator license and farm vehicle registration
Chapter
124 KB
Marketing and certification
  • Direct marketing, roadside stands, and farmers’ markets
  • Field inspections for export seed certification
  • Food processing
  • Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices (GAP/GHP)
  • Grain inspection
  • Organic food production
  • Weed-free Forage Program

Chapter
68 KB
Waste management
  • Composting
  • Disposal of solid wastes
  • Federal hazardous materials regulations (HMR)
  • Pesticide use, distribution, transportation, and storage
  • Underground storage tanks
  • Waste tire usage

Chapter
100 KB
Water
  • Activities in waters and wetlands
  • Fish passage at artificial in-channel obstructions and dams
  • Fish screening and by-pass devices at water diversions and dams
  • Ground water
  • Water quality management area plans
  • Water rights

Chapter
100 KB
Plants
  • Importation of plants
  • Invasive species
  • Nursery and Christmas tree grower licensing
  • Oregon Noxious Weed Control Program
  • Protected native plants

Chapter
68 KB
Animals
  • Brands
  • Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)
  • Dairy production
  • Disposing of dead animals
  • Emergency animal disease preparedness
  • Exotic animal permit
  • Importation of animals
  • Interstate movement of cattle and pasture to pasture permits
Chapter
96 KB

Directory section online
 
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Web page
Directory section (Previously, Oregon Agricultural Resources Directory)
652 KBSearch online database
 

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The first edition of the Oregon Agripedia combines the information of the Oregon Agricultural Statistics Bulletin, the Oregon Farmer’s Handbook, and the Oregon Agricultural Resources Directory into one handy reference for Oregon agriculture facts, laws, and resources.
 
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Page updated: January 22, 2009

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