Legal challenges continued to stall timber production this year in Douglas County, where food banks also reported increasing need. Shrinking school and government budgets meant, respectively, leaner academic offerings and fewer days to conduct business or visit library branches. Still, as 2012 edged closer to the history books, the county had one economic bedrock it could take to the bank: agriculture. Actually, ag industry news was good for the entire state. The Oregon Department of Agriculture last fall released a snapshot of the state’s farm income levels for 2011, the latest year for which figures are available. Oregon’s net farm …