Grass seed harvest looks good
ALBANY — The grass seed harvest in the mid-Willamette Valley is wrapping up, and local farmers have begun combining wheat and clover fields. Clare Sullivan, the new seed crops specialist […]
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Oregon grass seed harvest winds down
By Eric Mortenson Capital Press Oregon’s grass seed industry finds stability after some rocky years during the recession. Oregon’s grass seed harvest will wrap up within the next week or […]
Sprague Pest Solutions Named a PCT Top 100 Company
OSA Members, We are proud to announce that Sprague Pest Solutions has been named on the 2014 Pest Control Technology magazine Top 100 List, an annual compilation of the leading […]
GMO crops can’t be monitored or regulated in Oregon
By Tracy Loew The Oregon Department of Agriculture has no authority to deal with conflicts between growers of genetically modified and non-GMO crops, director Katy Coba said in a letter to Gov. John […]
50 Objects: In mid-valley, grass seed makes the word go ’round
By Alex Paul, Albany Democrat-Herald Little did Tangent-area farmer Forest Jenks know when he planted the first commercial ryegrass crop in the mid-valley in 1921 that nearly 100 years […]
Rural Oregon, meet Portland
By Eric Mortenson Capital Press Published:June 26, 2014 9:31AM Last changed:June 26, 2014 4:17PM Can Portland and Rural Oregon ever get along? Maybe they need a proper introduction. Rural Oregon, […]
Field trials may answer canola question
Eric Mortenson/Capital Press –Farmer Dean Freeborn has been arguing for more than 10 years that canola is safe to grow and is a profitable rotation crop. Buy this photo Field […]
GMO task force meets for first time
Matuesz Perkowski/Capital Press From left to right: Ivan Maluski , director of the Friends of Family Farmers; Greg Loberg, manager of the West Coast Beet Seed Co. and board member […]
Oregon task force to take on GMOs
LifeSource in South Salem supports the NON GMO Project. Photographed Wednesday, March 5, 2014. / DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal Written by Tracy Loew Six months after Oregon banned cities and […]
Augusta Masters likely play on Oregon ryegrass
Eric Mortenson/Capital Press; Published April 9, 2014 Student Travis Heiple rolls a putting green at Oregon State University’s turf grass research site. Buy this photo If you watch The […]
