Progress: Advancing the future of agriculture and natural resources
The Research Magazine for the Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station
The following story is available in both English and Spanish using the drop down icons below. The goal is to facilitate the diffusion of this collaborative work to those communities…
By Kira Sabin Agrilcuture and Food Business Management, Class of 2022 The smell of cinnamon rolls wafted through the room as I watched my employer carry a squirming baby on…
The Oregon landscape is a quiltwork of crop fields and orchards, lush forests and high deserts, jagged mountain peaks and deep river valleys. Land that has been farmed, built upon,…
By Sean Nealon Nearing retirement, Chris Langdon is focused on passing on the oyster breeding program he built and nurtured the past 25 years at Oregon State University. He is…
By Vince Patton New regulations often carry unintended consequences—and new opportunities. When Oregon began to limit field burning in the Willamette Valley in the 1990s, grass seed growers needed a…
“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the field.” Dwight D. Eisenhower By Heidi Happonen No matter the crop. No matter…
By Heidi Happonen, Photos courtesy of Dr. Alexandra G. McInturf Dr. Alexandra (Alex) G. McInturf is a postdoctoral fellow with the Big Fish Lab at the Hatfield Marine Science Center…
New grant to develop dynamic modeling systems aims to predict potential introduction of harmful pests By Heidi Happonen In agriculture, the one constant is change. The ability to adapt to…
A journey across the college to reveal our embedded sustainability By Heidi Happonen According to the Oregon state legislature, in defining the Oregon Sustainability Act of 2001, sustainability is defined…
By Ben Davis Ag Sciences at Oregon State University is more than a college. It’s a community. A community made up of generations upon generations of students, graduates, faculty &…