New NIFA funding advances understanding of agricultural microbiomes
A USDA NIFA research grant was recently awarded to expand the work of Dr. Posy Busby in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University. One of 11 Agricultural…
Pressing Forward: Oregon’s Budding Olive Industry
The bottles of olive oil precisely lining the shelves at Durant Olive Mill in Dayton appear as beautiful as any high-end Oregon winery displaying their estate pinot noir. But the…
Pioneering ‘Superhemp’
The ultimate goal is to provide breeders with tools to create what Professor Pat Hayes refers to as “superhemp.” While plant breeding has occurred for thousands of years, the latest…
Industry Insight: Oregon Potatoes
Video Playtime: 2 minutes. Greg Harris earned his Bachelor of Science in Crop & Soil Science from OSU’s program at Eastern Oregon University in 1997. He later joined Threemile Canyon…
HyperRail Detection: Unlocking the secrets of the invisible world to identify crop infections quickly
New disease-detection technology eliminates the need for physical soil or foliage analysis, or any of the other methods usually required to diagnose infection. Exotic new diseases have been traveling across…
Solar Power: The Future of Sustainable Farming?
If only 1% of ag land was converted to agrivoltaics, it would be sufficient to offset global energy demand. As the late afternoon sun bears down on the west side…
Station Profile: Seeds of Success
OSU’s Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center remains rooted in central Oregon’s massive seed industry. Long before carrots become a snack or a side dish on your dinner plate,…
Station Profile: Going With the Grain
Their names included Turkey, Rex, Elmar, and Omar. And don’t forget Gaines and Moro. In the first 40 years at Oregon State University’s agricultural experiment station near Pendleton, wheat breeders…
Station Profile: Playing a Pivotal Role
The irrigated section of the Columbia Basin in north-central Oregon, extending into Washington, is one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world, with at least 204 crops grown…
Farm to Ledger
The number of small farms in Oregon has steadily grown in the last few decades. Many people, especially younger “agripreneurs,” start a farm as a way to make the world…