What We Nurture Grows
By Kourtney Lehman Any farmer knows that raising a crop is no simple task. One cannot simply throw seeds in the soil and hope they grow. It is a…
Stationing Success for Oregon Agriculture
The role and impact of the agricultural experiment station system By Sean Nealon and Heidi Happonen Tom Sharp is a first-generation rancher in an area where there are not a…
International IPM
The benefits of a global perspective on Oregon pest management By Heidi Happonen Today, the research center is known as Oregon IPM and over its 53-year history it has gained…
Honing in on Hemp: A Year in Review
By Ben Davis In June of 2019, the Global Hemp Innovation Center (GHIC) was launched as the largest and most comprehensive hemp research center of its kind in the nation—a…
New research aims to help fruit growers battling the dreaded Spotted-wing drosophila
By Heidi Happonen The Spotted-wing drosophila (SWD; Drosophila suzukii) is a notorious pest that feeds on ripening soft-skinned fruits such as blueberries, cherries, and peaches. Controlling it is difficult for…
Farm of the Future
Powering sustainable agriculture by Ben Davis In our Fall 2019 issue, we introduced the concept of agrivoltaics—a farming system in which solar panels are installed directly above crops. This emerging…
$3 million USDA grant seeds future of an industry
By Heidi Happonen Dr. Jeremiah Dung, Associate Professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences recently secured a $3M grant from…
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…