Generations of Growth
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 &…
Progress: Advancing the future of agriculture and natural resources
The Research Magazine for the Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station
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 &…
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…
By Ben Davis “If I were to describe the Pacific Storm in one word, it would definitely be ‘resilient’,” said Lisa Ballance, director of OSU’s Marine Mammal Institute (MMI). “She…
An Overview of Research in the OSU Honey Bee Lab by Ben Davis Most of us are familiar with the grim truth about bee declines worldwide. Terms like “honey bee decline” and “colony collapse…
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…
New research may finally determine exactly what is causing water quality issues in the region By Heidi Happonen Water rights have long been an issue in the Klamath Basin. Agricultural…
Dr. Guillermo R. Giannico, in the Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences Department of Fisheries and Wildlife was tapped as one of four global expert advisors, and the only one from a…
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…
At the start of the year, the United Nations declared 2020 the International Year of Plant Health. “Fantastic!” we thought. “What a great opportunity for us to share our…
OSU scientists take a closer look at how large-scale plastics break down in the environment Researchers in the College of Agricultural Sciences will use a $3.3 million grant from the…