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Oregon State University management strategies to combat spotted wing drosophila
The fruit fly has become an issue for fruit-growing regions around the state because, unlike other fruit flies, the SWD ...
From agriculture to elder care: Robotics and AI meet real-world application at Oregon State University
Oregon State has the benefit of a long-established research focus on artificial intelligence. Underlying everything robotics ...
The Bulletin15h
Oregon farm regulators look to expand poultry options
The Oregon Department of Agriculture wants lawmakers to change its authority, allowing it to give poultry producers more ...
Big crowd opposes bill requiring Oregon farmers to report fertilizer use to protect water
Senate Bill 747 would require farms larger than 200 acres to report their annual fertilizer use — including the quantity ...
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A look at bills that would impact immigration, agriculture
Hundreds of bills have been introduced in Oregon’s 83rd Legislative Assembly, which is in a long session this year. Following ...
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Peoria Ag Lab workers reflect on sudden dismissal from federal cuts
Jeannie Klein-Gordon spent more than 11 years getting to a permanent position with the United States Department of ...
Oregon may require farms, producers, hospitals, schools others to compost food waste
A bill being considered at the legislature would require large food producers, processors and preparers to compost food waste ...
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Oregon cat euthanized after it contracts bird flu, agriculture officials say
A domestic cat in Washington County recently tested positive for bird flu and had to be euthanized, the Oregon Department of Agriculture ... Cantu-Schomus said state officials have had no reports ...
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Locally grown, globally sold: Tariff threats highlight reach of Oregon agriculture
President Donald Trump’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs on goods coming to the U.S. from Canada and Mexico may have taken a ...
Fertilizer reporting bill divides Oregon’s farmers, rural residents
Large farms would have to report their fertilizer use under a bill being considered by the Oregon Legislature. The goal, the bill’s backers say, is to avoid situations like the one in the Boardman ...