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Oregon State University’s Department of Food Science and Technology will restart its Farm 2 Fork, Paths to Sustainable Food Systems webinar series July 16th. Assistant Professor of Practice Sheri Cole said the program started in October to talk about how food systems work and how they’re changing. “Our goal is to connec ...

Oregon State University's Extension is asking for your help to ensure the program receives the needed funding to continue providing services statewide. OSU Extension Agronomist, Mylen Bohle, said currently there are far too many, county ag agent and specialty positions vacant over the past year. "It's real ...

This spring, Oregon State University will offer an on-line course, Principles of Vineyard Management. OSU Viticulture Extension Specialist, Patty Skinkis, said the course will cover establishing, designing, implementing and managing a vineyard ...

The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance and Oregon State University Extension will hold a series of workshops in an effort to better understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats Central Oregon farmers and ranchers face. The workshops will take place via Zoom in the coming days with separate sessions for farmers and ranchers in each county ...

Oregon State University Extension recently launched a free weekly webinar series. Forestry and natural resources extension agent Thomas Stokely, said this series, which runs through early April, will cover a variety of topics important for managing forests in Eastern Oregon for a variety of different values. ...

Oregon State University has started its second year of on a couple of important research projects focused on Potato Virus Y. Associate Professor Aymeric Goyer said the first project began looking at four different genes that researchers hypothesized could help to determine a plant's susceptibility to PVY ...

To help the front lines of the Oregon Ag community, the state Department of Agriculture and Oregon State University Extension have announced a partnership to distribute face covers around the state. The KN95 masks are available to farmworkers, ranchers, farmers, fishers, food processors and other farm contractors to protect essential workers ...

Thursday we told onion growers to be on the lookout for Downy Mildew.  Potato growers, you need to be on the lookout for Late Blight.  Washington State University’s Tim Waters said while there has not been a reported case of Late Blight at this point, the cool, wet conditions increase the likelihood of the disease.   Waters...

An expert with Oregon State University extension says drones can be even more helpful to the agriculture industry, once current limitations are removed.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

OSU Extension’s 2018 Cherry Pre-Harvest tour gets underway Tuesday in The Dalles.  For the past 30 plus years, OSU has worked with local growers to bring in experts from around the world to talk about the cherry industry, and showcase the latest in varieties, technology and more.  OSU Exte...