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Oregon’s Bounty Specialty Crop Luncheon and Market Showcase
(September 29, 2017, 1:38 pm) SALEM, Ore. Lunch ticket includes voucher to spend at Salem Saturday Market!

Oregon grown specialty crops will share the spotlight as part of Oregon’s Bounty: A Celebration of the Harvest, held at the State Capitol Saturday, October 7.

With the threat of a painful sting and the nuisance of having them hang around your food, it’s eas

Yellow Jackets, Not Bees, Spoiling Seasonal Outdoor Dining in Oregon
(September 30, 2014, 4:00 am) SALEM, Ore. With the threat of a painful sting and the nuisance of having them hang around your food, it’s easy to forget that yellow jackets and wasps can also be beneficial insects.

As an entomologist and pesticide expert for the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Rose Kachadoorian took an active interest while observing a customer of a local home and garden center who was trying to decide which pesticide product to purchase for control of bees.

A Jersey cow heads back to the pasture after evening milking at an organic dairy farm in Oregon. Pho

Study: No Real Difference Between Organic and Conventional Cow Milk, Health
(August 31, 2014, 7:20 pm) CORVALLIS, Ore. Nearly 300 small dairy farms - 192 organic and 100 conventional - in New York, Oregon and Wisconsin participated in the study.

Cows raised on organic and conventional dairy farms in three regions of the United States show no significant differences in health or in the nutritional content of their milk, according to a new study by Oregon State University researchers and their collaborators.