Oregon

I felt like I "time traveled" back to the 1800s today! to see the famous Frazier Farmstead Museum in Milton Freewater Oregon.

The Hazelnut Marketing Board recently wrapped up its annual Subjective Yield Survey, and it looks like 2024 will be an improved year.  With roughly 20% of acres accounted for, the HMB anticipates harvest this year to be nearly 98,000 tons.  If...

Wildfires have forced evacuations across Oregon this summer.  And now, the state is making new software available that alerts residents to changes in evacuation levels.  Ed Flick, director of the Oregon Office of Resilience and Emergency Management, says the software makes it easy to develop an evacuation map.   "The Genas...

Improve the health of America’s forests while reducing the risks of wildfire to communities.  That has been the effort and focus on the U.S. Forest Service’s Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program, which has focused on 21 specially selected fire sheds.  But Agriculture Sec...

Last week, Oregon’s Board of Forestry voted on rules regarding the new Wildfire Hazard Map.  The group spent time discussing the implications of the map and what it means for property owners, especially in areas designated as high hazard.   “The o...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has given the go-ahead to increase brand inspection fees, starting October 1st.  Changes this fall include:  Brand inspection per head fee is increasing to $1.15 to $1.35 per head...a 20 cent increase.  C ... Read More ...

Oregon’s unprecedented wildfire season has had a big impact on the agricultural community; and it’s still unknown how much federal help is coming.  Governor Tina Kotek said the full economic impact of this wildfire season on Oregon’s agriculture community isn’t yet known.   “I’m trying to get out t...

More than 400 cases of salmonella across the country have been linked to backyard poultry.  The CDC says over 100 people have been hospitalized during this outbreak.  Texas and Missouri have the most cases, followed by Minnesota, Washington, Michigan, and Oklahoma.   Almost 70%...

The wildfire season in Oregon is one for the history books in a variety of ways, including for the price tag.   "All of our fires this season have cost about $214 million to fight; that’s on the Forestry side. It’s about $27 million on the State Fire Marshal side," noted Oregon Governor Tina Kotek.  She said she’s work...

A tiny pest can cause a big problem for grape growers across the Northwest.  Oregon State University Extension says mealybug infestations can be hard to spot, since the pest can hide out in vine trunks and even roots.  But a company called Orcal, based near Eugene, OR offers a product that can help control mealybug.  Thomas Putzel rec...