Oregon Opens Ag Stress Helpline
A crisis helpline dedicated to serving Oregon’s agricultural and forestry communities is now open.
Bill Hansell
Potato Vote Clears Oregon Senate
The potato is one step closer to becoming the state vegetable of Oregon. State Senator Bill Hansell posed this question before this week's vote.
"Should the potato the Oregon vegetable be, or not to be, that is the question before us."
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Oregon Lawmakers Looking At Making The Potato The State Veggie
The potato would become the Oregon state vegetable under a resolution in the legislature. Potatoes are the top selling vegetable in Oregon, with growers harvesting over 2.5 billion pounds of spuds each year.
"Nothing rises to the stature of the potato as far as jobs produced, as far as products shipped, and as far as farm gate dollars coming in," said State Senator Bill Hansell.
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