grapes

Oregon State University's Dr. James Osborne talks about the Oregon Wine Research Institute, and how their efforts help the industry across the state.

Congratulations to Washington State University’s Michelle Moyer, winner of the Water Clore Award. Moyer was honored at last month’s Washington State Grape Society conference.

For the first time in 50 years Ste. Michelle Wine Estates will be owned by a private Washington-based company.

The Washington Winegrowers Association, Washington State Wine Commission and Washington Wine Institute are again working together on an industry-wide winegrape acreage report.

Researchers at Oregon State University say they’ve discovered a new use for the waste left behind from the winemaking process.

Specialty crop growers across the Northwest are facing an escalating challenge; fungicide resistance.

No matter if your role is a producer driving a combine, a driver hauling grain to the local elevators, or a motorist on country roads surrounded by farmland, safety needs to be kept in mind.

As harvest gets underway for the permanent crops across the Northwest, one expert says this is a critical widow that could help boost production in 2026.

USDA’s August Production forecast shows that the 2025 peach crop is expected to be smaller than what we saw last year

According to NASS, apple utilized production , totaled 119 million pounds in Oregon in 2024, down 24% from the previous year.  Value of utilized production was $28.2 million, down 24 percent from 2023.  In Washington, apple utilized production totaled 7.18 billion pou...