Oregon

When it comes to 2025 PILT payments, just over $31 million will go to Oregon; $42.9 million will be delivered to Idaho; and Washington will receive $30.5 million.

The 2025 winter wheat harvest is moving very slowly nationwide, thanks to delays due to wet weather in the center of the country.

Potatoes held in storage on June 1st  totaled 57.9 million cwt, down 8% year-over-year.  Potatoes in storage accounted for 14% of 2024's production, the same as a year earlier.   Potatoes held in storage in Idaho totaled 22 million cwt, Oregon totaled 3.3 million cwt while...

While only a few weeks old, the Northwest cherry season is off to a great start.  With what growers have called "perfect production weather", large numbers of red and yellow cherries have been packed and shipped for consumers across the Northwest, across the county and across the world.  La...

You’ve probably noticed that local cherries have finally made their way to neighborhood grocery stores and fruit stands across the Northwest.  And the expectation this year is for a sizeable crop.  Northwest Cherries is expecting a crop this year between 22-22.5 million 20-pound boxes. ...

On Wednesday, the Senate unanimously passed legislation to reauthorize the Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program through Fiscal Year 2026.  The votes was celebrated by Idaho’s Republican senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, as well as Oregon Democrats Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden; the four worked together to get the legislation across the finish line.   The Secure R... R

Governor Tina Kotek met Wednesday with rural healthcare providers from central and eastern Oregon to discuss how the region would be impacted by proposed federal cuts.  Kotek hosted a roundtable with the leaders of Bend-based Mosaic Community Health, Harney District Hospital Family Care, Grande Ronde Hospital and others.   “...

Thanks to rains showers over the past couple of weeks, east of the Rockies, pasture and rangeland conditions nationwide have improved.   “We have seen the good-to-excellent ratings jumping to 46% and is up three percentage points from last week and at this point only 28% rated very poor-to-poor," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "That is...

Oregon’s Governor says she has more ideas to fund firefighting and prevention efforts in the state.  With just a few days left in the legislative session, Tina Kotek wants lawmakers to prioritize wildfire funding.   “Without an immediate path for an ongoing funding mechanism, I urge the legislature to identify as much one-time funding as they can for wildfire suppression and mitigation, to help ke

An Oregon State University Undergrad has developed a way to use artificial intelligence to identify species captured on trail cameras.  Owen Okuley said the A-I works similarly to how a human learns to identify images.   “You’re shown something and told what it is and you kind of associate the two. The same is true for an i...