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Washington State University will hold its annual Onion Field Day August 30th at Harley Farms outside of Prosser.  WSU’s Tim Waters said this is a great field day for onion growers or consultants.   “It’s a variety trial, is the main reason we want growers to attend.  You can come look at vari...

Oregon State University’s head of animal and rangeland sciences is leaving Corvallis for South Dakota State University.  Since 2012, John Killefer has merged the departments of animal sciences and rangeland, ecology and management.  Killefer...

The farm inspection portion of the Food Safety Modernization Act will happen in 2019 but the Oregon Department of Agriculture is helping farmers prepare now.  ODA is organizing training at four different locations with focus on the produce safety rule says Stephanie Page, Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Animal Services programs.   “...

The annual crop tour is underway with stops highlighting the work by WSU, OSU and University of Idaho wheat and dryland researchers.   Ryan Higginbotham with WSU’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences said it gives them an opportunity to share the latest research, show new varieties and reach the farmers.   “...

Ask any potato grower in the Northwest, they’ll tell you that Potato Virus Y is an economically important disease, with significant yield losses.  And as Oregon State University researcher Aymeric Goyer pointed out, it’s become a larger problem in recent years.   “In the...

Like many other crops, Oregon wheat is feeling the effects of the recent winter weather.  Thanks to a snowier that normal winter, followed by a record-setting wet spring, disease has become a widespread problem in wheat fields across the state.  Ch...

WSU's Michelle Moyer discusses ongoing nematode research, and how it can benefit Northwest grape growers.         If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

A recent study involving rangeland researches in Oregon, Wyoming and Oklahoma indicates bigger is not always better for cattle.  Leticia Henderson with OSU Extension in Baker City says those who use drought prone rangeland saw more success with smaller animals.  ...

Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has put together a new program called the Market Research for Market Readiness Protocol.  Cathy Durham, Marketing Economist at OSU says the program is designed to help entrepreneurial food makers and value-added farmers evaluate new products they’re developing.   “The id...

Oregon State University has launched a new, easy-to-use on-line tool that provides public, on-line access to social demographic, economic and environmental information about Oregon’s counties.  The Rural Communities Explorer allows users to find needed data about any of Oregon’s 36 counties.  The Explorer i...