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Oregon was a prominent forerunner in the hemp industry, with the state’s Department of Agriculture licensing the crop’s production since 2015, or three years before it was nationally legalized.
Farmers are selling half as many trees as they did in 2010 but higher prices mean more revenue overall.
The exponential growth of massive solar projects in Oregon could fundamentally alter the state's agricultural landscapes, wildlife habitats and tourist vistas, transforming long-established rural ...
More than 5,600 rural residents of Linn and Polk counties in Oregon will soon have access to high-speed Internet, thanks to $13.5 million being invested by the ongoing PEAK Internet project.
A yearslong effort to update agricultural labor housing rules in Oregon is frustrating both farmworker advocates and fruit growers, albeit for different reasons.
Since 1894, one of the country’s oldest college football rivalries has been played between the Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers. But the Civil War Rivalry is missing a name.
Oregon lawmakers sent a letter to the agriculture secretary over the agency's decision to fire research service workers.The workers include people in Corvallis, ...
Agricultural workers are asking the Oregon Court of Appeals to declare state rules excluding agricultural workers from overtime pay illegal.
A 36-year-old woman slipped and fell several hundred feet from Oregon’s tallest peak right in front of the eyes of a group of volunteer rescue workers who rushed to her aid – and helped save ...
Oregon's crops have been impacted by climate events such as drought, wildfires, snowpack, and heat waves. Jim Johnson, with the Oregon Department of Agriculture, explained the largest problem ...
SALEM, Ore. – An Oregon mink farm has reported an outbreak of COVID-19 among animals and workers. Oregon Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Andrea Cantu-Schomus declined to say which county ...
Oregon lawmakers sent a letter to the agriculture secretary over the agency's decision to fire research service workers.