Agriculture

Report recommends better pay and more housing assistance for farmworkers in Morrow County and across the state

Strawberries have a long history in Oregon, both as part of our agricultural landscape and also as part of our state's story. From arriving via the Oregon Trail, to varieties being developed to combat disease, to a century old celebration with enough strawberry shortcake to feed a city, Oregon is serious about its strawberries.

An icon in Oregon’s agriculture industry has died. For decades, Bernadine Strik did groundbreaking work in the field of horticulture at Oregon State University. Her forte was in berries, co-releasing 38 different cultivars and revolutionizing how some crops are grown today. Strik died in April at the age of 60.

Last year's allocation was less than a quarter of this year's, due to several years of severe drought.

Feeling pressure from labor shortages, some farmers are betting on robots to be the fruit pickers of the future.

As spring wakes up in Oregon and Washington, so do invasive Japanese beetles. Larvae living among the roots of neighborhood lawns become adults and get up to the surface – ready for a meal, some mating and egg laying.

Oregon limits canola farming in the Willamette Valley to a 500-acre protected district, which advocates for specialty seed growers want to make permanent.

The purple leaves in your salad greens are ready to take center stage on your dinner plate. An international team of farmers, scientists, and foodies are starting a radicchio revolution in the Pacific Northwest.

An NPR data analysis shows Black farmers were accepted for USDA direct loans at a lower rate than other racial groups in 2022. Direct loans are supposed to be among the easiest for farmers to get.

The bird flu’s toll on flocks across the country has meant eggs are expensive and in short supply. Some Americans are turning to backyard flocks, and that’s led to a boom in chick sales.