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NW Cranberry Growers See Record Growth

Oregon Cranberry Bog

Sometimes all it takes is an opportunity. That’s what cranberry growers in Oregon and Washington have been given following the 2015 fall harvest season.

BY KURT HEATH

As demand for cranberries and related market competition continue to rise in the United States and around the world, the Northwest’s cranberry industry is poised to capitalize on a less than stellar 2015 in Wisconsin, which is the largest cranberry growing state in the country. Continue reading

Oregon Seed Council Director Roger Beyer

Oregon Seed Council Director, Roger Beyer

BY KURT HEATH

Driving between Portland and Eugene, one can’t help but notice Oregon’s wide-open beauty.  Continue reading

Cattle Replaces Nursery as Oregon’s Top Ag Commodity

Beef Cattle

BY KURT HEATH

The Oregon Department of Agriculture reports that cattle and calves has taken the lead in production value for 2014 in Oregon’s top agricultural commodities.  Continue reading

Jason & Nataly Mattox

Jason Mattox, Natalie Mattox

BY KURT HEATH

Respect for others.  Commitment to family.  Honoring true heroes.  Keeping your word.  Doing what’s right.  According to Jason Mattox, these are the hallmarks of the “Western way of life.”  Continue reading

Senator, Coach, Firefighter; but Most of All a Farmer

Oregon State Senator Chuck Thomsen

BY NAOMI INMAN

Flanking the eastside of the Hood River Valley, and just to the south of Whiskey Creek Road, a fair stretch of Eastside Road winds along miles of winter pear orchards, dotted with vintage farm homes.  A modest but dignified, crisp, white, salt-block home has stood as a Thomsen family residence for the better part of a century. Continue reading

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