Agriculture
The automated farm: Company creates robotic year-round greenhouses
HUBBARD, Ore. — About a decade ago, David Ashton and Justin Gravett were college roommates studying engineering at ...
Agriculture
Northeastern Oregon ranchers face long recovery from wildfires
The extent of a wildfire is typically expressed in acres or square miles, but Matt McElligott considers a ...
Agriculture
Scorched grazing lands, demand may push feed prices higher
JOHN DAY — A devastating fire season in 2024 resulted in the torching of 317,000 acres in Grant ...
Agriculture
Potatoes, other crops handled record heat
BAKER CITY — For a few moments, the Ward family’s potato crop disappeared. It was the afternoon of ...
Agriculture
Eastern Oregon agriculture industry defends itself against lawsuit with nitrate plan
Oregon’s Nitrate Reduction Plan is supposed to provide a road map toward meaningfully reducing nitrates in the drinking ...
Agriculture
The shape of water
Part of the solution to the high concentration of nitrates in the Lower Umatilla Basin will be determining ...
Agriculture
Oregon’s wheat crop boost attributed to timely rain
PENDLETON — Oregon’s wheat harvest was above average this year, succeeding 2023’s below-average yield. Amanda Hoey, CEO of ...
Agriculture
Union County Master Gardeners running winter carrot planting project
UNION COUNTY — Autumn is here and winter is on its way, but that doesn’t mean it’s time ...
Agriculture
Is farming ‘greater’ in Idaho? Higher costs in Oregon drive some producers across the border
NYSSA — Oregon native Paul Skeen has farmed onions for more than five decades. The former president of ...
Agriculture
Bear Valley wolves kill sheep near Seneca
BEAR VALLEY — A sheep has been killed by wolves in southern Grant County, state wildlife managers announced. ...