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Silhouette of a farm windmill. Photo by Betsy Hartley.

There are years where nature and the elements are kind to Oregon farmers and ranchers so that they can produce a bumper crop or record livestock sales.

2020 and 2021 were not those years.


Michael Crain, Teagan Maloney, and Tyler Phelps stand in front of the interseeding technology they helped engineer. Fourth group member Spencer Von Flue is not pictured. (Tyler Phelps, Oregon State University)

Nick Andrews, Oregon State University Extension Service’s organic vegetable specialist, is one of the university’s resident experts on cover crops and a founding board member of the Western Cover Crops Council.


With drought, wildfire and other extreme weather events, climate change is bringing stress and a feeling of uncertainty for many farmers and ranchers. It’s also bringing along a new hurdle for many in the agricultural world – climate grief.


Teagan Moran, OSU Extension Service Small Farms Program coordinator, holds a food box behind a display table that shows off the abundance of storage crops families came to pick up. Crdit: Diego Nieto

Many of the people who showed up weren’t able to work the previous week or go to a grocery store, making the food boxes even more helpful than planned, according to Teagan Moran, OSU Extension Small Farms Program coordinator.


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Get a garden growing with the Grow This! Oregon Garden Challenge! Michelle Markesteyn, Oregon State University Extension’s Farm to School Coordinator, joined KATU to share more about the statewide seed giveaway,


Following a comprehensive search, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has named Dr. Lauren Gwin as its new Director of the Center for Small Farms and Community Food Systems (SFCFS).


Feeding costs can account for over 50% of the cost of livestock production. Knowing your hay quality and animal requirements can ensure you don't waste that investment.


Low quality grass hay and protein tubs could provide a proper ration for some classes of livestock.

Feeding costs can account for over 50% of the cost of livestock production. Knowing your hay quality and animal requirements can ensure you don't waste that investment.