The Columbia River Gillnetter is the pilot of the Lower Columbia River commercial fishing industry, keeping fishermen and the public in touch with today's important issues.
This document is a report on the Baseline Vital Vernonia Indicator Project, an effort aimed at exploring community vitality in Vernonia, particularly in light of recent catastrophic floods and subsequent rebuilding and community development initiatives. The Vital Vernonia Indicator Project is a collaboration of Oregon State University Extension Service, Rural...
Part of the Vital Tillamook Indicator Project.
This presentation summarizes a collaborative effort of the Tillamook County Futures Council and Oregon State University faculty members jointly affiliated with Extension Service and the Rural Studies Program developed 50 indicators of Tillamook County: 2020 Strategic Vision in order to gain insight into...
This document is a report on the Baseline Vital Vernonia Indicator Project, an effort aimed at exploring community vitality in Vernonia, particularly in light of recent catastrophic floods and subsequent rebuilding and community development initiatives. The Vital Vernonia Indicator Project is a collaboration of Oregon State University Extension Service, Rural...
Since its inception in 1985, the Tri‐State variety development program has primarily focused on the development of processing and dual‐purpose (process and fresh) russets. Recent breeding efforts have focused more on improving genetic resistance to various pests and diseases as a means of lowering production costs. Although the development of...
The agronomy research program at OSU-KBREC has several objectives. We continue to test traditional crops such as small grains (wheat and barley), forages (alfalfa and grass hay), new forage and niche grain crops (i.e. teff), and crop production practices for these crops (i.e. conventional and organic soil fertility methods), evaluating...
Oregon is the second largest producer of processed green beans, and cultivars are needed that are adapted to western Oregon. The types that have traditionally been used are the bush blue lake (BBL) green beans with high yields, excellent processing quality. On the other hand, then need improvement in plant...
Overview of Project and Varietal Development: Funding for 2013-14 was reduced substantially which resulted in a scaling back of the objectives. We conducted two yield and quality evaluation trials. However, the evaluation of commercial entries was funded entirely by fees from industry. We also grew out approximately 1300 breeding lines...
Processors need broccoli with better quality traits than what is available in cultivars developed for California and Mexico fresh markets. Farmers need to reduce labor costs of broccoli production but mechanizing harvest. Most contemporary commercially available cultivars are not suitable for either mechanical harvest or processing. The objective of the...
This research has demonstrated that liming clubroot infected soils to a pH ≥7.1 is an effective practice for reducing both the incidence and severity of clubroot. Liming does not kill the pathogen but rather prevents disease spores from infecting the plant. This research demonstrated that highly reactive calcitic lime products...
Research efforts were focused on testing various inbred combinations for hybrid production and adaptation to Oregon growing conditions. Trials at the Vegetable Re-search Farm included a yield trial of OSU derived hybrids, and observation trials of OSU inbreds and hybrids. Breeding funds were used for a major portion of the...
This issue is packed with information. James Osborne, Enology Extension Specialist, OSU, opens the newsletter with an article about managing Brettanomyces and spoilage in the winery. Patty Skinkis, Viticulture Extension Specialist, OSU, provides an article on the challenge of yield estimation in vineyards. Jay Pscheidt, Extension Plant Pathologist, OSU, provides a timely article on scouting for crown...
Results from vegetation management trials involving horticultural crops conducted during the past year are compiled and reported by faculty members of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, the Oregon State Extension Service, and colleagues who cooperated from adjacent states along with local enterprises. This work was conducted throughout Oregon and involved...
The incorporation of a narrative in advertising campaigns sells products because consumers respond to engaging media. Companies like Apple and Google understand – and perhaps have always understood – the im-portance of incorporating a narrative into an advertisement campaign. In our current consumer culture, there are a multitude of products...