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Spring Farms: Family looking ahead to the future

RAFT RIVER, Idaho — Jason Webb’s family has been farming in Idaho for more than a half-century. “My ...

February 29, 2024

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Wirth honored for distinguished service

Don Wirth, long-time Willamette Valley cover crop and forage seed farmer, processor and advocate, has been awarded the ...

February 29, 2024

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Blue House Farm: Organic farmer sows success

PESCADERO, Calif. — Ryan Casey is a first generation farmer whose interest was first piqued at the University ...

February 29, 2024

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Seed and Row Crops 2023

March 2, 2023

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Ruddenklau Farms: Grass seed, other crops provide diversity

AMITY, Ore. — It’s a miracle that the Ruddenklaus found each other. Helle was a Danish immigrant who ...

March 2, 2023

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Evan Kruse: Makes switch to grass seed, forage

ROSEBURG, Ore. — From planting and growing about 60 varieties of fruits and vegetables annually for the past ...

March 2, 2023

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Daniel Hartwig: Water availability looms large

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. — Farmer Daniel Hartwig says the recent storms in California impacted his crops, but in ...

March 2, 2023

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Gardenripe: Handing the baton to a new operator

SILVERTON, Ore. — As he considered retirement, Bill Schiedler, founder of Gardenripe Produce in Silverton, Ore., hated the ...

March 2, 2023

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Oregon seed crops by the numbers

Grass seed 2021 preliminary numbers • Annual ryegrass Harvested acres: 117,740 Yield: 2,020 pounds per acre Production: 237.8 ...

March 2, 2023

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Sunnyside Farm: Diversification key to success

NEW PLYMOUTH, Idaho — Galen Lee is raising a variety of crops on the Idaho farm his great-grandparents ...

March 2, 2023