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OSU Extension Service and agricultural research news
The Extension and Experiment Station Communications (EESC) department writes news releases about OSU’s agricultural research as well as the various programs offered by the university’s Extension Service. Below is an archive of these stories as well as a list of stories published in the media about Extension. You’ll also find gardening advice articles written by EESC. Contact our media liaisons.
Recent News Stories
August 24, 2011
OSU Extension provides expert knowledge about safe food handling, preparation and preservation practices.
August 5, 2011
OSU Extension master gardeners are trained volunteers who share sustainable gardening and OSU horticulture expertise with the public.
July 28, 2011
Oregon State University has hired John Killefer, an alumnus who is a meat scientist at the University of Illinois, to head its forthcoming animal and rangeland sciences department.
June 30, 2011
Oregon State University has named John Talbott as the new director of the Western Region Sun Grant program.
June 16, 2011
Orange Tour crisscrossing the state honoring OSU Extension supporters and celebrating centennial.
Extension In The News
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Bilingual training builds nursery worker skills, aids industry from The Oregonian
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Take care when making fresh apple juice, cider from Herald and News
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Potato psyllid populations growing dramatically from Capital Press
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Forests dense, overgrown and growing from Herald and News
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Farmers blame tight immigration for labor shortage in fields from The Oregonian
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Recent Gardening Tips
May 10, 2013
The latest research-based guidelines for managing insect pests, plant diseases and weeds in the Pacific Northwest are available through three newly updated, comprehensive guides.
May 3, 2013
Thatch is a layer of decaying roots and stems that build up between grass and the soil.
April 19, 2013
Animal manure is rich in nutrients that make it a great organic fertilizer for your garden.
April 12, 2013
Afraid gardening and your soil are not compatible? Raised beds can come to the rescue.
March 29, 2013
Gardeners and nurseries should be on the lookout this spring for a relatively new pest in Oregon that damages azaleas and rhododendrons, according to experts with the Oregon State University Extension Service.
News Archive
- May 2013 (2)
- April 2013 (5)
- March 2013 (4)
- February 2013 (1)
- January 2013 (11)
- December 2012 (5)
- November 2012 (5)
- October 2012 (2)
- September 2012 (2)
- August 2012 (1)
- July 2012 (3)
- June 2012 (5)
