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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
November 22, 2010
Brian Tuck has been appointed new director of the Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center (MCAREC) in Hood River.
November 15, 2010
Sheep farmers are invited to register for a free workshop on raising sheep on Nov. 30 in Canby.
October 19, 2010
Oregon State University hires alumna Christina DeWitt, a food chemist at Oklahoma State University, to head its Seafood Laboratory in Astoria.
September 29, 2010
September 17, 2010
Extension In The News
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Agriculture officials say disease that could devastate potato crops found in southern Idaho from Daily Reporter
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OSU offers class on tree identification from The Umpqua Post
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National festival features OSU exhibits from Corvallis Gazette-Times
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Soil texture will determine how much and how often to water from Herald and News
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Botulism Outbreak in Oregon Sickens Three from Food Safety News
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Oregon scientists find dreaded stinkbugs from Good Fruit Grower
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Can chemical-free backyard beekeeping stave off colony collapse? from Peninsula Press
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)
