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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
June 5, 2012
Twenty undergraduates in Oregon State University's Agricultural and Resource Economics Department have been selected to receive scholarships totaling $18,825 in 2012-13.
May 22, 2012
Oregon's wine industry will now be able to better understand how what it's doing in its vineyards and vats is impacting the quality of its final product thanks to a new cadre of tasting experts trained by Oregon State University.
May 4, 2012
Field day topics will focus on two general topics—cereal and seed crops
May 2, 2012
The gift from the Margaret P. Hesse family increases the county’s 4-H endowment by more than 40 percent.
April 26, 2012
The Partnership for Agricultural and Resource Policy will assess impacts of government policies on agriculture, the environment and rural communities
Extension In The News
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Oregon State University Researchers Develop Stripe Rust Resistant Soft White Winter Wheat from Grainnet
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Grafted tomatoes become super producers from USA Today
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Beauty & the beets from The Register-Guard
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Soil testing is essential to bountiful gardens from The World
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Researchers seek to boost bumblebee forage, blueberry yields from The Grower
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Cows that eat juniper risk losing calves from AgInfo.net
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Ranchers put local beef on school menus from Blue Mountain Eagle
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)
