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Agroforestry: 5 practices for adding trees to your farm or ranch in Oregon

Agroforestry combines trees, shrubs, forages, grasses, livestock and crops in innovative, flexible combinations tailored to the needs of landowners.

Sam Angima, Kidane Giday | Jul 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Forests in a changing climate: A framework for management

Two potential strategies for addressing climate change can help forest managers prepare for a future with less water and warmer temperatures.

Stephen Fitzgerald, Glenn Howe, Glenn Ahrens | Jun 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Composting: An alternative for livestock manure management and disposal of dead animals

Learn how to compost manure, what equipment you'll need and what you can use it for. Examine the differences between composted and uncomposted manure, as well as its drawbacks.

Michael Gamroth, Linda Brewer | Jun 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Biofumigation cover crops: Enhancing soil health and combating pests

Biofumigation is an alternative to chemical fumigation of crops. Cover crops such as mustard, canola and oilseed radish control pests, disease and weeds. Learn how these crops can preserve soil health.

Udayakumar Sekaran, Karthik Karuppanan, Vigneshwaran Raja, Jemila Chellappa, Ruijun (Ray) Qin, Joel Felix | Jun 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Management of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets on rangeland and pastures

This guide outlines strategies for managing grasshoppers and Mormon crickets in Eastern Oregon rangelands, emphasizing economic thresholds, coordinated large-area treatments and cost-effective pesticide options to mitigate significant forage losses.

Will Price, Scott Duggan, Sergio Arispe | Jun 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Canning soup

Homemade soups containing vegetables, beans, meat or seafood can be canned for future use if a few guidelines are followed. Learn how to prepare soups for canning and what can and can't be included.

Nellie Oehler | Jun 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Preserving peppers

With so many varieties of peppers grown in Oregon, it is fortunate that they can be preserved to enjoy all year long by canning, freezing, drying or pickling. Here's a how-to guide for all four preservation methods.

Nellie Oehler | Jun 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Promoting and enhancing early-seral habitat after timber harvest

Learn about the composition of complex early-seral habitat and ways to create or enhance these characteristics before, during and after harvesting timber.

Lauren Grand, Stephen Fitzgerald | May 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Early-seral forest: What is it and why is it important?

Learn about early-seral forests, a stage in forest succession that fosters biodiversity. Early-seral forest follows a major disturbance, such as a timber harvest, wildfire or windstorm.

Stephen Fitzgerald, Holly Ober | May 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Selling your farm products to farmers markets

Farmers markets are one way to grow your farm business and generate income across Oregon. Buying and selling at farmers markets benefits both farmers and consumers: shoppers get fresh, local food while supporting small farms and...

Samikshya Budhathoki | May 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

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