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Preserving Asian pears

Asian pears are usually picked ripe and ready to eat. They'll last about a week at room temperature and up to three months in the refrigerator. They can also be preserved by either canning or drying. Here's how.

Nellie Oehler, Jared Hibbard-Swanson | Dec 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Preserving for special diets

Sugar and salt often play a vital role in canning fruits and vegetables at home. But sugar and salt can often be eliminated or reduced if special care is taken to account for their absence. Here's a how-to guide.

Nellie Oehler, Jared Hibbard-Swanson | Dec 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Steam Canners: Using to process high-acid or acidified foods

Foods naturally high in acid — most fruits, pickles and salsas — can be processed in a steam canner. Steam canners require less water but processing time is limited. Here's how to use steam canners for high-acid foods.

Caryn Wheeler, Jared Hibbard-Swanson, Nellie Oehler | Dec 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Uncooked freezer jam

Freezer jams are easy to make because they don't require high-temperature processing and have few ingredients — usually just fruit, sugar, pectin and water. Recipes are simple but require strict adherence.

Nellie Oehler, Jared Hibbard-Swanson | Dec 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Dry farm tomato production in Western Oregon

Dry-farmed tomatoes can thrive in Western Oregon with the right site, varieties and management. This guide explains yields, grafting, disorders and techniques to improve productivity and fruit quality.

Alexandra Stone, Matt Davis, Andy Gallagher, Amy Garrett | Nov 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog

The cost of regulatory compliance in the Oregon tree fruit industry

Government regulations are often an overlooked cost of doing business for farmers. Here's a detailed look at how much state and federal regulations cost per acre for four Oregon fruit growers.

Tim Delbridge, Ashley Thompson, Mike McCullough | Nov 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog

A fertilizer guide for winter wheat in summer-fallow systems

Learn the nutritional requirements of nonirrigated cereal crops in northcentral and Eastern Oregon, including recommendations for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, chloride and zinc.

Larry Lutcher, Don Wysocki, Amber Moore, Donald A. Horneck, John M. Hart, Neil W. Christensen | Nov 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Loose smut disease: What hay and grass seed producers need to know

Smut diseases pose a serious threat to hay and grass seed production, leading to yield losses, reductions in forage quality and contamination. This guide helps hay and grass seed producers learn to identify and manage the disease.

Collins Bugingo | Nov 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

USDA cash rent estimates for Oregon: 2025 update

Some agricultural producers rent the land they farm. This report examines rental rates in Oregon counties.

Daniel Bigelow | Oct 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Updated lime requirement recommendations for Oregon

OSU researchers released higher pH targets as part of improved lime rate recommendations after they took soil tests from across the state.

Amber Moore | Oct 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

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