Extension helps distribute PPE to agricultural communities

The distribution included a high-speed handwashing poster designed by Extension Family and Community Health faculty.

Chris Branam | Jun 3, 2020 | News story

Why is our coastal fruit dropping?

P: I take care of several local orchards and have been finding huge amounts of fruit drop and poor setting near Astoria. Apples, cherry, plum — very weak production in the orchards. Do you know if this is common, or what causes it?

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Enhancing urban and suburban landscapes to protect pollinators

Andony Melathopoulos, Neil Bell, Signe Danler, Amy Jo Detweiler, Iris Kormann, Gail Langellotto, Nicole Sanchez, Heather Stoven and Dave Smitley

A bee on a cosmos flower; gardener examines blossoms in the background

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Learn how to attract bees and other pollinators to your garden, and how to keep them healthy.

The way we garden and manage the landscapes of the Northwest can help promote the health of bees and other insects. This guide offers detailed plant lists, garden designs and advice on creating pollinator habitat.

The way we garden can help promote the health of bees and other insects. This guide offers detailed plant lists, garden designs and advice on creating pollinator habitat.

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Pacific Northwest watermelon production east of the Cascades

Learn how to grow watermelon commercially in the Columbia Basin. Study cultivar selection, site preparation, planting, pollination, irrigation, pest management, harvest and marketing.

Scott Lukas, Logan Clark, Kenneth Frost, Linda Brewer | Nov 2024 | OSU Extension Catalog

The Home Ignition Zone: Protecting your property from wildfire

Wildfire is inevitable — learn what you need to know to prepare your home and property. Handy worksheets help you assess each zone of your property to reduce the threat wildfires pose. This publication is one of a series of Land Steward Rural Resource Guidelines.

Max Bennett, Clint Nichols | Nov 2024 | OSU Extension Catalog

A Guide to Hedgerows: Plantings That Enhance Biodiversity, Sustainability and Functionality

Hedgerows are living fences with the ability to grow food, shelter wildlife, save water, manage weeds and look beautiful all year round. Study the many benefits of hedgerows, and learn what you need to know to plant your own living fence.

Pami Monnette, Jude Hobbs | Jun 2023 | OSU Extension Catalog

Wild Carrot

An abundant seed producer, this weed grows in meadows, pastures, along roadsides, and in noncrop areas. Also known as Queen Anne's lace, wild carrot is listed as a Class B noxious weed in Washington. Counties ...

Jim P. Fitzsimmons, Larry C. Burrill, Jed B. Colquhoun | Jun 2023 | OSU Extension Catalog

Performance of Hard Red Winter Wheat in Late-Planted Fallow

This publication describes results of field research on the performance of hard red winter wheat cultivars in a late-planted fallow system in the low-precipitation zone of Oregon and Washington.

Larry Lutcher, Clare Sullivan, Michael D. Flowers, Christopher C. Mundt, Don Wysocki, Karl E. L. Rhinhart, Juliet Marshall | Jun 2023 | OSU Extension Catalog

Building resilience through engagement: Brenda and Tony Richards - Rancher-to-Rancher Case Study series: Increasing resilience among ranchers in the Pacific Northwest

This publication is part of the Rancher-to-Rancher Case Study Series: Increasing resilience among ranchers in the Pacific Northwest.

Sonia A. Hall, Tipton Hudson, K. Scott Jensen, J. Shannon Neibergs, Matthew Reeves, Georgine Yorgey, Emily Jane Davis | Jun 2023 | OSU Extension Catalog

Buenas Practicas en el Campo Para Trabajadores Agrícolas/Good Field Practices for Food Safety

La agricultura es un sector muy importante de la economía de Oregon. La seguridad de los alimentos sigue siendo una preocupación crítica y relevante, especialmente con la implementación de la Ley de ...

Luisa Santamaria, Maria Marlin | Jun 2020 | OSU Extension Catalog

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