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Country Living Newsletter - August 2018
In This Issue: funding for farmers & ranchers, OSU Beef Tour, where did the tansy ragwort go? phosphate and the human future, hay hauling permit update, year-round grass tetany management, plants attracting beneficial predators, fruit tree "slugs", enthusiastic yellow jackets, early appearance of fall webworms, protection for tomato plants in changing weather, WILDFIRE preparedness, oxeye daisy weed, August garden hints, and more!
Country Living Newsletter - July 2018
In This Issue: manures and gardens, blossom end rot, apple maggot season, interesting insect imposters, invasive nutria, blackberry weeds, beekeeping workshop, July garden hints, hay hauling, livestock numbers declining in the county?, sobering farm accident statistics, 2018 Columbia County Fair: July 18-22 (Benny Beaver day is Saturday, July 21st), and more!
Introduction to Post-Harvest Food Handling
Savvy consumers have high expectations. They want their meat, produce and processed food products to be nice looking, nutritionally sound, good tasting and free from microbial risks. The small farmer...
Irrigation Management Basics
Small fruit, vegetable and nursery crops generally require irrigation to produce the quality the market demands and the yield the producer needs. Irrigation technology has changed dramatically over...
Crops that don’t require irrigation (and big equipment)
Western Oregon has a number of small-acreage farms (40 acres or less) that have traditionally raised livestock but could produce higher value crops. But most of those farms do not have an irrigation...
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