Due to cost, time, grazing restrictions, lack of selectivity or by personal choice, some growers do not want to use chemical methods of weed control in pastures. Weed control without chemicals is a...
Food labeling is becoming more complex and confusing these days. You may see labels such as ‘Free Range’, or ‘Hormone Free’, ‘Fair Trade’, ‘Locally Grown’ etc, but what do they really mean? The food...
Local foods awareness in Oregon has increased tremendously over the last five years. Our local schools are among institutional groups that are now looking at expanding the local foods in their...
Nearly everybody involved in agriculture knows something about soil pH. Broadly, pH is a measure of the hydrogen ion concentration in soil solution which controls the overall suitability for root...
As the summer season winds down, it is time again to start planning for next year’s crop. One of the areas to do inventory is soil fertility. Soil pH is one factor that gauges your plant nutrition...
Several farmers and gardeners in Washington State lost most of their vegetable crops in 2010 due to the effects of aminopyralid herbicide residues that originated from composted dairy manure. For more...
