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Best practices for produce safety after a wildfire
When assessing the safety of exposed produce, the difficulty is knowing what has been burning. If it is just vegetation smoke then it’s probably safe to eat produce after rinsing off the ash, although it might still taste/smell smoky. If the air pollution has particulate matter from treated timber, tires, non-food grade oils, or anything plastic or chlorinated that burned it may include a mixture of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), dioxins, and metals. Exposure to fire retardant may have also occurred.
Nonlethal Bird Deterrent Strategies: Methods for reducing fruit crop losses in Oregon
Bird predation is a significant threat to marketable yields in fruit crops. Loss estimates are about 10% to 20% in blueberries, 5% to 30% in cherries, and 5% to 10% in grapes. However, some vineyard sites have reported up ...
Can I grow strawberries from seed?
Q: Is it possible to grow Seascape strawberries from their seeds?
Introducción a la Seguridad de los alimentos y microorganismos quelos contaminan
Este video presenta el concepto de patógenos transmitidos por los alimentos y los tres grupos principales: bacterias, virus y parásitos. También se discuten las fuentes, la propagación y la reproducción de estos patógenos. ...
Limpieza de los contenedores/recipientes para la cosecha
Este video se enfoca en los contenedores de cosecha y las mejores prácticas para evitar contaminar los productos agrícolas frescos. Se destaca el monitoreo, el almacenamiento, la limpieza y la desinfección de los contenedores de cosecha.
High Speed Hand Washing - Adult Workplace/COVID-19 Mini-Poster, color bilingual
Adult Workplace/COVID-19 Mini-Poster, color, bilingual.
Blueberry Economics: The Costs of Establishing and Producing Conventional Blueberries in the Willamette Valley
Newly revised for 2020: Oregon Agricultural Enterprise budgets
Blueberry Economics: The Costs of Establishing and Producing Organic Blueberries in the Willamette Valley
Updated for 2020: Oregon Agricultural Enterprise budgets
Online courses show how to prune and train your berries, grapes and kiwifruit
This course will provide small farmers and home gardeners with information needed to prune and train grapes, berries and kiwi fruit. It's online and you can start anytime. Learn more and register.
2020 Pest Management Guide for Wine Grapes in Oregon
This publication reviews the growth stages of grapes. For each growth stage (or group of growth stages), the document lists the more effective pesticides used to control insects, weeds, and disease; their rates; and application ...