AGRICULTURE Summer student help adjusts to COVID-19 Every summer the faculty at NWREC hire students to assist with their field research projects. Over the past several years we have had about 30 students join us to work and learn. Half Read More
AGRICULTURE A quest for the best Oregon olive Olive plants trials at NWREC will help determine the hardiest cold weather varieties for growing in Oregon. The olive industry shows promise as another potential specialty crop in Oregon, but one of Read More
AGRICULTURE Fresh Oregon Strawberries in November? Javier Fernandez Salvador samples one of his fresh strawberries harvested at NWREC in late November. Javier Fernandez Salvador’s idea of creating a year-around fresh strawberry market in Oregon has been under development at his Read More
AGRICULTURE New Sign Promotes Christmas Tree Program A new interpretive sign was recently installed at NWREC for the Christmas tree program. It was designed to inform visitors about the five different Christmas tree seed orchards that have been established at Read More
AGRICULTURE Cultivating Knowledge on Cultivating Weeds In field demonstrations of the walk-behind cultivating tractor at the OSU Mechanical Cultivation Field Day. Over 100 people attended the second annual OSU Mechanical Cultivation Field Day last August at NWREC. The goal of Read More
AGRICULTURE New Organic Extension Program Launches at OSU Nick Andrews, the Metro Small Farms Extension Agent at NWREC, is part of a new Organic Extension program at OSU. Oregon’s Organic agriculture sector has grown tremendously over the last 40 years. Read More