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Willamette Valley Field Crops Extension provides research-based information for commercial cereal grain, grass seed, legume seed and oil crop producers. This page is hosted by Oregon State University Extension Service - Department of Crop and Soil Science.
New Wheat Nutrient Management Guide and Variety Data
The OSU Soft White Winter Wheat Nutrient Manangement Guide for western, Oregon has been revised. The updated version is now available online.
Winter Wheat Nutrient Management Guide
Yield data is now available from the 2011 OSU wheat variety trials in Corvallis and Cornelius. See the North Valley dataset for a comparison of sprayed and unsprayed information.
2011 OSU Wheat Variety Trial Data
In the News
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Oregon State University has hired a wheat breeder from Idaho to head its internationally recognized wheat variety development program. Robert Zemetra, a professor of plant breeding and genetics at the University of Idaho, will start May 23. (OSU, Jan 3, 2011) |
Rain, cold bring headaches for Northwest farmers "The industry kind of counts on it not raining once you get to July," said Mark Mellbye, an Oregon State University professor who studies grass seed from the extension office in Albany. (Statesman Journal, July 25, 2011)
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Clover Cover Crop Brings New Income to Oregon Farmers "This is a sustainable market Oregon seed producers can be invested in, " says Nicole Anderson, an Oregon State University field crops Extension faculty member. (Western Farmer Stockton, June 29, 2011) |