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Willamette Valley Field Crops Extension provides research-based information for commercial cereal grain, grass seed, legume seed and oil seed producers. This page is hosted by Oregon State University Extension Service - Department of Crop and Soil Science.
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Field Crops Extension Agents in the Willamette Valley produce an online newsletter providing up-to-date information for commercial field crops growers. First edition of the newsletter coming soon!
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Valley Wheat Strongest in 15 Years "I'm hearing yields in the 140 to 150 (bushels per acre) range in some fields," said Oregon State University Extension cereals specialist Mike Flowers. "I think people are pretty happy with the crop right now." (Capital Press, July 30, 2009) |
Willamette Valley Grass Seed Growers Brace For Future Without Field Burning In the current economy, grass seed growers pay more to produce grass seed than to sell it, says Bill Young, a grass seed specialist at Oregon State University. (The Oregonian, July 17, 2009) |
Oregon's Potential as a Crop-growing Hub Excites Some For all the precipitation that befalls Oregon, not enough of it rains down during hemp’s summer growing season, wrote OSU’s Daryl Ehrensing. (Eugene Register Guard, July 20, 2009) |