EAGLE POINT, Ore. – After four years of planning, Eagle Point High School is officially the home of agriculture after launching a brand new facility! The $2.6 million facility is called the ‘K-bar Agriculture Learning Center’, and the Eagles will ...

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Oregon’s Senators are calling for more to be done by the federal government to help the agriculture community. “We know that this is not just going to be suddenly, magically healed,” Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said. ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A family-owned dairy near grants pass pleads guilty to a misdemeanor for violating the Clean Water Act. The US Attorney’s Office for Oregon says that Noble Family Dairy negligently discharged cow manure into Caris Creek that ultimately ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – How do you feel about lab-grown meat? The cell-based proteins are grown in a giant vat much like what you’d find at a beer brewery. Now the U.S. Department of Agriculture has cleared lab-grown, or “cultivated ...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – There’s positive news this year for thousands of acres of croplands in the Klamath Basin. Based on improved spring hydrology and updated forecasts, the Bureau of Reclamation announced a boost in Klamath Project water supply allocations. ...

Author: Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — A new law took effect in Oregon this month, one that begins a five-year process of mandating that farmworkers receive overtime pay after working a certain amount of hours per ...

Author: Joe Raineri (KGW) CORVALLIS, Ore. (KGW) — It has been a struggle for wineries over the last several years as the Pacific Northwest deals with massive wildfires. Many crops have been impacted by wildfire smoke, but researchers from Oregon ...

SALEM, Ore. – On December 13th of last year, the Oregon legislature approved Senate Bill 892 which establishes a disaster assistance program for Oregon farmers recovering from natural disasters. Now, the application window is open. The Oregon Disaster Assistance Program will provide ...

SALEM, Ore. – A majority of the Oregon House and Senate approved overtime pay for agricultural workers. “Farmworkers have long been excluded from requirements for overtime compensation,” Oregon Democrats said. “When the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938 ...

CENTRAL POINT, Ore–The Rusted Gate Farm has opened a new farm stand to help promote sustainable farming. Executive Director for the farm, Jo Ann Shannon, says the farm doubled its staff in the past year. She says its ramping up ...

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