TALENT, Ore — A family owned pear orchard will be shutting down operations after 111 years in the Rogue Valley. Meyer Orchards in Talent told NBC5, that its closing due to rising costs in labor/federal expenses, along with foreign competition ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Pear orchardists are seeing a shortage of labor here in southern Oregon. Orchard owners said it’s an issue they’ve been dealing with for more than five years. Rogue Valley orchardist, Gary Hubler, said for the first ...
TALENT, Ore.– Industries across southern Oregon are still assessing how bad the smoke affected business this year. For agriculture and more specifically, pear farmers – the smoke may have been a nuisance to those out in the fields but it ...