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 NWREC Open House Shares Ag Research and Education with Community Family Food Educators share samples of dried foods, food preservation advice, and recipes. A guided hayride tour around NWREC shows off the latest research crops. The Community Open House 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
AGRICULTURE OSU Launches Global Hemp Innovation Center OSU researchers planted hemp plants at NWREC and other university experiment stations located in different climates and soil conditions throughout Oregon. Hemp material will be harvested as the plants are flowering and will Read More