agriculture

Invasive Japanese beetles

Small but with a big appetite: Japanese beetle looms large for Northwest agriculture (OPB, 3/27/2023)

Thumbnail of cover from the document Japanese beetle: a major pest of specialty crops & ornamental plants.Japanese beetle: a major pest of specialty crops & ornamental plants (2021) Oregon State Department of Agriculture, Plant Division

Thumbnail of cover from the document Japanese beetle eradication response plan.Japanese beetle eradication response plan (2020) Oregon Insect Pest Prevention & Management

Thumbnail of cover from the document Japanese beetle look-alike guide.Japanese beetle look-alike guide (2017) Oregon Insect Pest Prevention & Management

Legislative proposal on canola

Senate proposal stirs up a longtime controversy over canola in the Willamette Valley (Capital Chronicle, 3/8/23)

Oregon lawmakers again face debate on 500-acre canola limit (Capital Press, 3/8/23)

Thumbnail of cover from the document 2018 report to the Oregon Legislature - House Bill 3382: recommendations to consider for coexistence between canola and specialty seed production in the Willamette Valley
2018 report to the Oregon Legislature – House Bill 3382: recommendations to consider for coexistence between canola and specialty seed production in the Willamette Valley (2018) Oregon Department of Agriculture

Streaked horned lark and agriculture

Farm exemptions for streaked horned lark come under fire (Capital Press, 11/8/22)

Thumbnail of cover from the document Survey protocols and strategies for assessing streaked horned lark site occupancy status, population abundance, and trendsSurvey protocols and strategies for assessing streaked horned lark site occupancy status, population abundance, and trends (2016) Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Dairy farms and air quality

Coalition of 22 advocacy groups ask Oregon to regulate dairy air pollution (Statesman Journal, 8/18/2022)

Groups petition Oregon to regulate dairy air emissions (Capital Press, 8/18/2022)

Final report to the Department of Environmental Quality & Department of AgricultureFinal report to the Department of Environmental Quality & Department of Agriculture (2008) Oregon Dairy Air Quality Task Force