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‘Warning Signs’: Oregon Industries’ Anxiety Grows Over Trade War with China
Original post in The Oregonian By Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/OregonLive “It’s really put the growers under an immense amount of pressure,” said Larry George, CEO of George Packing Company, a large hazelnut processor and marketer in Newberg. You might be forgiven for...
China Trade War Brings Anxiety to Oregon
Original post in Bend Bulletin by Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian The trade dispute “sends a signal to China that the United States might not be a reliable partner,” said Wang Donghua, Chinese consul general, while attending the 9th Oregon-China Economic Forum Friday in...
Hazelnuts Mentioned in Congress Tariff Talks
HAZELNUTS MENTIONED IN CONGRESS TARIFF TALKS ? Our lobbying efforts are really paying off for Oregon hazelnuts! “It’s hazelnuts!” says top U.S. trade representative Ambassador Lighthizer in his testimony about agriculture at Ways+Means. ? “So I'm talking to the...
Oregon State Scientist Sees Future in Homegrown Hazelnuts
Original post in Oregon Live Featured Image: Shawn Mehlenbacher has spent 33 years perfecting hazelnut varieties on OSU's farm. By High School Journalism Institute Shawn Mehlenbacher is on an endless search for the perfect nut. He walks quickly past trees of all...
Dr. Oz Includes Hazelnuts Among 5 Foods to Eat for a Longer Life
Original post on the TODAY Show These foods from around the world are delicious additions to a healthy diet at home. Watch the video at TODAY show below There's no one recipe for a long life, but Dr. Oz has gathered plenty of delicious ideas from around the world to...
Building a Lifestyle: Deerhaven Farms Transfer
Original post in Capital Press A Changing Hands Story By Ashley Rood Rogue Farm Corp “All you want for your life is meaningful work and meaningful relationships,” says Steve Horning. “and we are lucky to have that.” Steve is the third generation on his family’s...
USDA Announces Support for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation and Trade Disruption
Original Release & Contact Info at USDA.gov Press Release Release No. 0078.19 Contact: USDA Press Email: press@oc.usda.gov (Washington, D.C., May 23, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
Researchers use tiny wasp to control stinkbugs
Original post in the Capital Press by GEORGE PLAVEN CORVALLIS, Ore. — The samurai wasp may be small, but it is a mighty assassin of one of Oregon agriculture's most detested pests — the brown marmorated stinkbug. No bigger than a pinhead, the tiny wasp lays its eggs...
American Agriculture Firmly Behind Trump in Trade War, with Animosity Toward Big Tech
Original post in Washington Times By L. Todd Wood ANALYSIS/OPINION: American agriculture firmly behind Trump in trade war, with animosity toward Big Tech Farmers look sideways at Silicon Valley LARRY GEORGE NORTHWEST HAZELNUT CO. Photo: Phil Rutter, foreground,...
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