The 2009 Heritage and Community Trees of Oregon calendar is now available from Oregon Community Trees, just in time for the holiday season. Each month profiles a significant tree or urban forest in Oregon, and includes tree planting and care tips and resources. The cost is $14 per calendar, with discounts for higher quantities. Download […]
Chemeketa offers native plant class among winter offerings
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— PostedChemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore., has announced its winter term offerings in horticulture, landscaping and pesticides. Registration begins Dec. 8, and classes run Jan. 5-March 21, 2009. The offerings include a new class titled “Native Plant Propagation and Use.” Others cover plant propagation, greenhouse production/management, woody plant identification, soils/media/nutrition, viticulture, landscape design, landscape irrigation, […]
California enforces restrictions on uncertified English laurel
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— PostedProvisions of California’s cherry fruit fly quarantine are now being applied to English laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) from Oregon. This is due to a recent determination that English laurel fruit is a host for cherry fruit fly. If this material does not have proper official certification that is free from, or properly treated for, cherry fruit […]
Obama and nurseries
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— PostedWhat will the election of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) mean for nurseries? According to John Aguirre, executive director of the Oregon Association of Nurseries, the Obama ascendancy offers opportunities as well as challenges. In terms of opportunities, Obama is likely to favor a federal energy policy with incentives for efficiency and alternative sources, greater attention […]
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— PostedDid you vote yet? It’s Election Day in the USA, and history will be made as the nation elects either the first African-American president or the first female vice president in American history. But more than that, there are a variety of downticket races that are being watched carefully and nervously, both in Oregon and […]
Risk management training funded
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— PostedOregon State University was awarded a $75,000 partnership agreement award by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), the agency announced Monday. The grants are intended to help provide new ways for producers to manage agricultural risks, and for outreach and educational opportunities to women, limited-resource, and other traditionally underserved farmers and ranchers. […]
A ‘compliance nightmare’
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— PostedEmployment law attorney Ron Guerra of the firm Jordan Schrader Ramis P.C. has issued his take on the latest proposed permutation of the No Match Rule, which was issued Oct. 23, 2008. He breaks it down in great detail, so if you are an employer affected by this rule, his analysis is well worth reading. […]
An unbelievable e-bounty
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— PostedAlthough Digger magazine is primarily for wholesale growers, retailers and others in the nursery industry, we do have a significant audience among home gardeners and hobbyists who appreciate good information on plants. This post is for you. Oregon State University Extension Service has just released the latest edition of its Northwest Gardeners eNews, and it […]
‘Big Look’ task force calls for changes
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— PostedOregon’s much-heralded and also much-criticized land use system – invented in the 1970s to protect agricultural resource land – could be in for major changes if recommendations from the state-appointed “Big Look” task force come to pass. The 10-member body is recommending more flexibility and more local control, according to an article by Eric Mortenson […]
Spanish DMV tests down 90 percent
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— PostedWhen new Oregon rules aimed at blocking undocumented immigrants from getting driver’s licenses took effect last February, many observers wondered what the effect would be. And although it’s still not clear whether fewer such immigrants are driving, living or working in Oregon, one thing is clear. The state is giving far fewer driver’s license exams […]
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