Retail fresh produce sales totaled $5.4 billion in April, down 3.6% from 2020 but up 10.3% from 2019. Fresh fruit sales were up 1.5% and fresh vegetable sales were down 8.8%.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wheat farmers, like their counterparts in Washington and Idaho, are using additional fungicide treatments to stave off stripe rust this year.
Capital Press reports that a heavier than normal snowfall and extended periods of cold and rain resulted in conditions ideal for diseases...
**EPA’s conclusion that glyphosate is “not likely” to cause cancer in humans has received a mixed review from a scientific review panel.
According to the report, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel “was split...
BOISE (AP) — U.S. officials say three types of potatoes genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the environment and safe to eat.
The approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U...