Japan bought 89,579 metric tons of western-white wheat from the U.S. today, the first purchase since the government banned the grain on May 30 after the discovery of an unapproved gene-altered variety ...

An Oregon organic farm has submitted a weed management plan before the issue heads to county court. The plan announced Wednesday by Azure Farms outlines actions to control noxious weeds. Neighboring ...

Government investigators are trying to solve an agricultural whodunit: How did genetically engineered wheat that was never approved for sale end... In Oregon, The GMO Wheat Mystery Deepens The strange ...

Daniel Jepsen is normally too busy to keep up with politics, but even he’s paying attention now. The 40-year old resident of Ione, a small town in Morrow County, manages a farm that has been passed ...

PENDLETON — Oregon’s wheat harvest was above average this year, succeeding 2023’s below-average yield. Amanda Hoey, CEO of the Oregon Wheat Growers League and Oregon Wheat Association, attributed the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Farmers rushed to save their livelihoods as a wildfire roared through vast Oregon wheat fields Thursday and crushed their hopes at the peak of what was expected to be one of the most ...

PENDLETON — Area shutterbugs can help share the story of the state’s wheat industry through the Oregon Wheat Photo Contest. Photos for the contest must have been taken in Oregon and should be ...

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