Gov. Tina Kotek on Friday declared drought emergencies in two Oregon counties, the first such declarations by the governor in ...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture is reversing a policy decision some farmers say would have been too burdensome on small dairies. July 11, 2025. contribute now. About OPB.

President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" cuts social safety net programs like SNAP to rein in government spending.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has declared the first drought emergencies of the year for two counties on opposite sides of the state ...

Oregon will see rising rates of hunger and costly administrative backlogs due to the recently passed GOP megabill that cuts ...

Gov. Tina Kotek is bringing a former deputy director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture back to the agency to lead it. Lisa Charpilloz Hanson was deputy director of the agency from 2005 to ...

oregon department of agriculture. Entire Oregon Coast Closed To Mussel Harvesting After ‘Unprecedented’ Outbreak of Foodborne Illness. 20 sickened by paralytic shellfish poisoning; harvesting of razor ...

In 2020 the Oregon Legislature allocated funding to the Department of Agriculture to start an Oregon State Meat Inspection Program. The program began inspecting its first licensee in July 2022 ...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture filed administrative rules with the secretary of state this week that significantly limits insecticide chlorpyrifos' uses immediately and phases out nearly all ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon Department of Agriculture Assistant Director Jonathan Sandau and five agricultural companies from around the state embarked Tuesday on a trade mission to Singapore and ...

SALEM, Ore. – An Oregon mink farm has reported an outbreak of COVID-19 among animals and workers.. Oregon Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Andrea Cantu-Schomus declined to say which county ...

Oregon Department of Agriculture news release, "Oregon farm to school efforts receive good report card," June 12, 2014. Browse the Truth-O-Meter More by Dana Tims ...