Eventually, his work brought him to the upper Hood River Valley, where he was able to acquire a 5-acre plot of land and begin planting fruit trees. Riichi Kiyokawa farmed a plot of land in Dee ...

Just as human diners select restaurants based on what is on the menu, insect predators choose pear orchards based on the ...

There is no big corporate goal. That is not the reason we are (creating this label). We are doing it in large part to add ...

Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley spoke with NewsWatch 12 ahead of town hall meetings in Jackson and Josephine County on Sunday, March 16.

Growers have no control over that,” said Mike Doke, executive director of the Hood River-based industry group Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers. “When there are increased regulation costs on ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday slapped 25% across-the-board tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico – our nation’s largest trading partner. Chinese goods entering the U.S. face an ...

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Kate Prengaman and Ross CourtneyOn Feb. 13, the Trump administration began serious cutbacks to the federal workforce, ...

Royce Daniels got a job offer as an easement specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture last October. About a month later, he was packing up and moving from Houston to Eugene. But at 7:30 p.m.

Growers have no control over that,” said Mike Doke, executive director of the Hood River-based industry group Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers. “When there are increased regulation costs on overtime, on ...