Oregon agricultural regulators are once again giving a boost to locally-owned slaughterhouses to build up local meat supply. On Wednesday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture announced a “substantial ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- For second- and third-graders at Highland Magnet School in Bend, learning about Oregon isn’t just a classroom lesson — it’s something they can see, taste, and travel through. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2023, Oregon lawmakers approved spending $5 million to improve on-farm housing with grants. The Oregon Department of ...

Food safety is seriously important. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 48 million people get sick from foodborne illness in a year. Some 128,000 go to the hospital […] ...

Cameron Glogau teaches second- and third-graders in Bend, Ore., and he hopes to help them make the connection that much of their food isn’t produced very far away. “A lot of these kids didn’t know ...

Oregon farmers will soon have a clearer path to run a retail store and host agritourism events on their land, despite strong ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Holstein milking cows at an Idaho dairy on July 20, 2012. (Photo by Kirsten Strough/U.S. Department of Agriculture) If you were ...

ENTERPRISE — The state of Oregon has agreed to make a substantial investment in the meat-processing sector, and that could benefit ranchers in Northeast Oregon, the Oregon Department of Agriculture ...

Kurt Thomas, whose family owns the Agency Ranch in Southern Oregon, preached three rules to his children at the dinner table. “Get good grades, be respectful and don’t sell the ranch,” recalled ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Department of Agriculture is seeking applicants to fill 72 commissioner seats on 22 of the state’s agricultural and commercial fisheries commodity commissions. The ...

Oregon’s warm weather in 2025 was a preview of the state’s future and agriculture will change as a result, said Larry O’Neill, Oregon State Climatologist. “In a broad general sense, it will impact ...