September 27, 2023 @ 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT Drilling Down on EPA Risk Assessment: REGISTER HERE Since 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken big steps to better estimate pesticide risks to bees. In this session, we will explore EPA’s approach by following a pesticide through its assessment of risks to bees to ... Read More

The Harney County Fair was held last week, and we posted about a contest being held at the CWMA trailer that Coordinator (Tyler Goss) planned.  Tyler placed a number of puncture vines (aka/goatheads) in a jar and contestants estimated how many there were. The correct answer is 1592 Congratulations to the following: Susan Sahlberg, who ... Read More

USDA offers training sessions about new crop insurance for producers using controlled environments. The USDA is introducing a new Federal Crop Insurance program designed to provide greenhouse growers an opportunity to insure against losses due to destruction orders based on detection of plant disease vectors. USDA is hosting public sessions, both in-person and virtual, to introduce ... Read More

Trouble viewing this email? View it as a webpage. Register Today for a Free Webinar on Urban and Innovative Agriculture The Urban and Innovative Agriculture 101 training series provides a broad overview of how urban and innovate agriculture is supported by USDA, and how USDA programs can be implemented by communities. This webinar will spotlight Philadelphia ... Read More

The Oregon Agricultural Heritage Commission is recruiting for a Commission seat to represent farmer and rancher interests. Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board sent this bulletin at 08/22/2023 02:37 PM PDT Greetings, The Oregon Agricultural Heritage Commission is recruiting for a Commission seat to represent farmer and rancher interests. Commissioners will serve as volunteers for a 4-year ... Read More

Harney CWMA will receive bids for an herbicide treatment. The Wildhorse Medusahead Rye Treatment 2023 is approximately 19 miles north of Fields, Oregon on the East Steens Rd. The Burns BLM has given the Harney CWMA funding to coordinate this project. This funding will be used to aerially apply Plateau at 7oz/ acre with 1 ... Read More

Paraquat and Glyphosate are both herbicides, but they contain different chemicals Glyphosate is the main chemical in the weed killer Roundup, while Paraquat is the brand name for the herbicide paraquat dichloride. Both Paraquat and Glyphosate are poisonous if inhaled or ingested, but Paraquat is more poisonous, being 28 times more toxic than Glyphosate. Drugwatch has written about ... Read More

Compared to many locations, Harney County seems to be a relatively safe place to live.  The Midwest is more prone to tornadoes, the coast could be nailed by a tsunami, and an earthquake is a considerably rare event (since 1931 there have only been three reported here and we have a 15% chance of having ... Read More

One reason Soil & Water Conservation Districts fight invasives is to help preserve native plants. Native Plant Conservation News: June 12, 2023 ODA formally added eight endangered and five threatened species to the State’s list of threatened and endangered plants, effective June 8, 2023. (From top, clockwise: Erigeron stanselliae, Lathyrus holochlorus, Lomatium ochocense, Meconella oregana, Sisyrinchium hitchcockii) The Oregon Department ... Read More

USDA Offers Oregon Producers Many Conservation Choices with Continuous CRP  May 25, 2023 USDA Offers Oregon Producers Many Conservation Choices with Continuous CRP Agricultural producers and landowners interested in conservation opportunities for their land in exchange for yearly rental payments can find many possibilities through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Continuous Conservation Reserve Program ... Read More