Oregon Explorer Topics | oregonexplorer

Rural Communities

Home

Reports & Publications

Please be patient.

Search within New search

The role of plastic mulch as a water conservation practice for desert oasis communities of Northern China

China's Minqin Oasis once welcomed traders along the ancient Silk Road with rivers, lakes, and lush forests, yet today the region's farmland and grassland are increasingly being engulfed by the sands of the...
Flax field

Note the presence of rough ground, rye grass and other weeds in the flax. Photo was taken at the Lester Burley farm, Canby, Oregon.
Flax field

The flax field shows difficult pulling conditions with weeds and rough ground. Photo was taken at the Lester Burley farm, Canby, Oregon.
Rye field, Summer Lake Valley, Lake County, Oregon
Jerry Routson of Parkdale, Oregon in the Hood River Valley

Jerry Routson harvests his fine crop of D'Anjou pears. He has a large crew of men working in various parts of the orchard. Full boxes of pears were scattered throughout the orchard waiting to be hauled to...
Bill Dickman holding lamb

Bill Dickman admiring his early lamb.
Silo feeder

Close up of silo feeder on the Frank Gratsinger farm at Gervais, Oregon.
Apple pickers, Hood River, Oregon

Two men on ladders picking apples.
Silo and barn on Frank Gratsinger farm

Photo of sheds, silo, and barn on the Frank Gratsinger farm at Gervais, Oregon.
Silo on Frank Gratsinger farm

Silo on Frank Gratsinger farm, Gervais, Oregon. Photo was submitted to Western Dairy Journal.