Applications are due Jan. 20 to fill two vacant seats on the Oregon Board of Agriculture.
Search / 21 results found Showing: 1-10 of 21
Grant Kitamura of Ontario will leave the Oregon Board of Agriculture on Dec. 31. He will move his residence to Idaho Jan. 1.
Marty Myers, who served as general manager of Threemile Canyon Farms since it opened in 1998 and helped grow the enterprise into one of the largest dairies in the U.S., died Dec. 1 at his home of natural causes. He was 68.
breaking featured
A spokeswoman for R.D. Offutt Co., which owns Threemile Canyon Farms, said Myers died Dec. 1 at his home of natural causes.Â
A survey of Oregon farmworkers indicates a majority of farms are taking precautions for COVID-19, but conditions in the fields and at home can make it difficult for workers to avoid exposure to the virus.
Heavy equipment makes passes over the fields during potato harvest at Threemile Canyon Farms outside Boardman, Ore., on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020.
Workers process potatoes as they are loaded into a storage facility at Threemile Canyon Farms near Boardman, Ore., on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020.
A conveyor belt transports potatoes from a truck to a storage facility at Threemile Canyon Farms near Boardman, Ore., on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020.
Workers unload potatoes for storage at Threemile Canyon Farms outside Boardman, Ore., on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020.
A sign welcomes people to Threemile Canyon Farms near Boardman, Ore.