Extension Service Site Publications

• (2021) Designing cover and alternative crops for dryland cropping systems in eastern Oregon The Introduction to Resilient Dryland Farming Alliance Project aims to assist growers in designing wheat-alternate cropping systems that will improve soil health without decreasing wheat yields.
• (2014) Farming quinoa in the Pacific Northwest Quinoa is exploding in popularity in the United States and around the world. Yet most of the grain-like seed is imported from South America, which has sent prices soaring.
  
  Now, Oregon State University is experimenting with planting quinoa in the Pacific Northwest's unique climate -- hoping to create a market opportunity for local farmers.
  
  Read the full story here: http://oregonprogress.oregonstate.edu/winter-2014/cbarc/making-choice-rotation
  
  Oregon's Agricultural Progress Magazine
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• (2017) Advances in Dryland Farming in the Inland Pacific Northwest Farmers make tough decisions all the time—it comes with the territory. When that territory includes the dryland region of the inland Pacific Northwest, decisions can be even more challenging. Fluctuating weather, varying soils, and changing pest pressures are just a few of the ongoing challenges that farmers in this region face. However, university-driven research in these production areas can provide guidance. Packed with tools, resources, and the most current research, this book supports farmers as they make decisions relating to productivity, resilience, and their bottom lines.
• (2006) Alternative Crops for the Columbia Basin Explores possibilities for new crops in the Columbia Basin. Includes crops for oilseeds, food, forage, revegetation, and xeriscape plant nurseries. Crops are classified into three categories: grasses and cereal grains, broad-leafed herbs and forbs, and shrubs and trees. Includes index by common and scientific names.
• (2021) Dryland Cropping Systems: Chickpea Production Guide This publication discusses chickpea (garbanzo) cultivation in Oregon. Topics include variety selection, conditions for growth, seed and seedbed preparation, seeding date, method and rate of seeding, fertilizer and lime, weed management, foliar and root disease management, insects, harvesting and storage, and yield potential and markets.
• (2003) Dryland Cropping Systems: Narrow-Leaf Lupin Discusses potential for lupin as a crop in the Pacific Northwest. Includes information about uses, growth habit, life cycle, environmental and soil requirements, variety selection, seed preparation, germination, seeding, fertilization, weed control, pest control, harvest, and economics.