NEWSLETTERS
PIVOTAL MOMENTS
Informative Quarterly Newsletter issued by the Hermiston Agricultural Research & Extension Center.
CROP UPDATE NEWSLETTERS
EVENTS
FIELD DAYS 2026
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Wheat Field Day - Monday, June 8, 2026
The 2026 Hermiston Wheat Field Day will be held on June 8. This event will provide updates on cereal crop production in Eastern Oregon, including field trials and current research, with opportunities to interact with scientists from universities and USDA-ARS. Free lunch will be provided, and pesticide applicator and CCA credits will be offered.
Schedule and agenda will be posted as it becomes available.
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Potato Field Day - Wednesday, June 24, 2026
The 2026 Hermiston Potato Field Day will be held on June 24. This event will provide updates on potato crop production in Eastern Oregon, including field trials and current research, with opportunities to interact with scientists from universities and USDA-ARS. Free lunch will be provided, and pesticide applicator and CCA credits will be offered.
Schedule and agenda will be posted as it becomes available.
FARM FAIR 2026
- Hermiston Farm Fair - December 2-3, 2026
Schedule and agenda will be posted as it becomes available.
HAREC In The News
Big problems can sometimes come in small packages. One such big problem that is beginning to cause issues for farmers is the winter cutworm. Jacob Powell of Oregon State University on Thursday, Dec. 4, during the Hermiston Farm Fair h...
A research team from Oregon State, Washington State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture tested four locally available amendments in a new organic planting of ‘Draper’ blueberry at the OSU Hermiston Agricultural Research a...
Blueberry production is a major agricultural force in Oregon and Washington. Together, the two states account for roughly 55% of the United States’ cultivated blueberry production, with Washington producing about 29% of the U.S. total...
The Pacific Northwest is home to a variety of insects, but many of them are misunderstood. Director of the Oregon Integrated Pest Management Center and OSU professor and extension entomology specialist, Silvia Rondon, shared about some...
This summer, Meredith Adams is observing how various pollinator bee species are affected by beaver analog dams, which are human-engineered structures designed to mimic those built by beavers. The Honors College student, an undergraduat...
