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BLM employee killed when tree hits vehicle

Capital Press Agriculture News Oregon - Thu, 11/06/2014 - 06:33

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — The Coos County, Oregon, sheriff’s office says a Bureau of Land Management employee was fatally injured when a falling tree at a logging site struck her Ford Explorer.

The sheriff’s office says 55-year-old Estella Morgan came upon a logging operation in the Blue Ridge area east of Coos Bay on Tuesday. A tree that had just been cut fell on her SUV, crushing the driver’s area. She died at the scene.

The accident is under investigation.

Oregon cranberrys are OK'd for China 102214 - Curry County Reporter

Oregon Cranberry News via Google - Wed, 11/05/2014 - 07:59

Curry County Reporter

Oregon cranberrys are OK'd for China 102214
Curry County Reporter
Oregon cranberries are OK'd for China By Sean Hall Thanks to a re-working of federal policy, frozen cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, and cherries can now be shipped to China. Until recently, fresh products could be shipped to China, but in order ...

Reports detail strengths, challenges in local food systems - Coos Bay World

Oregon Cranberry News via Google - Wed, 11/05/2014 - 07:24

Reports detail strengths, challenges in local food systems
Coos Bay World
Alternative markets for cranberries – Oregon cranberries are in large supply but nationally there is a glut of product. Growers say their product is sweeter. A feasibility study could help determine if Oregon cranberries have the potential to be a ...

Reports detail strengths, challenges in local food systems

PORTLAND – Just over a year ago three participants in the AmeriCorps Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) program began intensive projects to detail the food issues and assets in …

Ten ways to incredible holiday stuffing

Let’s be clear about something... When making stuffing, it’s always better to slice and dry your own bread cubes. Hands down, the taste and texture are better.

Cheers and Jeers, Nov. 1, 2014

Cheer: Berries for everyone

We need Sweet’s leadership

If you live in one of our urban communities, you may think what goes on at the county doesn’t matter. It does, and it does a lot. County government is our voice to state and federal officials …

who needs the CMC?

United Cranberry Blog - Thu, 10/30/2014 - 10:36

Apparently we don’t. Personally. I was just cleaning out my desk and found our Estimated Allotment Certificate for our own personal crop for 2014. Our allotment was virtually the same as the crop we delivered! I’m assuming a lot of Wisconsin growers are in the same boat.  Mother Nature delivered where the USDA Secretary would not.  Of course I hate it for WI, but everyone will benefit from this smaller crop.   As the final berries get counted, we are all waiting and wondering just where the crop will end up (or down..)   Congrats to those growers who had a great crop.

Whatever the result, we will have less concentrate and less dried cranberries in the marketplace.


Area growers now allowed to ship frozen berries to China - Coos Bay World

Oregon Cranberry News via Google - Tue, 10/28/2014 - 10:54

Area growers now allowed to ship frozen berries to China
Coos Bay World
Cranberries just harvested from a bog at the Tobiska Family Farm near Bandon are loaded into the back of a truck Monday morning. The annual harvest is in full swing along the South Coast. 2014-10-28T10:33:00Z 2014-10-28T16:40:06Z Area growers now ...

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Area growers now allowed to ship frozen berries to China

COOS BAY — Thanks to a collaborative effort between a Curry County cranberry harvester and government officials at the county, state and national levels, farmers of cranberries, blueberries an…

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Dec. 16, 1953 - September 2014

Cranberry farmers struggle with high supply, low prices - Capital Press

Oregon Cranberry News via Google - Thu, 10/23/2014 - 09:54

Capital Press

Cranberry farmers struggle with high supply, low prices
Capital Press
LONG BEACH, Wash. — Cranberry farmers, growers of the only commercial ground crop in the southwest corner of the state, perpetually battle the cool climate and limited acreage. Now, they have an even bigger problem — a global glut of cranberries so ...

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Not this year…

United Cranberry Blog - Mon, 10/20/2014 - 09:02

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From Food Network magazine!
We will still produce a lot…but maybe not 60% !


Here is a new product kinda from Ocean Spray….

United Cranberry Blog - Thu, 10/16/2014 - 06:05

http://www.bevnet.com/news/2014/ocean-spray-freshbev-collaborate-on-new-cold-pressed-juices

Interesting bottle and name…can’t wait to see the ingredient/nutrition panel. Will they actually put cranberry in the bottle or something else? Calories? added sugar? So many options, such a tart berry we grow. Interesting that Spray is partnering rat


Wisconsin crop is down

United Cranberry Blog - Mon, 10/13/2014 - 09:27

Remember all the way back to August and the crop estimates at the CMC? The OSpray WI members all predicted 5mm barrels for Wi, the independents all predicted 5.6,5.8 leading to a 5.3, 5.4mm barrel projection for WI. It looks like OSpray might actually be correct with their 20% decrease.  Many growers are coming in short according to the the receiving stations. Wisconsin may well be down 1,000,000 barrels from last year.

how does your crop look?


Harvest time in cranberry country

United Cranberry Blog - Sat, 10/11/2014 - 17:24

We always get great photos during harvest!!

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Letters to the editor, Oct. 2, 2014

No more dinners at the Station

In and Around Bandon, Oct. 2, 2014

Bandon Feeds the Hungry is Saturday

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