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How California Almonds may be Hurting Bees

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Perhaps the most significant of all the single crops affecting honeybees in the United States is the California almond. California is the world’s largest producer of almonds, and it takes 1.3 million beehives — each populated by tens of thousands of bees — to pollinate them, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Migratory beekeepers, […]

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Fears of a “megathrust” earthquake

Friday, April 29th, 2011

U.S. fears overdue ‘megathrust’ earthquake will trigger tsunami and decimate unprepared cities on north-west coast

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Carbon sequestration estimate in U.S. increased – barring a drought

Friday, April 29th, 2011

By David Stauth, 541-737-0787 Contact: Beverly Law, 541-77-6111 or bev.law@oregonstate.edu This story is available online: http://bit.ly/idZ0sW CORVALLIS, Ore. – A research group has concluded that forests and other terrestrial ecosystems in the lower 48 states can sequester up to 40 percent of the nation’s fossil fuel carbon emissions, a larger amount than previously estimated – […]

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Teens Small Business “All Bottled Up”

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Tyler Delay lives in Astoria and participates in the 4-H Young Entrepreneurs Club.

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Hanging up the Extension cuts off rural Oregon

Monday, April 25th, 2011

In July 2009, Sonny Ramaswamy arrived as dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State. The next Monday, he was told to cut $10 million from his budget.