Spring 1996

Oregon's Agricultural Progress is published by the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station.

 


THE WONDER GENE
An OSU animal scientist is studying the intricacies, and ramifications, of a gene that makes lambs leaner and more muscular.
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CAN VINO BE MORE KEENO?
OSU food scientists are testing a substance from egg whites that could help wine makers. (MORE)

NORTHERN EXPOSURE
An OSU veterinarian has gone to extremes to find microbes that break down pollutants like crude oil.
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DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Social and environmental bridge-building seems to be spreading in Oregon
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FOWL BEDDING
Oregon's broiler producers are happy to use another industry's byproduct.
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Thoughts from editor Andy Duncan (MORE)

UPDATE
Salmon, clams get along fine
Experiment links hormone, cancer
Forages sprout on the internet
Videos pore over watershed issues
Station testing smart irrigation
Grass looks good for Rogue Valley
New potato frying high
Mint gets its own software
They're really bugging out
Center to hike value of crops
It's not pulp fiction: fungus may help

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PROFILE
It was "clear and beautiful" the night Ray Rainbolt's boat sank in the Indian Ocean. (MORE)