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Oregon officials are adopting significant updates to farmworker housing. Farmworker advocates say the rules don’t address all of their concerns, while farmers say they can’t afford the changes.

Some farmworker advocates say many farms can afford to pay workers more, and worry employers could avoid accountability.

Farmworker advocates, health experts say more robust monitoring needed to prevent spread of illness

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has revised its regulations on dairies after receiving criticism from small farmers.

A group of about a dozen farmers is lobbying state legislators to loosen Oregon's iconic land use laws to expand business opportunities on agricultural land.

Earlier this month, a U.S. District judge in Portland issued a ruling about grasshoppers control. The decision has implications for Oregon's public rangelands.

State and federal leaders have put millions into improving crops and soils so they absorb more carbon dioxide, but across the U.S. that would only cut 3% of agricultural emissions, researchers found.

The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk. The EPA issued a rare emergency order.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will more closely weigh in on the harm caused when pesticides drift away from farm fields onto nearby communities.

Oregon farmers raising sheep, chicken or cows will soon have to comply with new state rules.

The estimated value of Oregon farmland has skyrocketed in recent years, outpacing averages nationwide and leading to concerns about affordability for the next generation of farmers.

Over the last few years, farmers and ranchers in southern and eastern Oregon have dealt with record-breaking grasshopper infestations. To help fight the plant-munching swarms, the state's department of agriculture will send funds to five of the most impacted counties.