Podcast: South Korea opens up to Oregon blueberries

Earlier this week, South Korean trade officials agreed to allow Oregon growers to export fresh blueberries to their country. The decision came days after Oregon state officials and growers returned from a two-week trip to promote trade with South Korea, Japan and China.

Two leaders of the Oregon Blueberry Commission, administrator Bryan Ostlund and chairman Eric Pond, came into the Capital Press studio to discuss with reporter Mitch Lies what the trade agreement means to growers.

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Podcast: The courts on CWT, biotech corn and Oregon's right to farm law

The lead story in this week's edition of the Capital Press examines the loss of one of the last large tracts of farmland in California's Orange County.

Reporter Mateusz Perkowski also provides some updates on developments in the courts, including a lawsuit against Cooperatives Working Together, a decision on a grain storage company's right to refuse biotech corn and a challenge to Oregon's right to farm law.

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Podcast: Apple and pear assessments approved, Harry and David exits bankruptcy, and Sholom Rubashkin's appeal fails

Some of the top Capital Press stories this week:

Apple and pear growers have approved assessments that will raise $27 million for a research endowment at Washington State University.

Fruit basket retailer Harry and David has exited bankruptcy.

Former Agriprocessors owner Sholom Rubashkin's appeal of his conviction on multiple counts of fraud has been denied.

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Podcast: Mission to Asia, Idaho income and Klamath conflict

Highlights from this week's edition of the Capital Press include coverage of Oregon's trade mission to Asia, rising personal income in Idaho, wrapping up the wheat harvest in Washington state and disputes in the Klamath Basin.

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Podcast: 9/11, land use, dairy production boycotts and wine

This week the Capital Press looks into the effects of 9/11 on agriculture, USDA and COOL, land use court battles, demands for cuts in dairy production, and our latest special report, Wine in the West.

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Podcast: Highlights from this week's Capital Press

This week in the Capital Press, deaths from grain entrapment have spiked, experts explain how workers' compensation insurance premiums are set, a battle over water records heats up, the Beef Checkoff shows it's still popular and a 1916 law is thrust into a modern courtroom battle.

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