Farm Service Agency offers new insurance buy-up - AgMinute for January 5, 2015

A new USDA Farm Service Agency insurance option has broad appeal for hay and grass seed growers, according to an agency official. Click here for the full story

Going native for good seed — Podcast for Nov. 30, 2012

Capital Press editors and reporters talk about the perils and promise of the native seed industry, the rough times that Diamond Foods is in, and why demand for labor is booming in the Northwest. Read more at CapitalPress.com

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Podcast: Changing times for the Oregon grass seed industry

Oregon lawmakers passed a bill this session — House Bill 2159 — that most believe will dramatically change the working relationship between grass seed growers and seed dealers. Capital Press reporter Mitch Lies asked Roger Beyer, executive secretary of the Oregon Seed Council, and Mark Simmons, executive director of the Oregon Grass Seed Bargaining Association, what this legislation means for the industry and how it evolved.

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