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	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:46:55 PST</pubDate>
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  	  <title>Rogue Valley pear harvest late, but bountiful</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:01:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/33909/pg/453</link>
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  	  <title>Willamette Valley Vineyards sees decrease in net income</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:01:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/33912/pg/453</link>
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  	  <title>Blueberry farmers use falcons to scare voracious starlings</title>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/33888/pg/453</link>
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  	  <title>Graphic: wholesale value of Oregon floriculture crops</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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  	  <title>Weather delays fruit crop</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33362/folder/10022/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Unseasonably cold weather in early June has pushed back harvest for much of Oregon’s valuable fruit crop. The delay means local fruit will be in markets later than anticipated.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Ag prices climb</title>
	  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32995/folder/10022/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Farmers have reaped some benefit from costlier global commodities. In 2007, the index of Oregon prices received by farmers for all products grew 12% over 2006 and 27% over 2003.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Oregon acreage turns to grapes</title>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	  <description>More and more acreage around the state is converting to vineyards,  and it’s changing the face of agriculture, land values and the environment.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Frosted fruits don’t mean a bad harvest</title>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32907/folder/10022/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Despite a series of cold snaps in April, most of Oregon’s Columbia Gorge fruit crop seems to have survived intact.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Graphic: Oregon goat count</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32168/folder/10022/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>The number of goats in Oregon is on the rise.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Demand and the dollar help spike wheat prices</title>
	  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	  <description>After a rough 12-year slog with more drought than profit, Oregon wheat growers are finally back in the black, thanks to record wheat prices that are not expected to drop any time soon.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Q&amp;A with wine pioneer Susan Sokol Blosser</title>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/31324/folder/10022/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>EARLY THIS YEAR, Susan Sokol Blosser announced she was turning over control of Sokol Blosser Winery, the Willamette Valley establishment she founded and has helmed since 1991, to her children.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Ag sets record prices but costs nip income...</title>
	  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/29787/folder/10022/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Key agricultural industries are earning record prices this year, making 2007 a very good year for many of Oregon’s ag producers.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Next: Building a better broccoli...</title>
	  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/29511/folder/10022/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>The desirability of a long neck is well established: swans, Audrey Hepburn, bottled beer. Now along comes the humble, nutritious broccoli with the same ambition.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Agriculture resource links</title>
	  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/10270/folder/10022/pg/10002</link>
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