Oregon State University Extension Service - Benton County

The May-June Edition of GROWING is available! Read here or sign up for the e-newsletter. Paper copies are available and the Linn or Benton County Offices.
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/newsletter/growing

IS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO THE FALL DUE TO THE WEATHER!

Exploring Your Land’s Potential: A Farm Tour for New Landowners
Monday, June 15th
5pm -7pm
Cottage grove, OR (Address provided upon registration)

Questions or accommodations? Contact [email protected] or (541) 730-3539.

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/smallfarms/events/exploring-your-lands-potential-farm-tour-new-landowners

Come by and visit the Master Gardeners at the Philomath Farmers' Market on Sunday.

Perennial Warm-Season Forage Field Day
Wednesday, June 17th
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
3415 NE Granger Avenue Corvallis, OR 97330. Directions to field linked here.

Register Here: https://forms.monday.com/forms/97e19b1eb756c05b6a470d47f0fc73ab?r=use1

Join Shayan Ghajar, Organic Pasture & Forage Extension Specialist with the Center for Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems, to learn about perennial warm-season forages planted in 2025 at the Plant Materials Center. We will discuss the potential benefits and challenges of establishment and management of the species tested, and how producers could integrate them into a summer grazing system.

This event has limited availability and registration before June 15th is required to attend!
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/events/perennial-warm-season-forages-field-day

Exploring Your Land’s Potential: A Farm Tour for New Landowners
Monday, June 15th
5pm -7pm
Cottage grove, OR (Address provided upon registration)
$5, *Scholarships available

Register Here: https://beav.es/fGa

Join us for an evening farm walk focused on site assessment for new land stewards. We’re grateful to our generous hosts, Amber and Ryan of Calico Creek Acres, who are opening up the land they moved to in 2025 so we can all learn together. Their early observations, questions, and hopes for the property will help anchor our discussion in real world decision making.

Questions or accommodations? Contact [email protected] or (541) 730-3539.

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/smallfarms/events/exploring-your-lands-potential-farm-tour-new-landowners

Your land in your hands: digital mapping with Avenza & CalTopo
Thursday, July 23rd
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Peavy Forest Science Center, OSU Campus, 3100 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97333
Registration Required - Space is limited! Workshop is free, but $5 OSU parking charge if you park on campus
Register Here: https://beav.es/f7L
Get the most out of digital mapping apps on your smartphone or tablet. Using two commonly available digital mapping applications, Avenza and CalTopo, the instructors will lead you through detailed tutorials and demonstrate how to integrate these digital tools into daily forest and land management activities.
You will learn how to use your smartphone or tablet to calculate acres and distances of property features, monitor road problems, insect damage, invasive plants, and more!
Questions or accommodations? Contact [email protected] or (541) 730-3539.

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/benton/events/your-land-your-hands-digital-mapping-avenza-caltopo

Spencer Shadow Ranch Tour - Silvopasture & Cattle
Thursday June 11th
10:00am-12:00pm
$5, *Scholarships available
Register Here: https://beav.es/xvd
Join us as we tour Doug McCarty's Spencer Shadow Ranch, a 340-acre cattle ranch near Eugene, where the family has been growing their own grazing forage, and running grass fed, grass finished cattle for 11 years. The owners have also developed a national educational website for farmers and ranchers to stay on top of their local conditions and to navigate USDA funding programs: farmersnavigator.com
Topics of the tour will include raising cattle without employees, integrating permaculture and silvopasture techniques, oak woodland restoration, and implementing NRCS and FSA programs on the ranch.
Questions or accommodations? Contact [email protected] or (541) 730-3539

For more information or to register please go to beav.es/NfD