Klamath Basin Crops,
Products and Livestock

Oregon Agriculture Power Point Presentation March 2005 Oregon Dept of Agriculture.

Estimates for water now online, H&N posted to KBC 6/2/05

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Klamath Articles

Local century farms or ranches, H&N 9/2/08

Five Minutes With The Rickert Family, Prather Ranch, The Cattle Network 8/30/08

Horseradish grinds out its place in market, H&N 8/7/08

Klamath Basin growers not joining gold rush on wheat crops, H&N 7/24/08

< (Sprague River) Ranchers find Salers a perfect fit; Disposition suits their hearts; quality suits their wallets, Capital Press 7/11/08. "Bruce Topham, owner of the Flying T Salers Ranch near Sprague River, Ore., said the propaganda about these Salers cattle sounded too good to be true. Today, 26 years later with 500 Salers, he is a believer."

UC extension leaders tout fresh start, Capital Press, posted 7/8/08

Farming with a second income, Family works to build farming operation, H&N 7/3/08

 Wetlands-crop rotation paying off, H&N 6/5/08

May 24th, Celebration of Our Arabian Horses

< Plowing in the Klamath Basin ended abruptly as 2 inches of snow covered the ground on April 8. It’s that time of year when the farmer just never knows what tomorrow, or this afternoon, might bring. Photo by Jacqui Krizo for the Capital Press.

Sheep ranchers work hard just to break even; High expenses, low returns … but it’s in their blood, Capital Press, posted 4/11/08 John O'Keeffe and his wife, Gail, raise Columbia sheep on the Oregon-California state line near Malin, Ore. They have 500 lambs from 300 ewes, with several yet to be born...I am a hobby farmer, he said, explaining that he doesn't make a profit from raising sheep, so it must be a hobby."

A tough season for calving, H&N, posted to KBC 2/10/08

Cattlemen’s group opposes deal, H&N 2/5/08. "The Shasta Nation of Northern California and Klamath Cattlemen’s Association of Klamath County voted to oppose the proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement...this deal would be detrimental to the county’s cattle industry"

Klamath bull sale wraps up, H&N, posted to KBC 2/5/08 "105 bulls and 21 horses were auctioned"

Wheat prices climb to record above $10 per bushel on depleted supply, Capital Press 12/17/07

Adaptability a key word in agriculture, H&N, posted 10/29/07. Includes ag sales from '98 - '06.

Video of Tulelake potato harvest, Herald and News 10/4/07, YouTube

Articles with ** are our local pot growers crops, mostly grown in our national forests which have been shut down to logging by those involved in growing the drug.

CROPS: Oregon seizures of marijuana double in 2007, H&N, posted to KBC 11/8/07. Scroll toward bottom of CROP page for N California pot crops in forests shut down to logging by and for the growers.

**KLAMATH Basin: Beyond National Security; Inside the Wire & Operating from Within, Pioneer Press 10/19/07. "dirty cops working hand in hand with radical Native separatists and leftwing ideologues seeking to upset local and regional economic health and balance. In this formula, the dirty cops get hand outs, the anti-western Native revolutionaries destroy economic infrastructure, and the socialists running the dope trade strengthen their grip over policy makers. It's a win win all around except for pro-western farmers, ranchers, and common folk unaffiliated with the drug trade - that's you, your family and friends." For more on destroying our infrastructure, go to our Dam Page.  

Harvest under way; Frost helps effort to get Basin potatoes picked, Herald & News 10/4/07

Hay prices stay high all season, H&N, posted to KBC 9/30/07