The USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Oregon State University at Pendleton OR, conduct research on dryland crop production and soil and water conservation. Together, our team is developing sustainable farming practices that halt erosion, protect air quality, conserve soil water, reduce farm inputs and enhance soil quality and soil health.
1970 First Aerial Photo of the ARS Station in Pendleton
Late summer of 2021 we had a close call when a neighbor's field caught fire and the winds were blowing our direction.
First Field Day Post-Covid Spring of 2022
PENDLETON ROUND-UP SEP
Dress Up Parade Sep 2023. CPCRC showing off a new one-off custom plot drill that was designed by Employees at the station, and built by Wintersteiger
Summer of 2023, Dave Robertson Gathering Core Samples Using a Giddings Probe
Welcome to the Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center. The CPCRC conducts research on soil and water conservation issues in the Columbia Plateau and related land resource areas.
USDA-ARS and OSU employees of the Pendleton Agricultural Research Center gather for a staff photo prior to Field Day, June 2019.
As field season and harvest begin at CPCRC, keep current on all the recent events happening here at USDA-ARS Pendleton, Oregon. Visit our Recent Local Events page.
Hero Gollany monitors soil organic carbon in the long-term no-till wheat-fallow, wheat-pea, and conventional tillage experiments. Wayne Polumsky and Janaina DeMoura Oliveria are taking soil water measurement.