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Research Project: Nutrient Cycling and Precipitation Use Efficiency for Increasing Productivity and Resilience in Dryland Agroecosystems

Location: Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center

Title: Columbia plateau conservation research center (CPCRC) research program updates and highlights

Author
item Durfee, Nicole
item Gollany, Hero
item Reardon, Catherine
item Adams, Curtis

Submitted to: Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station
Publication Type: Experiment Station
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/1/2025
Publication Date: 1/7/2026
Citation: Durfee, N.M., Gollany, H.T., Reardon, C.L., Adams, C.B. 2026. Columbia plateau conservation research center (CPCRC) research program updates and highlights. Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station. Winter 2025(3). Available: https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/cbarc/outreach/newsletters

Interpretive Summary: An annual winter newsletter was published jointly by scientists with Oregon State University's Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center (CBARC) and USDA's Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center (CPCRC). The purpose of the newsletter is to provide updates and highlights of progress to producer stakeholders for each research program supported by the two Units. CPCRC included reports for hydrology, soil microbiology, crop ecology, and soil chemistry.

Technical Abstract: USDA-ARS scientists with the Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center (CPCRC) at Pendleton, OR partnered with faculty at Oregon State University's Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center (CBARC) to publish a winter newsletter. The newsletter is distributed by email to producer stakeholders and is posted to the Oregon State University website. The newsletter presents updates and/or highlights of research progress over the past year for each of the research programs supported by CBARC and CPCRC. This included entries by Dr. Nicole Durfee (hydrology), Dr. Kate Reardon (soil microbiology), Dr. Curtis Adams (crop ecology), and Dr. Hero Gollany (soil chemistry).