{"id":5100,"date":"2011-08-18T01:48:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T18:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=5100"},"modified":"2019-03-24T00:54:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T06:54:55","slug":"oregons-sinister-sunflower-deadly-to-livestock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/oregons-sinister-sunflower-deadly-to-livestock\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregons sinister sunflower deadly to livestock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">CORVALLIS, Ore. \u2013 The near-eradication three decades ago of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/search.kval.com\/default.aspx?ct=r&amp;q=%22tansy%20ragwort%22\">tansy ragwort<\/a>, one of Oregon\u2019s most problematic invasive species, was considered a crowning achievement because of innovative biological control methods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But this year, tansy ragwort has flourished throughout western Oregon through a combination of weather conditions and a \u201cdown cycle\u201d for the three insects used to control this toxic weed, continuing a disturbing recovery trend that began six years ago. Suddenly, a new generation of Oregonians, including numerous owners of small farms, ranches and other acreage, are being forced to deal with tansy before it kills their cattle or horses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A moderate La Ni\u00f1a event followed by a cool, wet spring has created a double-whammy in the state, according to Andrew Hulting, an Oregon State University Extension weed management specialist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe same weather conditions that promote the growth of tansy also have limited the number of beneficial insects used to control the weed,\u201d said Hulting, a faculty member in OSU\u2019s Department of Crop and Soil Science.\u00a0 \u201cThe insects are in a down cycle and they may take a few years to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Link no longer working<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The near-eradication three decades ago of\u00a0tansy ragwort, one of Oregon\u2019s most problematic invasive species, was considered a crowning achievement because of innovative biological control methods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1135],"class_list":["post-5100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry","tag-tansy-ragwort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5100"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8981,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100\/revisions\/8981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}