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...populated land, dark green trees provide jobs and profits. But among the budding fruit boughs of the Rogue River Valley and in isolated clearings hacked deep in the quiet cedar and pine forests, new patches of a distinctly lighter green are flourishing this spring. Like pears and firs, this crop is a moneymaker, yielding an estimated $70 million a year. But, unlike the other natural products of the valley, it is illegal. The plant is sinsemillas (Spanish for seedless), a highly cultivated strain of marijuana that has recently found favor with U.S. pot smokers. It thrives in the fertile soil...
After the October harvest, reports TIME'S Doug Brew, elite growers are invited to the annual Doper's Fair in Oregon's Josephine County. They bring along prime crop samples and judge each other, by secret ballot, for taste, fragrance and strength...
Completing the harvest is no easy task. Windfall loot has spawned violent crime. Crop thefts and armed robberies now loom as more ominous threats than police busts. "The paranoia gets so thick around here in October that you could cut it with a knife," says an Oregon grower...
Heavy rains in California savaged the vegetable crop and were largely responsible for April's heady 30% rise in the price of lettuce. Fresh fruits are also expected to climb by 15% to 16% during the year. Pork production was expected to grow by 13% this year, but cold weather made the animals more susceptible to disease, and growth projections have now been scaled back to from...
This year's crop of Business School graduates will earn an average starting salary of almost $26,000 a year, according to a preliminary survey taken this spring. That's an increase of 15 per cent over the average for last year's class...