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1 month ago | columbiainsight.org | Andrew Engelson |Publi Cola

By Andrew Engelson. March 20. 2025. Mike McCarthy, a pear orchardist who has been farming in Oregon’s Hood River Valley since 1980, says skyrocketing land prices and challenging economics are causing an unprecedented loss of farmland in the state. “Low incomes are the real issue. Many farmers don’t want to farm anymore. Or your kids don’t want to take over because there’s no money—and it’s hard work, says McCarthy.