The outlook a proposal to permanently restrict canola to 500 acres in Oregon’s Willamette Valley remains uncertain, despite its survival of a final legislative deadline.
Lawmakers will potentially have until the end of the legislative session, which must end June 25, to decide the fate of the maximum acreage cap proposed in Senate Bill 789.
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