Even though the Willamette Valley has great soil, there are agricultural fashions and also structural reasons one crop or another peaks and fades.
It was interesting to read in today's paper a note about what looks like resolution for a conflict between seed growers of broccoli and kale and growers of canola, all of which are brassicas and will cross-pollinate.
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In today's paper
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In the 1920s on Thursdays the morning paper ran a promotional section, variously titled the "Salem Slogan Section," "Pep and Progress Pages," "Selling Salem District," hyping and focusing on a different industry each week. Some of them have dwindled and did not become important industries. Filberts and walnuts were on an equal footing, but Oregon today is known for the former, not so much the latter. Flax has not persisted, and prunes are not so big now.
Here's a continuity. A century ago, you can see the development of broccoli growing and broccoli seed, and it's still important today.
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