Oregon ag officials plan Medford meeting on cloud seeding proposal

Rainmaker Technology’s equipment could boost rain and snowfall in Jackson County and surrounding region if approved

The public is invited to attend a hearing and submit comments Tuesday to the Oregon Department of Agriculture regarding a business application from Rainmaker Technology Corporation for proposed “precipitation enhancement” efforts conducted in Jackson County and affecting surrounding Josephine, Douglas and Klamath counties.

Rainmaker Technology Corporation, founded in 2023 in El Sugundo, California, uses drones and high-altitude aircraft to disperse ice-nucleating particles such as silver iodide into clouds to boost rain and snowfall…

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